ALBERT HAMMONDS

Albert Hammonds RBSA (1930-1994) ENGLISH oil painting INDUSTRIAL STEELWORKS

1980

ARTIST: Margery Noel Slaney RSW SSA GI (1915-2000) Scottish TITLE: "Flowers And A Red Scarf" MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 69cm x 46cm inc frame NOTES: Artist mainly in oil, full name...

ARTIST: Sonia Mervyn (1893-1977) British TITLE: "Still Life of White Peonies" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 65cm x 55cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Studied under Ralph Todd at Regent Street School Of Art London. Exhibited at all the leading London galleries, including Beaux Arts and Leicester Galleries, RA, NEAC and had pictures toured by AB and Arts Council GB. Her work drew admiring letters from Sir Alfred Munnings, Sir Stanley Spencer, Dame Ethel Walker...

Signed lower left: Vasily (Wilhelm) Filippovich Levi (1878 - 1954). The uncommon view of Venice was depicted by gifted artist in even more modernism manner than his other works of same period. IMO this one worth special acceptance being very rare and highly desired masterwork. The scorching sun gilds the sparkling expanse of the canal with its rays. At this hour the city is empty. Calm waves gently lap against the keel of the gondola. The artist perfectly transferred to the canvas the atmospheric idyll and romantic magic of old Venice. Oil painting on wood, signed, framed. Size app.: 47 x 64 cm (roughly 18.5 x 25.2 in) and beautiful antique frame ca 64.5 x 81 cm (roughly 25.4 x 31.9 in). Very Good condition, ready to hang condition, age wear (just minor wear to frame finish). Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 3.2 kg is going to measure some 5 kg packed for shipment. V. F. Levi - lawyer, collector, and also an artist. He spent his childhood in Riga, studied at the Alexander Gymnasium. He graduated from the 1st Kharkov Gymnasium (1899) and the Faculty of Law of Kharkov University. In 1916 he moved to Terijoki, built a house there and decided to devote himself to art. In 1918, on the advice of I. I. Brodsky, he showed his works to I. E. Repin and received his approval. After some time, he became Repin's confidant: during 1919-1930, he organized more than 50 Repin exhibitions in Helsinki, Prague, The Hague, Hamburg, Nice, Cannes and other European cities. In 1930-1939 he lived in Paris. In 1930 he participated in the Exhibition of Paintings by Russian Masters...

Adrien Dauzats (1804 - 1888) Tomb of Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey Oil on canvas 76 x 88 cm Provenance: Dauzats sale, n°82 (1 - 4 Feb 1869, Paris, Drouot), its sales stam...