Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

Floral Still Life

Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated 1913. A lyrical, early twentieth-century still-life of pink dog-roses shown loosely arranged in a cobalt bl...

Signed lower right, 'Lars Swane', dated 1986, and inscribed verso 'Tilhører Palle Nielsen'. A substantial, oil still-life showing variegated, red and yellow tulips informally arranged in a cobalt blue patterned vase, resting inside a cobalt and ivory bowl on a wooden table beside various books, with a view beyond through a window to a winter landscape. Son of the artists Sigurd Swane...

Signed lower right in Kanji 'Sanzo' for Wada Sanzō 和田三造 (Japanese, 1883-1967) and dated 'Year 34' of the Showa Era, 1959 in the Gregorian calendar. Artist, teacher and costume designer, Sanzo Wada worked during a turbulent time in avant-garde Japanese art and cinema. A multi-talented artist who gained early fame as a Western-style oil painter, his career spanned the late Meiji-era through the mid-twentieth century. In addition to numerous prizes and medals for his painting, he received the 1955 Academy Award for costume design for his work in the movie Gates of Hell. He also received awards for his pioneering work on color theory, which he researched and published in the 1920s and is still in use today. Sanzo Wada graduated from the Western-style painting division of Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Studied in Europe 1907-1915; traveled to India and Burma. He was appointed a member of the Imperial Arts Academy in 1927 and taught at Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1927. According to Shinagawa Kiyoomi, editor-in-chief of the book of paintings in print "Dia Nihon Gyorui Gashuu" by Ohno Bakufu...

Signed lower right, 'S. L. Kramer' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1960. A mid-century, oil still-life showing a bouquet of spring flowers informally arranged in a glass ...

A bright and inviting interior scene with colorful patterned china plates leaning beside a floral arrangement with green flowers in a vase on a kitchen counter and a crimson red teap...

In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red tulips beside a light green pitcher, peaches and pears on a yellow checkered table...

Original acrylic photorealist architectural painting in full and dazzling color, where a "SOLD" sign hangs on a San Francisco Chinatown building for sale. The complex scene features light and shadow falling across tiered metal balconies...

(Sorry for the reflections from the varnish.) A beautiful Impressionist still life, channeling Cezanne more than a little, by Bika Tsaava (Republic of Georgia...