Ceramic Portrait Paintings

Miniature paintings on porcelain. Brass frame. Frame: 13 x 8 cm

This sumptuous dish, inspired by the bellas of the Italian Renaissance, is a testimony to the fruitful cooperation that began in 1882 between the ceramist Théodore Beck and the young artist Paul Helleu, before the latter became the fashionable portraitist of feminine elegance. This portrait, probably made after a photograph, could be inspired by Alice Louis-Guérin, the woman who became his wife in 1886. 1. Paul Helleu In 1913 Robert de Montesquiou wrote in his book devoted to the painter: "Helleu was born in Vannes in 1859, of a Breton father and a Parisian mother". He hardly knew his father, who died when he was three years old, and was brought up entirely by his mother, who sent him to continue his studies at the Lycée Chaptal in Paris in 1873. The discovery of Edouard Manet's Chemin de Fer at the 1874 Salon is reported to be at the origin of his artistic vocation. He worked against his mother's wishes in the studio of the painter Gérôme, also frequented by the painters Giovanni Boldini, Jean-Louis Forain and Antonio de La Gandara. Helleu became friends with John Singer Sargent, with whom he shared a studio for some time, as well as with Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) and Jacques Blanche (1861 - 1942), who accompanied him on a trip to England during which he met the painters Whistler and James Tissot. When his mother cut off his pension to divert him from painting, Helleu worked in the workshop of the ceramist Théodore Deck, where he decorated ornamental ceramic medallions with women’s faces to pay for his studies at the Paris School of Fine Arts. In 1884, the Louis-Guérin household commissioned him to paint a portrait of their daughter Alice, aged 14, which was to appear in the Salon of 1885 . Helleu fell madly in love with his model and wished to marry her. Her parents agreed to the wedding subject to three conditions: that it should only take place when Alice turned 16 (!), that she should finish her studies and that the newlyweds should live with them for two years. From 1886 onwards, a series of happy events and successes followed: his marriage, followed by the birth of his first daughter Ellen in 1887, the participation in the Pastelists' Salon and the first exhibition of his drypoints in New York in 1889. His friendship with Robert de Montesquiou, whom he met in 1887, opened him the doors of the Parisian aristocracy. In 1891 he painted a series of portraits of Montesquiou’s cousin, the Countess Greffulhe, before meeting Marcel Proust in 1895, also thanks to Montesquiou. Proust took much of his inspiration from Helleu for the character of the painter Elstir in A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, a character whose name is said to be a clever alchemy between the names of Helleu and Whistler. Helleu by then was at the peak of his art and multiplied female portraits, alternating between drypoint, pastels, three-colour pencil drawings whose technique had been inspired by Watteau's, and oil paintings. Commissions for his women’s portraits came from the Parisian High Society as well as from England and the United States, allowing the painter to choose his models. In parallel to this career as a portrait painter, Helleu produced two large series of paintings concomitantly to Claude Monet's own artistic researches. Since their meeting in 1876, Monet had become a great friend of Helleu (despite an age difference of almost twenty years), and Helleu was one of the two witnesses (the other being the painter Gustave Caillebotte) when Monet, having become a widower, remarried Alice Hoschedé in 1892. Helleu’s first series was the Cathedrals series, which he began in 1892. While Monet worked in front of the Rouen Cathedral, scrutinising from a fixed point the play of light on the portal, hour after hour and day after day, Helleu was interested in the representation of the cathedrals’ interiors and in particular in the diffusion of light from the stained-glass panels. In 1894 he began outdoor paintings in the park of Versailles. In the description of our painting, we will see how this series can be related to Monet's Water Lilies. Thanks to his success, Helleu became a real dandy and devoted himself to his passion for yachting. His taste in interior decoration had a lasting influence, since it was Helleu who came up with the idea of abandoning the dark decorations...

"Cloud Crystal" by Anne Siems, is a captivating figurative-narrative portrait painted on white clay panel. It features a beautiful female face and dark hair with braids. ANNE SIEMS (b. 1965, Germany) Artist Statement I was born in Berlin, Germany. From 1969 to 1971 I lived near Buenos Aires, Argentina. My first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student in 1986. Then in 1991, after finishing my MFA in Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings...

Artist : Rimas VisGirda Title : P273 Chin Chin I Materials : Ceramic Date : 2017 Dimensions : 9x5x5 in Description : Porcelain with play sand Thrown Wood fired Sliptrail, salt fired ...

This is a beautiful hand painted collection of ceramic skulls and hand painted custom wood frame. the skulls have unique all around motifs painted by ha...

Irina Zaytceva was born in Moscow in 1957. As a child, she loved to draw and sculpt and eventually decided to make it her vocation. She graduated from Moscow Art Institute ( Poljgrapfichesky) with an MFA in book illustration. Having illustrated a number of children books, she found porcelain by chance; a friend had given her a piece of clay, which prompted her to experiment with the new media and fell in love with it. Fine porcelain is a perfect canvas for her drawings, and with the ability to bend her “canvas,” she can add sculptural elements to the picture. Someone called this hybrid media narrative sculpture, a term Irina thinks aptly describes her work. Never formally trained in ceramics, Irina had to invent ways to handle it. Unlike many of her colleagues who paint with oil based colors, she uses water based colors and has developed her own techniques in this media. She does not use casting but hand rolls her vases, cups, and, sculptures. With every piece porcelain yields its secrets to her. Since 1998, Irina resides in USA and presently have her studio near Princeton, New Jersey. Monarch Butterfly Cup...

