1890s Art

Title: Young Peasants at Rest Artist: Adrián de Unzueta (Mexico, 1865 – first half of the 20th century) Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 35 x 26 cm (13.8 x 10.2 in) Framed dimens...

Nicely painted 19th century woodland interior landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 7.5 by 9.5 inches. Housed in period frame.

Hector CHALMERS 1849-1943 Oil on canvas signed Hector Chalmers bottom right I wonderful depiction of a tranquil Scottish farmstead. An understated piece which enhances the quality o...

CHIKANOBU, Yoshu (1838–1912) A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages). 1896-1898 A Set of Six oban tate-e woodblock prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Keicho to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beautiful woman in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top which makes a reference to the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29, 30 and 31 (1896-8), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu. Each sheet approx. 36 x 23.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in). oyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu, was one of the most successful woodblock print artists of Japan's Meiji period. He lived at a time when Japan saw the reinstatement of the emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional subjects, such as actors, courtesans, scenes of famous sites, beautiful women, and with topical subjects, such as the Satsuma Rebellion (1877) and the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Chikanobu used the flat planes and decorative patterning of the ukiyo-e tradition to striking effect, adding brilliant colors, especially reds, purples, and blues to his compositions. More precisely, Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (in Japanese: "pictures of the floating world"), is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. It was aimed at the prosperous merchant class in the urbanizing Edo period (1603–1867). Amongst the popular themes were depictions of beautiful women, as is the case here with these okubi-e prints (i.e. bust portraits); kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. One of Chikanobu’s best series, A Mirror of the Ages shows women by fashion and hair style throughout history. Despite a sense of longing for the past, these prints are unmistakably modern and of their time. Each print depicts a beauty from a certain period in the lower part and customs at that time, in grisaille, in the upper part - a way to tell viewers about the latest fashion and historical backgroud at that time. The quality of printing is outstanding, especially in Chikanobu’s use of white for the rendering of the powdered faces. Indeed, Chikanobu was known as a master of bijinga (images of beautiful women), and for illustrating changes in women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing...

Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893". - Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed. - Little cat mother - About the artwork Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat. It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...

Paul Gauguin, French (1848 - 1903) - Portrait de Stephane Mallarme, Year: 1891 (printed circa 1960), Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.25 x 5.75 inches, Size: 13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24....

CAZALS, FREDERIC-AUGUSTE (1865 -1941) "Salon des Cent" Original Lithograph, c. 1894 Signed in stone, lower left; “F.A. Cazals, 94” Printed by Bourgerie & Cie, Paris Image size: 24...

Man with Seated Hat is an original pencil drawing realized by George Auriol in 1890s. Unsigned. Stamp on the back by G. Auriol. Good conditions. George Auriol, born Jean-Georges H...

Seki Station is an original modern artwork realized after Utagawa Hiroshige in the Late 19th Century. Original Woodcut print From the Famous "Tokaido Se...

Picture of the opening of the temporary Diet building is an original artwork realized in the 1890s by Ginko Adachi (born 1853; active c. 1870 – 1908). Sheet dimensions: 22 x 48 cm. ...

In the Attic is an original drawing in pen on paper realized in 1890 ca. by an Anonymous artist of 19th Century. Hand-signed on the lower right, illegible. Good conditions. Passep...

Beautiful lithograph on Chinese paper, hand signed on plate on the lower right margin. Third state on four. Excellent conditions, including an ivory colored cardboard passepartout 47...

Woman is an original lithograph on paper, realized in 1897 by Charles Guérin (1875-1939). Hand-signed on the lower right. The status of preservation i...

Frühling is a wonderful black and white photogravure of the original painting by Arnold Böcklin (Basel 1827 - Fiesole 1901), probably edited by Bruckman...

Image dimensions: 34 x 19 cm. Der Büsser is an original print, realized in 1898. Black and white xylograph on applied Japon paper. Good conditions except for yellowing of paper (especially along the margins), and little stains on lower margin. The print was realized by Johann Jacob Weber and it's part of the series Meisterwerke der Holzschneidekunst (original title: SECHZEHN HOLZSCHNITTE NACH GEMÄLDEN ARNOLD BÖCKLIN...

Beautiful poster from 1899 to promote the Salon des cent (also called "Salon des 100" or "Salon de La Plume") which was a French art exhibition. Conceived by Léon Deschamps, it was ...

The Officers of the Chamber is an original drawing in pencil and watercolor and an important historical document realized by Frédéric Theodore Lix...

