Early 1900s Art

'Chinatown, San Francisco', gouache on fine art paper, by Edward Wilson Currier (1903). Spofford Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown is best known for an address (number 36) where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen plotted the overthrow of China's last dynasty. During Prohibition, it was the site of turf battles over local bootlegging and protection rackets. Today it is lined with seniors' community centres. However, the quiet alley livens up in the evenings when a Chinese orchestra strikes up a tune, mah-jongg games begin with a cascade of clicking tiles, and barbers and florists use the pretence of sweeping their doorsteps to gossip. In this artist's depiction, a man smokes a long-stemmed Chinese pipe under the awning and colourful lanterns hanging from the wooden supports while a child looks on. The artwork is interesting from several standpoints including architectural, cultural and historical. Shortly after this work was painted, the neighbourhood was completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that levelled most of the city. From 1910 to 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained at the Angel Island...

Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles "Thigley" French School (possibly Franck Burty Haviland) Lost wax bronze casting Circa 1910 5 7/8 x 9 x 3 1/4 A sophisticated bronze casting of a Cavalier King Charles spaniel made in lost wax casting (cire perdue) from the beginning of the 20th century by Valsuani Foundry. This an unusual bronze approached in its aesthetic that’s reminiscent of the work of great animal sculptors of the second half of the 19th century except in this presentation which is more avant-garde for the time with a much looser, more impressionistic execution. The patina is a superb bronze color, brown and slightly greenish, going in places towards a more antique green. The attitude of the dog is extremely well and sensitively rendered with the placement of material unlike the renderings of a bronze by Barye...

A beautiful pointillist oil painting dated 1900 and signed Ford. Housed in a very unique and oddly complementary frame this work stands out in a crowd.

Antique French Impressionist Oil on Panel by Paul de Frick, "Banks on the River Seine," Circa 1900 Antique oil painting by French Impressionist artist Paul de Frick (1864-1935), sta...

Three Light LILY Table Lamp, 1900s Favrile glass, patinated bronze, two shades engraved L.C.T. F Avrile base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK319 13 in

Artist: Santinetti, Italian (XIXth-XXth) Title: Sailboats in Venice Year: 1900 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 14 in. x 30 in. (35.56 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame: 26.5 x 36 inches

Georges MANZANA PISSARRO (1871-1961) La baigneuse Circa : 1902 Stained glass, painting on glass and lead hooping Format of the work: 26 x 23 cm Signed at the bottom Provenance: Fam...

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Death and Life, painted in 1908. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und St...

La Toilette Drypoint, 1908 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photos) Edition: 65 this state (35/65) Published by Gustave Pellet (1859-1919),...

The Pastilles Poncelet poster, designed by Jules Chéret, is an iconic example of early advertising art from the Belle Époque era. Created to promote Pastilles Poncelet, a product adv...

This most charming oil painting is attributed to the circle of noted British Impressionist artist Philip Wilson Steer. Painted circa 1900 this lovely Edwardian Impressionist paintin...

The turn of the 20th century, known as the Belle Époque, was a period of cultural and artistic flourishing in Europe, particularly in France. Among the many artists who captured the ...

Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) - Paloma. Year: circa 1990, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 26 in. x 40 in. (66.04 cm x 101.6 cm)

Max Cowper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿(1860-1911) was a Dundee born painter. He was employed as an illustrator for the Dundee Courier before moving to London around 1901 to join the staff of the ...

Milano e la sua Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione Magazine is a vintage Italian colored newspaper. published in 1906 With illustration, Editors" Fratelli T...

The Dryads… Ancient beings of old growth forests, with wisdom of ages long forgotten, knowing much of what us busy folk have forgotten. The Forest of Arden is famously featured in S...

Peacock Vase by Léopold SAVINE (1861-1934) A rare vase made in gilded bronze in form of two peacocks with their raised plumage. Signed on the base " L....

William Glackens, 1870-1938 Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class, ca. 1907 Watercolor and pencil on paper Signed (at lower left): Glackens Inscribed ...

Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Male Acrobat, Year: 1902, Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed in the plate, Image Size: 9 x 8 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Refe...

Eugène Galiany aka Eugène GALIEN-LALOUE (1854-1941) A delightful pastoral Normandy landscape by the master of this genre Galien-Laloue. Signed E Galiany and presented in a walnut ...