Painted face plate wall hanging. (not positive if it is porcelain or ceramic) Luigi Benzoni, 1956- Italian artist known for painting, sculpture, ceramic, glass and furniture design. He works with bronze, stone, glass, gold foil and paintings. He was born in Clusone in the province of Bergamo, Italy in 1956 but has lived in Venice since 1976 where he studied architecture and specialized in the history of art. He has exhibited his works in public and private institutions in Italy and abroad. Among the most important exhibitions in which he has taken part are: “The Secret of Murano”, Het Paleis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands (1997), “A Choice of European Glass Artists”, Mostly Glass, New York, USA (1998), “Made in Murano-Making Art with Glass”, Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy (1999), “Interationell Samtidskonst I Glas”, Halstadtsgruppens Museum, Halmstad, Sweden (1999), “Made in Venice”, Röhsska Museum for Design and Applied Art, Goteborg, Sweden, “Innuendo”, Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, Italy, “XI Biennial of Sacred Art”, Stauros Museum of Sacred Art, Isola del Gran Sasso d’Italia, Abruzzo, Italy (2004). Benzoni’s work – both pictorial and sculptural – is characterized mainly by his experimentation with the human face. Select Solo Exhibitions Galerie Mackenbach – Arnheim, Netherlands Schmidlin Art Studio – Milan, Italy Select Group Exhibitions 1er ArtSud Salon International d’Art Contemporain du Sud Palais des Congrès – Paris, France Art Miami SOFA Sculpture Object and Functional Art – Chicago, n°8 Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States Galerie Vivendi – 28 Place des Vosges – Paris, France Berengo Fine Arts Glass Furnace and Gallery – Fondamenta Dei Vetrai Venice, Italy KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sthml Art Fair Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 19 Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n° 4 Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte Contemporanea, Bologna BO, Italy "Christmas Exhibition" Steinberger Galleries, Langenargen Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt "Elvira Bach, Luigi Benzoni & Silvio Vigliaturo" Steinberger Galleries, Weikersheim Group exhibitions The Netherlands Collection Berengo, 10 años de formacion en vidrio. La Granja, Spain Education 1976 : IUAV Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia – Santa Croce 601 – Venice VE, Italy similar in style to Robert Laughlin.

Painted face plate wall hanging. (not positive if it is porcelain or ceramic) Luigi Benzoni, 1956- Italian artist known for painting, sculpture, ceramic, glass and furniture design. He works with bronze, stone, glass, gold foil and paintings. He was born in Clusone in the province of Bergamo, Italy in 1956 but has lived in Venice since 1976 where he studied architecture and specialized in the history of art. He has exhibited his works in public and private institutions in Italy and abroad. Among the most important exhibitions in which he has taken part are: “The Secret of Murano”, Het Paleis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands (1997), “A Choice of European Glass Artists”, Mostly Glass, New York, USA (1998), “Made in Murano-Making Art with Glass”, Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy (1999), “Interationell Samtidskonst I Glas”, Halstadtsgruppens Museum, Halmstad, Sweden (1999), “Made in Venice”, Röhsska Museum for Design and Applied Art, Goteborg, Sweden, “Innuendo”, Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, Italy, “XI Biennial of Sacred Art”, Stauros Museum of Sacred Art, Isola del Gran Sasso d’Italia, Abruzzo, Italy (2004). Benzoni’s work – both pictorial and sculptural – is characterized mainly by his experimentation with the human face. Select Solo Exhibitions Galerie Mackenbach – Arnheim, Netherlands Schmidlin Art Studio – Milan, Italy Select Group Exhibitions 1er ArtSud Salon International d’Art Contemporain du Sud Palais des Congrès – Paris, France Art Miami SOFA Sculpture Object and Functional Art – Chicago, n°8 Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States Galerie Vivendi – 28 Place des Vosges – Paris, France Berengo Fine Arts Glass Furnace and Gallery – Fondamenta Dei Vetrai Venice, Italy KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sthml Art Fair Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 19 Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n° 4 Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte Contemporanea, Bologna BO, Italy "Christmas Exhibition" Steinberger Galleries, Langenargen Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt "Elvira Bach, Luigi Benzoni & Silvio Vigliaturo" Steinberger Galleries, Weikersheim Group exhibitions The Netherlands Collection Berengo, 10 años de formacion en vidrio. La Granja, Spain Education 1976 : IUAV Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia – Santa Croce 601 – Venice VE, Italy similar in style to Robert Laughlin.

A collection of five 19th century European portrait miniatures on porcelain. Very fine set of five portraits, each depicting a European aristocrat/ nobleman. One of the figures w...