American School (20th century)

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil

Circa 1920

Signed lower right, 'K. L. Hilkier' for Knud Ove Hilkier (Danish, 1884-1953) and painted circa 1950 A lyrical Expressionist oil showing women fetching water from a fountain in the sunny piazza of a northern Italian town, with a view beyond towards the Alps rising in the distance. A powerful and vibrant work by this prominent member of the Bornholm School. Born in Copenhagen, Knud Hilkier first studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1901-7). He was the recipient of numerous prestigious scholarships including the Hielmstierne-Rosencrone (1913); Raben-Levetzau (1914 and 1919); the Ronge Award (1915) and the Akkadian Scholarship (1916) which allowed him to further his studies in Spain and Italy and, most importantly, to make frequent visits to Paris. In Paris, he was influenced by the prevailing Impressionist style which caused his palette to lighten and his brushwork to become looser and more expressive. His subsequent studies with Sigurd Swane...

Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956. Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen and, later, attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He su...

Signed lower right, 'Agostinelli' for Mario Agostinelli (Peruvian-American, 1915-2000) and dated 1956; additionally titled, lower left, 'Rue Royale, Paris'. Displayed in a substantial, hand-carved and water-gilded frame. Framed dimensions: 18.25 H x 1.5 D x 22.5 W inches A delicately painted oil showing a view of the Paris Opera House, as seen from the Rue Royale, with numerous pedestrians and vehicles moving beneath a lilac, evening sky. Born in Peru, Mario Agostinelli studied in Argentina, Brazil, France and Italy. Over the course of a long career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, the Butler Institute of Art, the California Academy of Fine Arts, Knickerbocker Artists and, in the 1970s, at New York's Berlin Gallery. Agostinelli was the recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards including the Samuel Morse...

Signed lower right, 'V. Rorup' for Viggo Julius Rorup (Danish, 1903-1971) and dated 1966. A large and lyrical spring landscape showing white apple-blossoms contrasted against a cora...

Juan Varea (1956) - Almond trees in bloom Riells - Oil on canvas Oil measures 46x55 cm. Frameless. Licensed in fine Arts. Faculty of Fine Arts. Barcelona. His painting is preferab...

Canvas measures 61x50 cm. Frameless He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing. A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes. Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro...

Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Palermo - Oil on canvas panel Oil measurements 33x41 cm. Frame size 42x50 cm. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan pai...

Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Spanish coast - Oil Oil on canvas glued to cardboard. Measures work 50x61 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a ...