Attributed to Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin PILS (1815–1875)

1870

Albert MANTELET (1858-1958) A charming portrait of a young woman resplendent in her finest Sunday bonnet. Albert Goguet Mantelet was considered to be one of the most accomplished pupils of Ernest Hébert and Heinrich Lehmann. He painted fashionably attired women from French society. His style achieved critical acclaim and he quickly became an established artist. Throughout his long career he specialised in genre painting. His work can be found in the collections of Musees de Chateau Thierry...

Antonin MERCIE (1845-1916) French Belle Époque Portrait A stylish portrait of a fashionable young woman dating to the Belle Époque period. Signe...

Circle of Fred MORGAN (1847-1927) c1890 A sensitively painted portrait, possibly a study for a larger work, of a young country girl. Indistinctly signed ** Morgan, possibly Fred. Unfortunately Fred signed in a number of different ways depending on the grandeur of his work. However, a consistent element was the colour, a reddish brown similar to the colour of the signature on this painting. I can offer no provenance with this painting, so I am selling at as circle of Morgan rather than actually by him. “Frederick Morgan ROI was an English painter of portraits, animals, domestic and country scenes. He became known for his idyllic genre scenes of childhood. Morgan was born in London to John Morgan and his wife, Henrietta Hester Clare. His father was a successful genre artist sometimes known as 'Jury Morgan' (after one of his paintings The Gentlemen of the Jury). At the age of 14, he was taken out of school by his father who then tutored him in art. At the age of 16, while still studying with his father, his first picture, The Rehearsal, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and, after a hiatus of several years, his paintings were shown there regularly. For a while he worked as a portrait artist for an Aylesbury photographer; this training proved to be crucial as it "taught him how to observe closely and to give the greatest attention to detail." Eventually he turned to other subjects for his art, in particular idyllic genre scenes of country life and childhood. For many years, starting in 1874, Thomas Agnew & Sons' purchased all the work he produced. Although an excellent portrait artist, Morgan had problems in depicting pets and barnyard animals - he enlisted the aid of either Arthur John Elsley...

Alexandre-François BONNARDEL (1867-1942) French School Belle Epoque Period Oil Painting c1900 An exquisite painting of a woman, probably the artist’s wife, set amongst the roses in ...

Charles-Édouard Boutibonne (Pest, 1816 – Wilderswil, 1897) Portrait of Mary Augusta de La Barre de Nanteuil (New York, 1836 – Saint-Brieuc, 1862) Oil on oval canvas Signature and d...

Oil Painting by Henri Benard "Portrait of Aliette de Pigeard" 1860- 1927 Aliette de Pigeard (1897 - 1969) married Pedro de Prat, Marquis de Nantouillet, a Spanish ambassador. Their d...

European Painter (19th century) - Portrait of a Gentleman. 13.5 x 10 cm without frame, 18.5 x 15.5 cm with frame. Watercolor on paper, in original 19th century frame (not signed). ...

Frédéric Adolphe YVON (Eschviller, 1817 – Paris, 1893) Portrait of Madame Hermann-Joseph REINACH, born Julie BÜDING (1828-1870) Oil on canvas Signed and dated on the left 65 x 54 ...