Ronald Olley

Ronald Olley (b.1923) - Framed c. 2000 Oil, Tuscan Hill Town

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A charming street scene depicting a bustling Parisian quarter filled with people and shops. Signed to the lower right. Beautifully presented in a gilt composition frame. On panel.

Spanish School, oil on board. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a 20th-century gilt-effect frame.

A charming landscape scene depicting a stone bridge in a sun-drenched winter landscape. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On canvas.

A magnificent Welsh landscape by the listed British artist Thomas II Whittle (fl.1856-1897). Evening Hour at Penmaen-Bach. Signed and dated (1867) to the lower right. Well presented ...

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, "Valeur" for Mogens Valeur (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1963. A vibrant, Post-Impressionist seascape showing green breakers rolling in towards a sandy shore beneath an evening sky tinged with lilac and mauve. A prominent member of the Bornholm School, Mogens Valeur was, at heart, a colorist and focused on representing his chosen subject with line and forms. A student of Peter Rostrup...

A substantial, mid-seventeenth century oil showing a group of men assembled in a neo-classical landscape beside a placid river; a lyrical and dynamic figural work showing both fine c...

A substantial, sunlit landscape showing a fruit-tree in blossom in the foreground with verdant fields receding towards rolling hills beneath turquoise and lavender clouds. Signed ...