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Period: 1910s
"Un coin a Bruges" original etching

"Un coin a Bruges" original etching

By Jacques Beurdeley

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1910-7. Printed in Paris and published in 1910 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate size: 8 1/4 x 6 inches (210 x 155 m...

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Realist 1910s Art

Materials

Etching

'La Danse' (Dance) — French Cubist Woodcut
'La Danse' (Dance) — French Cubist Woodcut

'La Danse' (Dance) — French Cubist Woodcut

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Raoul Dufy, 'La Danse' (Dance), woodcut, 1910. A proof impression before the second edition of 220 in 1953; with the estate stamp 'ATELIER RAOUL DUFY' in the lower right margin; the blind stamp 'GG' in the lower left sheet corner. Annotated 'E/Z' in pencil, beneath the estate stamp; and 'bois original' in the margin, lower left. Titled in the block, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impression, on heavy, cream wove paper; the full sheet with wide margins (3 1/2 to 6 3/4 inches); slight toning at the bottom and right sheet edges, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 12 5/16 x 12 1/2 inches (313 x 318 mm); sheet size 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (502 x 654 mm). Collections: Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Brooklyn Museum, Cleveland Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Nasher Museum of Art (Duke University), Toledo Art Museum. From the suite of four woodcuts entitled 'Les Plaisirs de la Paix' (The Pleasures of Peace), published by Éditions de La Sirène, Paris in 1926. The other three works in the series are 'La Peche' (Fishing), 'La Chase' (The Hunt), and 'L'amore' (Love). See our other listings for 'La Peche' and 'L'amore'. Collections: Brooklyn Museum, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Cleveland Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Minneapolis Art...

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Cubist 1910s Art

Materials

Woodcut

UP TO THE WOOLWORTH
UP TO THE WOOLWORTH

UP TO THE WOOLWORTH

By Joseph Pennell

Located in Santa Monica, CA

JOSEPH PENNELL (1857- 1926) UP TO THE WOOLWORTH 1915 (Wuerth 673) Etching, signed in pencil. Early state before additional work, especially before extensive darkening in the sky. I...

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American Impressionist 1910s Art

Materials

Etching

Untitled (Forest Pool), c. 1915
Untitled (Forest Pool), c. 1915

Untitled (Forest Pool), c. 1915

By Lorenzo Palmer Latimer

Located in Pasadena, CA

Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired by a private collector, Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Oceanside, Californ...

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Impressionist 1910s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Twilight Crashing Surf”
Twilight Crashing Surf”

Twilight Crashing Surf”

By George Howell Gay

Located in Southampton, NY

Original watercolor on archival paper by the well known American artist, George Howell Gay. Signed lower left by the artist. Circa 1910. Condition is excellent. Great vibrant colo...

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Academic 1910s Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

Blond Girl with Basket of Flowers "Rosemary's Playmate"
Blond Girl with Basket of Flowers "Rosemary's Playmate"

Blond Girl with Basket of Flowers "Rosemary's Playmate"

By Francis Luis Mora

Located in Miami, FL

This is an almost lifesize portrait of a charming blond holding a basket of freshly picked flowers. The girl set against a verdant landscape with blue sky and cumulus clouds. The subject is the friend of the artist's daughter. 78 x 42in. framed. This joyful image of youth looks better in person due to its impressive size and clearly will be a statement piece in any home. Francis Luis Mora ( ( Uruguayan / American, 1874-1940) Studied under Edmund Charles Tarbell...

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Academic 1910s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Der Unverstandene" original lithograph

"Der Unverstandene" original lithograph

By Rudolf Grossmann

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This is one of the scenes of the Berlin art world executed by Rudolf Grossmann. Printed in 1919 at the Wolf & Sohn atelier for the Ganymed portfolio ...