Portrait of a Man Facing Left Monotype printed in brown ink, c. 1880-1914 Signed in ink lower left: Chase (see photo) Provenance: Helen Chase Storm (the artist's daughter) Jackson Chase Storm (her son) Chapellier Galleries (as agent) James Bergquist, Boston References And Exhibitions: Exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (See MFA paperwork in photos) Reference: Ronald G. Pisano, Completed by D. Frederick Baker and Carolyn K. Lane, William Merritt Chase: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings, Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. IV (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), Vol. 1, M. 8. (See photos of entry) William Merritt Chase (1840-2016) Born in Nineveh, Indiana Died New York, New York In 1883 Chase was involved in the organization of an exhibition to help raise funds for a pedestal for the Statute of Liberty. The exhibition featured loans of three works by Manet and urban scenes by the Italian Impressionist Giuseppe de Nittis. Both artists influenced Chase's Impressionistic style that gave rise to a series of New York park scenes. It is also thought that he was influenced by John Singer Sargent's In the Luxembourg Gardens (1879) which was exhibited in New York at this time. Indeed, Chase had met Sargent in Europe in 1881, the two men becoming lifelong friends with Sargent painting Chase's portrait in 1902. On another European trip in 1885, Chase met James McNeill Whistler in London. While Whistler had a reputation for being difficult, the two artists got along famously and agreed to paint one another's portrait. Eventually, however, Whistler's moods began to grate with Chase who wrote home stating "I really begin to feel that I never will get away from here". For his part, Whistler criticized Chase's finished portrait and, according to Hirshler, "complained about Chase for the rest of his life". While no record exists of Whistler's portrait of Chase; Chase's portrait of Whistler remains a well-known piece in his oeuvre. In 1887 Chase married Alice Gerson, the daughter of the manager of a lithography company. Though some fifteen years his junior (Chase was 37), he had known Alice for some time through her family's devotion to the arts. The pair, who would enjoy a happy marriage with Alice in full support of her husband's career, settled initially in Brooklyn...

Theatrical Costume is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895. Good condition, the artwork is from Amleto and represents Ofelia, with a note writes from the artist on the lower margin. Hand signed with pencil by the artist. Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...

Japan - Jinn Ricshas in Gotemba - August 12nd 1893 - is an original vintage black and white photo realized during a journey to Asia performed by Prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich...

Ancient Views of Yokohama is a set of four original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm. They were realized in 1890s. Good conditions except for being aged. Cap...

Bulls in the Roman Countryside is an original artwork realized after Charles Coleman (1807, Yorkshire - 1874, Roma) in 1992. Good condition. Not signed. 1992 edition in 25 copies....

François FLAMENG Paris 1856 - 1923 Diana the Huntress floating in the clouds, fan project 1893 Watercolor and gouache on wove paper Signed and dated lower right 25 x 70 cm sheet (le...

Memories from Marina di Pisa is an Autograph Postcard Signed by the Italian painter Giovanni Costa (Rome, 1826 – Marina di Pisa, 1903), best-known as Nino Costa, to Adele Verducci. ...

Java, The Papundujyan crater (Der Krater des Papundujyan) - April 13th 1893 - is an original vintage black and white photo realized during journey throughout the world performed by p...

Dakh-na bagh Camp - 9 Marz 1893 - Indien. Nepal is a vintage albumen print, part of a journey throughout the world performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-1914), heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Despite his affairs and the growing importance of his role within the Empire, he took a year off his duties to travel the world, from North Africa to India, East Asia, Australia, and America, where he attended the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair...

La Bretagne - 13 October 1893 - is a vintage black and white photo, part of a journey throughout the world performed by Prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-1914), heir t...

Artist: Paul Rodolphe Joseph Dujardin (French, 1843-1913) Title: "Portrait de Mlle L... (Portrait of Miss L...)" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts *Signed by Dujardin after Lehmann i...

Memories from Marina di Pisa is an Autograph Postcard Signed by the Italian painter Giovanni Costa (Rome, 1826 – Marina di Pisa, 1903), best-known as Nino Costa, to Adele Verducci. ...

Young Woman with Umbrella is an original pencil drawing realized by George Auriol in 1890s. Unsigned. G. Auriol's stamp on the back. Good conditions. George Auriol, born Jean-Geor...

Decoration is an original drawing in pen and watercolor on paper signed "E.Duc". the state of preservation is good except for some stains and folding on margins. Stamped on the low...

Madame M. is a black an white etching and drypoint realized by a French artist active at the end of XIX century, Maurice Deville in 1894. This original print, representing a superb...

Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller (1855 Amsterdam - 1925 ibid.), Late Summer River Landscape, oil on canvas, relined, 34 x 56 cm (inside measurement), 43 x 64 cm (frame), signed J[an] H[illebrand] Wijsmuller at lower right. - in good condition, the frame with isolated bumped spots - Realistic Impression - About the artwork The panoramic landscape format shows a river landscape, with the course of the river, which curves to the right, leading the eye into the depths of the picture and tempting it to continue the landscape in the imagination beyond the visible area. At the same time, however, the fact that the landscape is not visible through the bend in the river focuses our gaze on the entirety of the landscape depicted, without prompting us to focus on distant details. Accordingly, the brushstroke is not designed to render details with realistic precision. In the front left area of the river there is even a completely free brushwork, trained by Impressionism, which nevertheless remains committed to representational and convincingly suggests the movement of the water. Regardless of the distance of the observer, the entire picture is painted with the same broad brushstroke, so that the landscape is given as an impression. And yet this impression is not ephemeral, as in the case of French Impressionism, to put it exaggeratedly, but reveals to us the essence of the landscape in all its richness. This is why the Dutch variant of Impressionism is always also a realism, although the pictures appear less progressive, but still contain a dimension of landscape painting that is lost with progress. In the impression, the reality of the landscape is revealed, and this happens as we experience the landscape in the visual impression. Wijsmuller does not depict houses or people in order to allow the experience of the landscape to fully unfold. The experience is determined first and foremost by the river, which does not flow into the picture from our point of view, but towards us. Where the river begins to bend, the water is churned by a rapids. Toward us, the riverbed widens and the water comes to rest, covering the entire width of the foreground like a mirror. The stillness of the water corresponds to the evening mood of the late summer landscape, in which the warm tones of the evening light blend with the yellow and brown tones of the plants. A gentle, almost idyllic reality, carried by the brushstroke, yet animated by a liveliness that is also made visible by the brushstroke. The broad, dynamically placed brushstrokes evoke the movement of the treetops and animate even the immobile reeds, while the trunks on the right bank, executed in virtuoso white strokes that seem like markings, make the sunlight shine. On the other bank, a carpet of light also spreads out, its energetic effect again expressed in the brushstroke. The dynamic of the landscape is further enhanced by the complementary color contrasts between the greens, yellows, and browns on the one hand and the blue of the all-encompassing sky on the other. A contrast that is intensified by the reflection in the water. The evening coming to rest of the landscape is thus at the same time an all-encompassing contrasting and yet in itself harmonious movement. This reality becomes accessible to us as an experience in the impression of the landscape. About the artist Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller entered the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam in 1876 and studied under the innovative Professor August Allebé, who was famous for the Amsterdam Impressionism, also known as the Allebé School. In 1877, Wijsmuller transferred to the Hague Academy of Art, and thus to the Hague School, and then completed his studies at the Brussels Academy of Art. Returning to the Netherlands, Wijsmuller opened his own studio in Amsterdam. In 1883 he won the prestigious Young Artist Award, donated by Willink van Collen, which made Wijsmuller a well-known and sought-after artist. Wijsmuller was a member of the Societät Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam and the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. Wijsmuller belongs to the second generation of the Hague School. While Vincent van Gogh described the protagonists of the first generation to his brother Theo as "the great gray people," the second generation, and Wijsmuller in particular, used a much more colorful palette. His oeuvre makes him a major player in Dutch Impressionism...

The circa 1895 original advertising poster for Pastilles Zan encapsulates the essence of Belle Époque advertising, showcasing the elegance and charm of turn-of-the-century Parisian l...

Conversation Lithograph, 1893-1894 Signed and numbered in pencil lower left (see photo) Edition: (57/100) 100 Printed on wove paper Published by Edouard Kleinmann An early Nabi schoo...

Image dimensions: 13.1 x 21 cm. Bad Joke is a black and white lithograph realized in 1899. The artwork is dated 1899 (as printed on the right side). Monogram of the artist (H.B.) ...

Image dimensions: 9.5 x 12.5 cm. Mississippi is a black and white xylograph on paper, realized in 1890 by anonymous artist. Of little dimensions but high fineness, this original print portrays a historical view on the New Orleans port...

Beautiful poster of Corrida monogrammed E.A.D. dating from 1890. Gran plaza de toros de Bayonne. A great Spanish race will take place in the Bayonne bullring on September 2nd. Corri...

Ouvrard - From Le Café Concert is an original print, realized in 1893 by Henri-Gabriel Ibels. Black and white lithograph on paper. Good conditions except for some ripple along th...

