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"King of the Barn"-Farmyard Rooster 19th century France

Rooster and Hens in the Barnyard William Baptiste Baird (U.S./France 1847-1917) Oil on panel Signed lower right "W. Baird" 12 1/4 x 9 inches A stunning example of William Baptiste...

"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick" Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888) Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel 11 x 9 1/2 (18 x 16 1/2 x 3 inches frame) inches Matthieu Theeuwes v...

"Rooster" Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993) Gouache on paper 10 x 9 (18 x 14 frame) inches Pierre Bosco showed an interest in art at an early age. His commitment and dedication to painting...

Antique Rooster Portrait Prosper Alphonse Isaac (France, 1858-1924) Woodblock Print circa 1910 9 x 7 1/8 (15 1/4 x 17 frame) inches The excellent book "The Great Wave: The Influence of Japanese Woodcuts on French Prints" which was an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1974, recounts the phenomenal "cult of Japan" in late nineteenth-century France and reveals through direct comparisons its particular impact on the graphic work of Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Bonnard, Vuillard, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Gauguin. This print directly relates to the discovery of Japanese art most notably through the woodblock prints which found their way to the West oftentimes as stuffing or packing materials from consumer goods that were being imported to the West at the end of the 19th century. Prosper-Alphonse Isaac was born in a well-to-do family. This gave him the means not only of leaving his native Calais to pursue a career as an artist in Paris, but also the means to acquire art. Isaac was particularly drawn to Japanese arts, which he collected avidly. Many of the objects he bought were eventually given to museums. As a printmaker Isaac started drawing seascapes in dry point, but eventually moved on to become one of only a handful of artists versed in color woodcut techniques in France. His compositions, generally small in scale, are heavily influenced by the arts of Japan. He printed small editions of these works. Aside from this artistic activity, Isaac was also an active textile decorator. "This mark, which he borrows from Hokusaï and Totoya Hokkeï...

This charming English Victorian painting by Arthur Jackson beautifully captures a rustic scene of chickens in a barn. The artist's meticulou...

Vintage American modernist chicken oil painting. Oil on canvas.

Original oil painting by E. Tapia. Piece portrays a colorful rooster against gold background on grass. Rooster features colors of blue, gold, red, cream, and green. A well done paint...

Vibrant, painterly fauvist portrait of a red rooster by California artist Sophie D. Marshall (American, 20th Century). A vibrant red chicken stands against a ...