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Expressionist 1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique French Portrait of a Lady Oil on Panel, Signed & Dated 1915
Antique French Portrait of a Lady Oil on Panel, Signed & Dated 1915

Antique French Portrait of a Lady Oil on Panel, Signed & Dated 1915

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady French artist, signed and dated 1915 oil on panel board: 13.75 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: scuffing to the edges from a previou...

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French School 1910s Art

Materials

Oil

" Il lago Maggiore " Italia olio su cartone cm. 53 x 39 1910
" Il lago Maggiore " Italia olio su cartone cm. 53 x 39 1910

" Il lago Maggiore " Italia olio su cartone cm. 53 x 39 1910

Located in Torino, IT

Opera luminosa ,primi del 1900, lago Maggiore verso sera, splendido cielo e nuvole Firmata in basso a destra Giovanni Guarlotti nasce a Galliate (Novara) il 9 novembre 1869. Guarlott...

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Post-Impressionist 1910s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Distinguished Portrait of Authoritative Gentleman in Glasses French Oil Painting
Distinguished Portrait of Authoritative Gentleman in Glasses French Oil Painting

Distinguished Portrait of Authoritative Gentleman in Glasses French Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Distinguished Gentleman Portrait Signed by D - Lubin (French, early 20th century) Dated 1915 oil on panel, unframed panel: 13.75 x 10.5 inches Provenance: Private collection, Paris ...

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Impressionist 1910s Art

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Oil

"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano
"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano

"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano

By Charles Edmund Brock

Located in Soquel, CA

An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...

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Realist 1910s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original 'The U. S. Marines Want You' vintage military recruiting poster
Original 'The U. S. Marines Want You' vintage military recruiting poster

Original 'The U. S. Marines Want You' vintage military recruiting poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage poster: The U.S. Marines Want You. This military vintage poster is archival linen-backed and in fine condition, ready to frame. There is no date, artist, or printer'...

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American Realist 1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Caryatid of the Erechtheum, British Museum Greek Classical photogravure
Caryatid of the Erechtheum, British Museum Greek Classical photogravure

Caryatid of the Erechtheum, British Museum Greek Classical photogravure

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Caryatid of the Erechtheum' Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner...

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Other Art Style 1910s Art

Materials

Photogravure

Children's Book Illustrator  -  Mother Goose, Children and Flowers
Children's Book Illustrator  -  Mother Goose, Children and Flowers

Children's Book Illustrator - Mother Goose, Children and Flowers

Located in Miami, FL

Mother Goose is a French fairy tale and later of English nursery rhyme. In this illustration, we see an oversized Goose in a yellow bonnet elevated on a step and engaging with an attentively curious young girl and young boy. Large vases of flowers frame them. Titled in pencil center bottom: "Goosey, Goosey Gander. Where do you wander? Signed Margaret Evans Price...

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Art Nouveau 1910s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

"The Shepaug"

"The Shepaug"

By John Fulton Folinsbee

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by John Fulton Folinsbee (1892 - 1972). One of the finest painters to embark upon the New Hope Art Colony, John...

Category

American Impressionist 1910s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Four Balinese, Bali (1910)

Four Balinese, Bali (1910)

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Four Balinese, 1910 Signed and dated bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 15.6 x 23 cm In ebonized frame with white mount. Literature: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, Zwerftochten op Bali, Amsterdam, 1910, p. 36 WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP (1874-1950) Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way. He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths. In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art...

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Art Nouveau 1910s Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Self Portrait
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

By Sándor Bortnyik

Located in London, GB

Charcoal on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 33cm x 24cm, (66cm x 56cm framed). The work is framed behind UV glass and stepped gilded frame. Bortnyik was a painter and graphi...

Category

Bauhaus 1910s Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"Nature morte" original lithograph

"Nature morte" original lithograph

By Maurice Denis

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Cailler 135. This is an interpretation by Maurice Denis of one of Paul Cezannes's still life compositions, printed in 1914 and publi...