Image dimensions: 24.5 x 31.5 cm. Centaur In The Smithy is an original print, realized in 1898. Black and white xylograph on applied Japon paper. Good conditions except for yellowing of paper (especially along the margins), and very light foxings on lower part of paper. The print was realized by Johann Jacob Weber and it's part of the series Meisterwerke der Holzschneidekunst (original title: SECHZEHN HOLZSCHNITTE NACH GEMÄLDEN ARNOLD BÖCKLIN...

Group of Female Nudes is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Ernest Rouart by the turn of the XX century. Original stamp of the artist on the center of the sheet. Good ...

The Feline is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Ernest Rouart by the turn of the XX century. This drawing is hand-signed by the artist in red pen on the lower left. In...

Monkeys is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the XX century. Including a white cardboard passepartout: 49 x 34 cm. Good conditions, except for a light shading of paper. This fine modern artwork represents different sketches of monkeys in various poses. On the back of the drawing, the artist drew other monkey sketches. Ernest Rouart (Paris, 1874 – Paris, 1942) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver, and art collector. He was the son of Henri Rouart...

Clark, A.H. The Lotus. Ca 1890.Original Lithograph. 22 3/4 x 13" sheet, 26 1/2 x 17" on linen. Rare.

Crafted in 1894, the original poster by Ogé for the Exposition Internationale du Livre & des Industries du Papier stands as a testament to the vibrant artistic scene of the Belle Épo...

Bruno Paul (1874 Seifhennersdorf - 1968 Berlin). Self-portrait, c. 1895. Pencil on paper, mounted on cardboard, 53.5 x 35 cm, signed 'Paul' at upper left. - Homo nudus - About the artwork In a mirrored situation, Bruno Paul looks at himself in the picture. While his body, which is the size of the format, is shown in profile parallel to the picture, he turns his head into the picture in order to become aware of himself there, whereby the lighter use...

"La Phalène des Isles de la Mer" or "The Moth of the Islands of the Sea" is an original color lithograph by Franz Melchers. This piece was published in L'Estampe Moderne I, an Art No...

Henri Rivière's circa 1895 creation for "Le Théâtre du Chat Noir: L'Enfant Prodigue" stands as a whimsical masterpiece that invites us to step into the magical realm of Parisian caba...

In the vibrant tapestry of Belle Époque Paris, the world of literature and popular culture converged in the mesmerizing work of poster artist Paul Balluriau. His 1899 creation, a pos...

French School, late 19th century Figure Study (recto); Reclining Figure Study (verso) Red chalk on paper, 13.3 x 10.2 cm Signed (unreadable) Provenance: Probably from a sketchboo...

In the late 19th century, political scandals reverberated through French society, and the press played a crucial role in shaping public opinion. Pablo's 1893 poster titled "La libre ...

Poster PLM for the thermal station of Sail les Bains, located in Forez, not far from Lyon. Tanconville, pseudonym of Henry Ganier, born on July 29, 1845 in Lunéville, died on Septemb...

Belle Epoque lithographic poster of Jules Chéret’s Théâtrophone, published in 1896 by Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret). This artwork is presented in an archival rag mat. “The fall of 1881 was a notable one in Paris: The City of Light was hosting the first International Exposition of Electricity off the Champs-Élysées. The expo created a buzz, with Europeans flocking to Paris to see the wonders of electricity, from Edison’s recently-invented light bulb to Alexander Graham Bell...

Oil Painting by Eugene Henry Cauchois "A Moonlit Garden" 1850-1911 Popular French flower painter born in Rouen. Studied Ecole des Beaux Artes in Paris under cabenel. Oil on canvas. S...

"Troupe de M'lle Eglantine" 1974 reproduction of an 1896 poster by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec produced under the auspices of the Lautrec Museum in Albi, France. Authenticated with museum...

A very good antique Neo-Classical bronze of a Bacchante or Maenad, by Spanish sculptor Gustave Obiols Delgado (1858-1902). The sculpture circa 1890. This large & very attractive, fin...

Beautiful poster by Charles Toché for Chemins de fer d'Orléans in 1892: Bains de mer de Bretagne - Pornichet - Bonne source Charles Toché, born July 26, 1851 in Nantes and died Augu...

Very old poster which takes the cover of the Figaro Illustré. This first cover was published in 1895. A certain accuracy in the features, as well as this idea of movement that give ...

Beautiful advertising poster from 1893 for Lefèvre-Utile and Néva Russian cookies. It was in 1882, with the arrival of son Louis Lefebvre-Utile, that LU began to expand and mechanize...

Very nice original poster from 1898 by Maurice Pillard Verneuil. Standing on dark blue water lilies, a pretty woman with flowing orange hair pours water from a gray jug. The essence ...