Alexander Rosenfeld

Elegance

1938

We are proud to present a series of early original mixed media works on paper, just released from the private collection one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avant-garde painti...

"Backstage", is a large theatrical Art Deco painting by French artist Paul Alex Deschmacker. The painting depicts two theater performers, one se...

Micao Kono was born in Japan, but moved to work in Paris in the 1920's. His style, a mixture of Japanese watercolor and figurative Art Deco. He often mixed egg tempera into his oils ...

We are proud to present a series of early original mixed media works on paper, just released from the private collection one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avant-garde painti...

"The Judgement of Paris", an allegorical oil painting by German artist Hans Otto Orlowski. Painted in a quintesential style that incorporates elem...

Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...

ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...

MARIO DAVINI (Lucca, 1876 - Gattaiola, 1951) New York, Broadway Theatre, the Great White Way, 1914 Oil on canvas 112,5x143,5 cm ( with frame 134x164,5 cm) Sined and dated lower ri...

Painted engraved wood, 20.5cm x 13.5cm, (41cm x 34cm framed). (Provenance: Félix Marcilhac, a French art historian who collected Art Deco objects; Sotheby’s, Paris, 11 March 2014) A painter, wood engraver, printer, editor, illustrator, and bookbinder of Swiss origin, Schmied established himself in France, where he was later naturalized. He is considered a major artist in the Art Deco style, particularly in the area of publishing. His books were very expensive...

Painted engraved wood, 20.5cm x 13.5cm, (41cm x 34cm framed). (Provenance: Félix Marcilhac, a French art historian who collected Art Deco objects; Sotheby’s, Paris, 11 March 2014) A painter, wood engraver, printer, editor, illustrator, and bookbinder of Swiss origin, Schmied established himself in France, where he was later naturalized. He is considered a major artist in the Art Deco style, particularly in the area of publishing. His books were very expensive...

Female nude by George John Illian (1894-1932), American exhibited at the Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibition. George John Illian born in 1894 and was largely inspired by the 1900s and ...

Louis Icart (1880-1950) Canvas Size: 18 x 22" (46 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 30" (65 x 76cm) Signed and titled on the reverse. When Louis Icart returned to Paris after his s...