Salome With The Head Of St John The Baptist, 17th Century Studio of GUIDO RENI

Nyx, Goddess Of Night, 19th Century by John Shapland (English, 1865-1929) Large 19th century Pre-Raphaelite depiction Nyx, Goddess of Night, oil on canvas by John Shapland. Excell...

Sunset Port Landscape, circa 1690 after Claude LORRAIN (1600-1682) Huge 17th/18th Century classical harbour landscape with figures and moored ships at sunset, oil on canvas. Huge and magnificent landscape of an extensive view of the harbour and ancient architecture. Typical of the works of Claude Lorrain. Framed in a 17th Century gilt frame...

Nude Boy Bathing, early 20th Century French School - signed indistinctly Large early 20th Century French School portrait of a young boy preparing to bath himself, oil on canvas sig...

Nude Boy In The Forest, 19th Century inscribed to "TUKE" Early 20th Century portrait of a nude boy in a forest, oil on canvas inscribed "Tuke" to the plaque. Sunlit woodland sc...

Childe Hassam 1859-1935 American The Bather Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right) Oil on canvas Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe Hassam composed his tranquil and intimate oil on canvas The Bather in the early years of the 20th century. The creation of the artwork aligns with a period of Hassam’s career where the artist’s palette was transforming, matching ever closer with the pale and pastel hues of French Impressionists like Claude Monet. Even the subject — a nude woman — represents a greater alignment with the Impressionist project, as artists of the movement and their non-mythological and non-biblical nudes still generated cries of indecency. With Hassam’s signature brushwork and attention to color, The Bather serves as a dream-like vision, serene and sensuous, of a young woman bathing in a lush forest. While the artist's skill for landscape painting is on display, it is Hassam's command of form, light and color that brings this canvas to life. He creates a captivating composition, placing the nude subject in the bottom left of the canvas. The soft, undulating curves of the woman's body in contrapposto and the glow of her fair skin are balanced by the strong verticals and deep earth tones of the tall trees to her right. Hassam delicately frames the nude in the vivid blues of the distant water, building luminous color that further draws the viewer’s eye and results in a somewhat voyeuristic appeal — endowing his nude with both a natural innocence and an intentional sensuality. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam began his artistic career as a freelance illustrator, working for national publications such as Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s Monthly, and The Century. His first solo exhibition of watercolors took place in Boston in 1883, and he quickly catapulted onto the international scene, winning a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. The year before the present work was created, he received the Webb Prize from the Society of American Artists for another landscape painted at Gloucester. Hassam would receive numerous other awards throughout his career, most notably the Gold Medal for Distinguished Services to Fine Art from the American Dealers Association. A true master, Hassam depicted a way of life characteristic of both American and French society, and his work elucidates a critical chapter in American art history. Today, his work resides in the Oval Office of the White House and in numerous important museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others. This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld's and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work. Circa 1905 Canvas: 24 1/2“ high x 20 18” wide Frame: 35 7/8“ high x 31 1/4” wide x 3 1/4“ deep Provenance: Private Collection of William Young...

Albert LYNCH (1851-1936) French "Rêverie" Oil on canvas Signed lower left Canvas: 43 1/4" high x 24 3/4" wide Frame: 49 5/8" high x 30 3/4" wide Albert LYNCH: Born in Lima in 1851, Albert Lynch studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and in the studios of the figure painters Gabriel Ferrier and Henri Lehmann...

In this oil painting, I embraced the enchanting dance of light and form. With each brushstroke, I sought to capture the delicate interplay of shadows and textures on the human figure...

In this oil painting, I've captured a moment of introspective contemplation, using the figurative impressionism style to emphasize the raw emotions and vulnerability. The brushstroke...