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LARGE DUTCH WINTER SCENE FIGURES ICE SKATING SIGNED OIL PAINTING

circa 1970

Portrait of an Indian tiger, 2002 Martin Jarvis, British contemporary signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 2002 canvas: 36 x 29 inches p...

HolyRood Palace, Scotland by Peter St. Clair Merriman, Scottish 20th century signed and titled oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches condition: very good provenance...

Bengal Tiger by Mark Chester, British contemporary Oil on board, framed Framed: 25.5 x 36 inches Board: 21 x 31 inches Provenance: Private collection, UK Condition: This painting is ...

Sagres II, 1937 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 18.25 x 13.75 inches Superb oil painting by the well listed French marine artist Louis Letouche (1924-2015). The painting portrays a Portugese Ship from the early 20th Century, titled: Sagres II. The three-masted ship was launched under the name Albert Leo Schlageter on 30 October 1937 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. The ship was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, who was executed in 1923 by French forces occupying the Ruhr area. Her first commander was Bernhard Rogge. Sagres is a sister ship of the Gorch Fock, the Horst Wessel, and the Romanian training vessel Mircea. Another sister, Herbert Norkus, was not completed, while Gorch Fock II was built in 1958 by the Germans to replace the ships lost after the war. Following a number of international training voyages, the ship was used as a stationary office ship after the outbreak of World War II and was only put into ocean-going service again in 1944 in the Baltic Sea. On 14 November 1944 she hit a Soviet mine off Sassnitz and had to be towed to port in Swinemünde. Eventually transferred to Flensburg, she was taken over there by the Allies when the war ended and finally confiscated by the United States. In 1948, the U.S. sold her to Brazil for a symbolic price of $5,000 USD.She was towed to Rio de Janeiro where she sailed as a school ship for the Brazilian Navy under the name Guanabara. In 1961, Ambassador Teotónio Pereira of Portugal, who was also a man of the sea...

Artist Commentary: This is part of a series of 3 small paintings: the boat, the water lily and the loon. After creating bigger pieces combining these 3 elements, I wanted to explore...

This landscape depicts a secluded house nestled in the lush jungle near a small country road on Oahu, Hawaii. Surrounded by tropical foliage - vines, pal, and trees - the house ble...

This artwork captures all the beauty of the German valley in the lower Alps, showcasing a breathtaking scenery that includes ruins atop high hills, hazed mountains in the distance, s...

Winter Snow Scene with Pheasants with Golden Sky by 20th Century German Artist, Ludwig Schöngarth German 1937-2003  Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 40 x 28 inches This s...