Margaret France Robinson

‘Golden Gate Bridge, Californian Coast’ by Margaret France Robinson, 1908 – 1985

1908 – 1985

A Walk in the Park Martin Alfred Luik 1888 – 1950 Stavelot Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Pastel on board Dimensions: Image size 34 x 50 cm, frame size 45,5...

Van Der Smissen Leo Dendermonde 1900 – 1966 Bruges Belgian Painter Autumn in Bruges – Gruuthusebrug Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 50 x 70 cm Biography: Van der Smissen Leo was born in Dendermonde on June 20, in 1900. He lived in Bruges, and he was a Belgian painter and one of important Bruges School artists. His brother Frans Van der Smissen (1894-1964) was a sculptor. Leo was a painter of town views, sturdy of trees, landscapes, church interiors, still lifes, marines, interiors, portraits, and some nudes. He acts as a colourist, who practices sobriety. His preference, woodland scenes, a genre in which he has climbed to a solid refinement, particularly specific are the depiction of the tree trunks. His works, brushed concisely and boldly, betray a strong hand that bends the colour ranges to his will and he can adapt to all kinds of subjects. Leo studied at the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts (1913 – 1919) with master teacher and artist Flori Van Acker and won several first prizes there. He studied also at Ghent Academy of Fine Arts (1920 – 1921) with master teachers Godron and Karel Tremerie and later at Dendermonde Academy of Fine Arts (1923 – 1924). Initially strongly influenced by the style of Courtens and the Dendermonde School, under the guidance of painter Ferdinand Willaert he evolved towards to Luminism. In 1930 Leo was married and had three daughters, two children died in early age. Leo van der...

View of Villa Discopoli, Capri Artist 19th - 20th century Signature: Signed by monogram bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 67 x 99 cm, frame size 87,50 x 118 cm Provenance: Villa Discopoli is one of the most exquisite examples of twentieth century architecture on the island in Italy. The first owner of the Villa was a close friend of Axel Munthe, Swedish-born medical doctor and psychiatrist. She sold the property in 1970 and the main part of the Villa into several self contained apartments, Gardenia, Hydrangea, Agapanthu, Oleander of exquisite charm and beauty: . During Capri’s Romantic period it was host to several intellectuals: Rainer Maria Rilke ( Prague, Czechia 1875 – Montreux, Switzerland 1926) , a Bohemian-Austrian German-language poet and novelist, was one of its prestigious inhabitants. Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach...

Judgment of Paris Van Zevenberghen Georges Brussels 1877 – 1968, Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left and dated 37 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 50 x 60 cm,...

The Drive in the Village of Lissewege Hervens Jacques Brussels 1890 – 1928 Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right and dated 1920 Dimensions: Image size 101 x 120 cm, frame ...

Landscape with a Bridge of Saint Nicolas in Chiny Clesse Louis Brussels 1889 – 1961, Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on pane...

A beautiful woman sits at an open window, gazing down at a small bird who has landed nearby in this serene portrait by Charles Levier. Warm orange tones are played off their complements in shades of blue, the artist utilizing several different layers of oils to create a subtle and relaxed view of a spring day near the sea. Beyond the window a small chapel sits on a peninsula, surrounded tranquil blue waters. This work, like many of Levier's, belongs to the French figurative movement of the Glorious Thirty (Les Trente Glorieuses) - the golden period of thirty years after WWII which were a time of great hope and prosperity in France. Inspired by Hollywood cinema, Charles Levier sought harmony in composition and purity of color and form. His said that his creations represented "a light and delicate world, of dark and subtle shades and colors." Levier worked in a somewhat abstracted, cubist style. Additionally he often employed the French technique of "cloisonnism" (after the French for "partition"), a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours, also seen in this work. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on the occasion of the Salon des Indépendants, in March 1888 and was commonly used by artists like Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Paul...

"Mount Whitney, California" by Kenneth Harrison. Oil on Canvas, 36" x 36", 40" x 40" framed in a modern black floater. “My goal is to capture a peaceful relaxing moment on canvas” ...

Scottish artist John Maclauchlan Milne, RSA, (1885-1957) is a contemporary of Scottish Colourists Peploe, Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter. Like the...

Joshua Tolford (American, 1910-1985) Signed: Joshua Tolford (Lower, Right) " Sunday Morning ", circa 1950s First Baptist Church, Rockport, Massachusetts Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" Housed in a 3" Frame (Newcomb Macklin Molding) Overall Size: 21 1/4" x 25 1/4" Appears to be in very good condition. Ready to hang. Included with the item is an original photo postcard...

Jacques BOUYSSOU (1926-1997) Le port de Dieppe, 1969 Oil on original canvas, in perfect condition, original canvas. Large size : 90 x 118 cm Signed lower left Vintage frame Provena...

Georges YOLDJOGLOU ( né en 1933) Paris, vue sur les jardins de la Tour Eiffel Oil on canvas Size : 60 x 73cm Signed lower right Titled on the back...