Rachel Newman

The Decoy

2016

A mid-twentieth century oil on canvas, depicting a fig amongst foliage, painted in imitation of a Renaissance fresco.

Artist: Ramon Tusquets y Maignon Medium: oil on canvas Signature: signed and dated lower left 'R. Tusquets Roma 1887' He was part of the Rome colony of Spanish artists working in the capital in the wake of Mariano Fortuny y Marsal. His painting, however, is distinguished by a very pronounced realist interest. He devoted himself to genre scenes and landscapes. Important works include: La fuga interrotta, La conca...

Jean-Baptiste Robie (1821 Brussels - 1910 ibid.). Still life with meadow flowers. Oil on wood, 24.5 x 18.5 cm (inside measurement), 37 x 31 cm (frame), signed and dated (difficult to...

Jules Gustave BESSON Paris, 1868 – Saigon, 1942 Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (53 x 44 cm with frame) Signed upper left “JBesson” An academic painter, Jules Besson studied with Cabanel a...

Alfred Frederick William Hayward, R.O.I. (1856-1939) Convolvulus signed ‘AFW Hayward’ (lower right) oil on canvas 17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33.1 cm.) frame 21 ¼ x 17 ⅜ in. (53.9 x 44.1 cm....

Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...