Lawrence G. Low

My Wife Myrtle with Palette and Brush, Art Deco

1938

Lawrence G. Low (American, 1912 - 1992) Signed: L. G. Low (Lower, Center, Right) " My Wife Myrtle on a Palette with Brushes ", 1939 Oil on Canvas 26" x 20 1/8" Housed in a...

Erling Roberts (American, 1902 - 1974) Signed: Erling Roberts 1939 (Left, Center) " Aljean Stewart Hunt ", 1939 Oil on Canvas 40" x 28" Housed in its original 3" Period Frame O...

ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...

Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...