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1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Fishing Party - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Fishing Party - Pencil drawing - circa 1914

Fishing Party - Pencil drawing - circa 1914

By Georges Conrad

Located in Paris, IDF

Georges CONRAD (1874-1936) Fishing Party Original pencil and color pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in) Very good condition, pap...

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Academic 1910s Art

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

Emprunt Defense National  "National Defense Loan" 1915 French WW1 linen-backed
Emprunt Defense National  "National Defense Loan" 1915 French WW1 linen-backed

Emprunt Defense National "National Defense Loan" 1915 French WW1 linen-backed

By Francisque Poulbot

Located in Spokane, WA

Original French 1915 World War I poster titled "National Defense Loan" by Poulbot. Archival linen-backed original lithograph in very good condition, ready to frame. At 110 years old, this authentic French military poster...

Category

Art Nouveau 1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Ferme a Vauhalan" original etching

"Ferme a Vauhalan" original etching

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Published in 1912 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate size: 5 x 9 1/4 inches (128 x 232 mm) on cream laid paper. Signed in the plate, not by hand. The Gazett...

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1910s Art

Materials

Etching

In Homage to the French People
In Homage to the French People

In Homage to the French People

By Cameron Burnside

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1919 Medium: Oil on Unstretched Canvas (shipped rolled) Dimensions: 156.00" x 168.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right In Homage to the French People, 1919 Titled lower center: La Croix Rouge Americaine en Hommage au Peuple Français. From the Collection of the American Red Cross

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1910s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Antique French Poster, "Journee", Charles D. Fouqueray, Lithograph
Original Antique French Poster, "Journee", Charles D. Fouqueray, Lithograph

Original Antique French Poster, "Journee", Charles D. Fouqueray, Lithograph

Located in Dallas, TX

"Journee des Regions Liberees!" artist: Charles D. Fouqueray. Size: 45 x 30. Year: 1919. Archival linen backed in great condition; ready to frame. Original linen backed stone lithograph: Charles D. Fouqueray Journee des Regions Liberees! De La Vasselais Paris Vire (Calvados) Imp. circa 1919 Canvas poster / Vintage Poster on Linnen Featured is a French poster from award-winning artist Charles Fouqueray, produced for World War I. The image is the majority with title separate and positions across the top in red outlined black text. The text reads "Day of the liberated regions.... think of the destroyed homes". Set against a background of devastated buildings in flames, stands a family group: the father embraces his daughter while the mother hold a younger naked child...

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Art Nouveau 1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mosque / - The Expression of Architecture -
Mosque / - The Expression of Architecture -

Mosque / - The Expression of Architecture -

Located in Berlin, DE

Walter Dexel (1890 Munich – 1973 Braunschweig), Mosque, 1916. Watercolor woodcut on handmade paper, 15.5 cm x 10 cm (image), 29 cm x 22.3 cm (sheet size), signed “WDexel 16” in penci...

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Expressionist 1910s Art

Materials

Paper

"Woman Turning Around" Copper Plate Heliogravure
"Woman Turning Around" Copper Plate Heliogravure

"Woman Turning Around" Copper Plate Heliogravure

By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.