This is an Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958), Oil on Canvas, Cornwall, England, 1905. The painting has been relined. Doesn’t effect the value measures 18x15. In good condition

John Dalziel Kenworthy portrait of a gentleman . Fine, large and imposing oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame. The sitter is unidentified, he has an aristocratic and characterful lo...

One of Rosell's most popular subjects, he is known for his little girl and animal figures. In this good-sized painting, the little girl figure is particularly charming, as she is nu...

Oil on board painting by Aloysius O’Kelly of Concarneau, Brittany. Signed bottom right and titled verso. Condition: Good. Provenance: Sarasota estate. Overall sized framed in o...

L'Assiette au Beurre is a Comic Magazine published in 1901, reproducing drawings by Hermann-Paul (1864–1940), Henry Gustave Jossot (1866 –1951), Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934). ...

Complete set of Stations of the Cross oil paintings by Völkel German, 1909 Canvas: Height 80cm, width 82cm Frame: Height 134cm, width 111c...

Annie French was part of the Glasgow Girls group of artists and illustrators who worked in a delicate, feminine, and detailed Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite style. This work, "Flora," is masterfully rendered and decorated with sumptuous floral patterns in the most detailed way. It is signed twice in the upper right quadrant. The mat has a hand-painted decorative border. The work presents better in person, and the viewer can marvel at the minute detail. The Video is overexposed and light and not representative of color. Use still...

Like his mentor the great American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, Charles Webster Hawthorne was equally admired in his own day as both a talented painter and a highly influential instructor. Hawthorne first studied with Chase at his Shinnecock Summer School of Art, which was specifically dedicated to open-air landscape painting. Not only did Hawthorne quickly absorb all the principles of Chase’s instruction, but he also became determined to found his own school based on the same model. In 1899 Hawthorne discovered the small fishing village of Provincetown on the furthermost tip of Cape Cod, and after purchasing a large house on Miller Hill, he opened the Cape Cod School of Art, which proved to be an immediate success. While Hawthorne’s own approach as a teacher owed much to Chase, he developed a distinctly unique painting style and teaching method that defies easy categorization. He was greatly impressed with the work of Franz Hals, which he was exposed to during his trip to Holland in the summer of 1898. Hawthorne was particularly struck by Hals’ Regentesses of the Old Men’s Almhouse, and from this work he absorbed a deep appreciation for the power of human expression and an economy of technique. Hawthorne applied these lessons to his own realistic portraits of Provincetown fishermen and their families; these works have a somber, almost melancholy quality to them, and they reveal a sense of the vulnerability of the human condition. Stylistically, Hawthorne maintained a life-long commitment to the importance of color. “Beauty in art,” he said, “is the delicious notes of color one against the other.” Of equal importance to him was capturing the effects of light. He told his students: “Everything in painting is a matter of silhouettes. Hold light against shadow, not light against light.” He developed a particular technique of layering glazes and texturing the surface of his paintings, which heightens the relationship between the colors and creates a light effect that seems to emanate from within the painting. These stylistic techniques in combination with his straightforward compositions of one or more figures shown at close range create the hallmarks of Hawthorne’s best paintings. Hawthorne and his wife Ethel’s 1905-1907 trip to Italy did not result in a drastic impact on his artistic style. Nonetheless, it proved to be a transformative and enlightening voyage. The extensive trip was financed by collectors who paid in advance for a painting to be produced abroad. On the trip, Hawthorne explored the work of old masters and was struck particularly by the paintings of Titian, which to Hawthorne, demonstrated the master’s true adoration for the act of painting itself through his handling of paint and color. Where Titian’s paintings...

"Fantasia of Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX) Oil on canvas Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique 20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...

To the Painter is an ink and Watercolor realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot in 1904, for the magazine "Rire". Good condition on a yellowed paper. Stamp signed on the lower riht cor...

Plate #6 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...

Lelong's circa 1900 original advertising poster for "La Petite Gironde" is a historical gem that sheds light on the influential role this provincial newspaper played during its time....

Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (1865 Mieltschin - 1910 Berlin), Field worker with rake, around 1900. Brown and brown-greenish patinated bronze with ...

