Édouard Cortès

Winter - Porte St Denis - Impressionist Cityscape Painting by Edouard Cortes

c.1920

Signed gouache on board impressionist landscape by French painter Luigi Loir. This work depicts the famous flood of Paris in 1910 when the Seine broke its banks in the largest flooding the city had seen in a 100 years. Loir likely painted this work "en plein air" as he encountered this rare natural occurrence. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 13"x19" Unframed: 5"x11" Provenance: Private French collection He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1865 with a Landscape at Villiers-sur-Seine which brought him a certain amount of recognition. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français. Obtaining a third-place medal in 1879, and a second-place medal and a gold medal in 1889 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. He was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur in 1898. Born in Austria to French parents who served the exiled French Bourbon royal family, Luigi Aloys-François-Joseph Loir moved with his family and the Bourbons to the Duchy of Parma in 1847. In 1860 his family returned to Paris following the expulsion of the Bourbons from Parma. But Luigi remained in the city, having enrolled, at the young age of eight, at the Accademia de Belle Arti. He eventually rejoined his family in Paris in 1863. There he studied with the decorative painter and set designer Jean Pastelot, making his Salon debut in 1865. Loir painted mainly views of Paris, in all seasons and at different times of the day or night. Loir was the Paris painter...

Signed impressionist gouache on board circa 1890 by sought after French painter Eugene Galien-Laloue. The piece depicts a depicting a bustling city scene at the Place de Bastille in ...

Signed impressionist gouache on paper figures in landscape circa 1910 by French painter Eugene Galien-Laloue. The piece depicts a street scene at the Quai de la Tournelle...

Signed oil on board landscape circa 1950 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of a marsh water mill. The yellow glow of the low Nov...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a fisherman in a small boat by the bank of the River Seine ...

Signed oil on board landscape circa 1920 by Russian impressionist painter Georges Lapchin. The work depicts moored boats at a port in Martigues in the South of France. It is a bright...

Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria Wonderful original antique painting of a thatched cottage in Cambria by Thomas Noelsmith (English, 1840-1900), c...

Industrial illustration of a smokestack by Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). A large tower and holding tanks are rendered in exquisite detail, especially considering the size of the illustration. The smokestack towers above the landscape, with stairs running up the outside. Two large green holding tanks sit next to the tower. At ground level, there are a few small figures, indicating the enormous scale of the refinery. possibly a sketch for Colliers or The Saturday Evening Post Magazine. Unsigned, but was acquired with other signed estate works by the artist. Presented...

Highly detailed landscape with a house and car by Edward K. Williams (American, 1870-1950). A large house sits atop a hill, looking down over a road that runs along the river. Three people are driving a car from the 1930s along the road. The scene is rendered with great detail - both the house and the car are very accurate. There is an ornate border around the piece that was not finished, including instructions for framing and matting. Signed "E K Williams" on verso, with an address. Presented in a giltwood frame with a new off-white mat. Frame size: 15.75"H x 12.75"W Image size: 7.75"H x 6.5"W Landscape painter, Edward K. Williams was born 1870 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Williams studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Freer, Vanderpoel, Fursman, and Krehbiel. He exhibited there as well from 1903-1929 (including many winter scenes). He also exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, New York Watercolor Club, Herron Art Institute, American Watercolor Society, Brown County Art...

Day at the Beach - Realistic Figurative Illustration in Gouache Original figurative illustration of people at the beach by Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Several women are looking at someone's foot, as if there is a splinter being removed. Three of the women are closer, with their heads in the frame. Two of them have are standing with their backs to the viewer. Between the women, the viewer can catch glimpses of other activities on the beach. Possibly a sketch for Good Housekeeping Magazine. Signed "Charles Ross" in the lower right corner. (Charles Ross Kinghan) Acquired with other signed estate works by the artist. Presented in a new cream mat. Mat size: 16"H x 13"W Board size: 14"H x 11.75"W Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895. A teacher, he moved to Wichita as a teenager and did sign painting for the Western Sign Works. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art in 1916, the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Audubon School of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a pupil of Carl Scheffler, J. Wellington Reynolds, and H.A. Oberteuffer. He taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He was an illustrator for McCalls, Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and many others, including American Artist magazine. He was author and illustrator of Rendering Techniques for Commercial Art and Advertising (1956) and of Ted Kautzky...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Foothills in Shadow," is an original, handmade gouache painting that depicts a yellow grassy valley as it intersects with snow du...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Telluride in Fall" is an original, handmade gouache painting that depicts a flowing stream cutting through a landscape of trees with their fall plumage of y...