Located in Palm Beach, FL

2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works. R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans Muhlestein appeared. Its author, a young scholar, expressed his frustration with the limited availability of printable work by Hodler. In his Author’s Note on page 19, dated Easter, 1914, Muhlestein confirms that the publisher of Hodler’s three works from that same year owned the exclusive reproductive rights to Hodler’s printed original work. He goes further to explain that even after offering to pay to use certain of those images in his book, the publisher refused. Clearly, a lot of jockeying for position in what was perceived as a hot market was occurring in 1914. Instead, their timing couldn’t have been more ill-fated, and what began with such high hopes suddenly found a much different market amid a hostile climate. The onset of WWI directly impacted sales. Many, including Ferdinand Hodler, publicly protested the September invasion by Germany of France in which the Reims Cathedral, re-built in the 13th century, was shelled, destroying priceless stained glass and statuary and burning off the iron roof and badly damaging its wooden interior. Thomas Gaehtgens, Director of the Getty Research Institute describes how the bombing of Reims Cathedral triggered blindingly powerful and deeply-felt ultra-nationalistic responses: “The event profoundly shocked French intellectuals, who for the most part had an intense admiration for German literature, music and art. By relying on press accounts and abstracting from the visual propagandistic content, they were unable to interpret the siege of Reims without turning away from German culture in disgust. Similarly, the German intelligentsia and bourgeoisie were also shocked to find themselves described as vandals and barbarians. Ninety-three writers, scientists, university professors, and artists signed a protest, directed against the French insults, that defended the actions of the German army.” In similar fashion, a flurry of open letters published in German newspapers and journals as well as telegrams and postcards sent directly to Hodler following his outcry in support of Reims reflected the collectively critical reaction to Hodler’s position. Loosli documents that among the list of telegrams Hodler received was one from none other than his publisher in Germany, R.Piper & Co. Allegiances were questioned. The market for Hodler in Germany immediately softened. Matters worsened for the publisher beyond the German backlash to Hodler and his loss of appeal in the home market; with the war in full swing until 1918, there was little chance a German publisher would have much interest coming from outside of Germany and Austria. Following the war and Hodler’s death in 1918, the economy in Germany continued to spiral out and just 5 years later, hyper-inflation had rendered its currency worthless vis-a-vis its value in the pre-war years. Like the economy, Hodler’s reputation was slow to find currency in these difficult times. Even many French art fans had turned sour on Hodler as they considered his long-standing relationship in German and Austrian art circles. Thus, the portfolio’s rarity in Hodler’s lifetime and, consequently, the availability of these printed images from DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS since his death has been scarce. In many ways, Hodler and his portfolios were casualties of war. Thwarted from their intended purpose of reaching a wide audience and show-casing Parallelisme, Hodler’s unique approach to art, this important, undated work has been both elusive and shrouded in mystery. Perhaps DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was left undated as a means of affirming the timelessness of Hodler’s art. Digging back into the past, Hodler’s contemporaries, like R. Piper, C.A. Loosli and Hans Muhlestein, indeed provide the keys to unequivocally clarify what has largely been mired in obscurity. Just after Hodler’s death, the May, 1918 issue of the Burlington Review ran a small column which opined hope for better access to R.Piper & Co.’s DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS; 100 years later, it is finally possible. Hodler’s voice rings out through these printed works. Once more, his modern approach to depicting portraits, landscapes and grand scale scenes of Swiss history speak to us of what is universal. Engaging with any one of these images is the chance to connect to Hodler’s vision and his world view- weltanschauung in German, vision du monde in French- however one expresses these concepts through language, its message embedded in his work is the same: “We differ from one another, but we are like each other even more. What unifies us is greater and more powerful than what divides us.” Today, Hodler’s art couldn’t be more timely. FERDINAND HODLER (SWISS, 1853-1918) explored Parallelisme through figurative poses evocative of music, dance and ritual. His images of sex, night, desertion and death as well as his many landscapes exploring the universal longing for harmony with Nature are unique and important works embodying a Symbolist paradigm. Truly a Modern Master, Hodler’s influence can be felt in the work of Gustav Klimt and Kolomon Moser and subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern, Switzerland in 1853. His entire family succumbed to tuberculosis, and he was orphaned by the age of 13, the only surviving child among his 13 siblings. In the absence of family, the influence and guidance which his art instructors provided Hodler was foundational and profound. Hodler began formal studies in 1872 at the Geneva School of Design. Under Barthelemy Menn, Hodler was drawn to the ordered beauty of Euclidian geometry and Durer’s fundamentals of human proportion that proved to be guiding principles informing his art throughout his life. By the 1880s, Hodler began to enjoy some recognition for his work which put him on a new path towards stability. Remaining in Geneva, he became assistant to the well-known muralist, Edouard Castres. Following his first solo show in 1885, Hodler’s work took on a Symbolist quality. He frequently associated with a group of Swiss Symbolist...