The circa 1900 theater poster for Monte Carlo Jemima is a fascinating example of early 20th-century poster art, encapsulating the artistic and cultural trends of its time. Designed t...

Avril (April) Color aquatint and etching, c. 1906 Signed in pencil lower right Edition: c. 100 Excellent impression, fresh colors Reference: Merrill Chase Volume 1, No. 9 Condition: ...

JOHN DA COSTA (1867-1931) Lillie, the Artist’s Wife Signed l.l. Coloured chalks on tinted paper Framed 61 by 48.5 cm., 24 by 19 in. (frame size 80 by 69 cm., 31 ½ by 27 ¼ in.) Jo...

The vintage poster for "Cycles Clément Pneumatique Dunlop Clément, Gladiator & Humber Ltd" is a charming relic from the early 20th century, epitomizing the collaboration of renowned ...

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Schloss Kammer on Lake Attersee II (Das Werk Gustav Klimts), originally painted in 1909. Publishe...

Crafted around the turn of the 20th century, the original poster advertising "The Ivanoff Troupe of Russian Singers & Dancers" at The Palace Theatre of Varieties evokes a captivating...

'Eggs' Antique English natural history chromolithograph. Key to eggs below the image. Tiny numbers in the margins to identify the eggs. Sheet 19cm by 12.5cm, image 13cm by 9.5cm.

'Eggs' Antique English natural history chromolithograph. Key to eggs below the image. Tiny numbers in the margins to identify the eggs. Sheet 19cm by 12.5cm, image 13cm by 9.5cm.

Alphonse Mucha's name shines like that of a visionary artist who left an indelible mark on the aesthetics of the early 20th century. The year 1902 saw the publication of "Documents d...

This stunning British American Impressionist portrait oil on canvas painting is by Sir James Jebusa Shannon circa 1905. The painting is of the artist and his wife Florence and daught...

Claude Renoir, la Tete Baisee (Claude Renoir, Head Lowered) Lithograph, 1904 Edition 1,000, this one of 950 on wove paper with the stamp signature (there were also 50 impressions pri...

Alphonse Mucha was a painter and decorative artist best known for the sensual Art Nouveau paintings, posters, and advertisements that came to define Art Nouveau in fin de siècle Pari...

Signed figures in landscape oil on board circa 1905 by Australian-American impressionist painter Richard Hayley Lever. The work depicts fishing vessels docked in the harbour in Douar...

English butterfly chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...

Walter Launt Palmer is best known as “the painter of the American Winter.” In Bars of Light, the cool areas of shade haphazardly crisscross and then blanket the warm sunlight on the ...

Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 86. This lovely drypoint was executed by Raffaelli in 1909 and published in Paris by H. Floury. Plate size: 3 1/4 ...

This richly illustrated poster from around 1900, titled “Louis XIV dans le parc de Versailles”, is part of the iconic “Notre Histoire” educational series published by Delagrave, with...

Provenance David Ramus, Ltd.; Menconi and Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York; Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia, until 2010 Exhibitions Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ...

Water Snakes I, no. 9 from the first installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Known by various names, Women Friends, Girlfriends, Water Snakes I and what Kli...

La Mye du Roi - conte dròlatique manuscrit et enluminé par Léon Lébegue. Edition of 245 copies including original hand-colored illustrations by Léon Lebègue. Copy on vergé à la form...

1905 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas Signed lower left “L. Lhermitte”

Art nouveau style poster from the beginning of the 20th century presenting Le Bruyant Alexandre in his realistic cabaret printed by the Thill printing ho...

A wonderful oil on canvas circa 1908 by French post impressionist painter Henri Liénard de Saint-Délis depicting a boat docked at the harbour in the harb...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Martha Walter (1875-1976) Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followed by the Pennsylva...

Emile TRONCY Sétif (Algeria), 1859 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, 1943 Oil on canvas Around 1910 Signed lower left “E. Troncy” 42 x 33 cm (58 x 50 cm with the frame) Stamp of the mer...

Mademoiselle Sablon, MUSCIAL ACTRESS Lithograph, 1907 Unsigned Provenance: estate of the artist Reference: Belleroche No. K383 Albert Belleroche Log of lithographs...

Landscape is an original etching artwork realized in the 1904 ca. by Italian artist Francesco Vitalini. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. The State of preservation is very ...