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Symbolist 1910s Art

Antique American Marine Seascape Oil Painting Crashing Surf Atlantic Coast Maine
Antique American Marine Seascape Oil Painting Crashing Surf Atlantic Coast Maine

Antique American Marine Seascape Oil Painting Crashing Surf Atlantic Coast Maine

By Frederick Judd Waugh

Located in Portland, OR

A fine antique seascape oil painting on panel by the celebrated marine artist, Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940), depicting the Atlantic of the coast of Maine, circa 1910. The painting is finely executed with bold and decisive brush strokes with crisp edges, one can almost hear the roar of the ocean as the surf crashes upon the rocks. The painting is signed lower right "Waugh" and is housed in the original carved & gilded frame. Condition is very good indeed, this fine seascape by one of America's most acclaimed late 19th early 20th century marine artists is ready to grace your wall. The painting will be accompanied with a certicificate of authenticity & provenance. Frederick Judd Waugh was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship camouflage for the U.S. Navy, under the direction of Everett L. Warner. Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait painter, Samuel Waugh. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Adolphe-William Bouguereau. After leaving Paris, he moved to England, residing on the island of Sark in the English Channel, where he made his living as a seascape painter. In 1898 he was recorded as living in Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire. In 1908, Waugh returned to the U.S., settling in Montclair Heights, New Jersey. He had no studio until art collector William T. Evans (a railroad financier and President of the dry goods firm, Mills Gibbs Corporation) offered him one in exchange for one painting a year. In later years, he lived on Bailey Island, Maine, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Waugh’s marinescapes were highly acclaimed, garnering him the Popular Prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition for five years in a row, a feat accomplished by no other artist. In 1914, he was a judge of the art exhibit on Monhegan Island, Maine during the 1914 Ter-Centenary celebration of the Voyage of Captain John Smith. In addition to his marinescapes, Waugh sometimes published work in periodicals, such as The Green Sheaf, to which he contributed at least one illustration. He also produced paintings and sketches on legendary and mythological themes; see, for instance, his 1921 sketch “Levitation in Dream No. 3”, and his c. 1912 painting “The Knight of the Holy Grail”. In 1918, Waugh was recommended to serve as a camouflage artist (or camoufleur) for the U.S. Navy, as a member of the Design Section of its marine camouflage unit. That section was located in Washington, D.C., and was headed by American painter Everett L. Warner. According to a biography of Waugh, “Many large ships, including the Leviathan, were painted according to his designs. Though the enterprise was of course a team effort in which no man played a solo part, he had every reason to be proud of his record. Only one ship with his system of camouflage was lost during the war”. Waugh was known to produce literary work, publishing a short poem in Pamela Colman Smith’s short-lived periodical The Green Sheaf; a fairy tale in The English Illustrated Magazine; and, in 1916, the book The Clan of Munes...

Category

Realist 1910s Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mary and Maude Platt, 1912
Mary and Maude Platt, 1912

Mary and Maude Platt, 1912

Located in New York, NY

Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy. Lora Webb Nichols Mary and Maude Platt, 1912 15 x 15 inch gelatin silver print Image Size: 10.75 x 11 inches frame size 18 x 18 x 2 inches Edition of 15 Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us. At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...

Category

Other Art Style 1910s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Poet, Young Woman - Lithograph signed in the plate (Leda 1960)
The Poet, Young Woman - Lithograph signed in the plate (Leda 1960)

The Poet, Young Woman - Lithograph signed in the plate (Leda 1960)

By Amedeo Modigliani

Located in Paris, IDF

Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) (after) The Poet, Young Woman Lithograph and stencil after a drawing from the artist Signed in the plate On Arches vellum 48 x 36 cm (c. 19 x 14,2 in) ...

Category

Modern 1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph