Early 1900s Art

Medium: original etching. Published in Vienna in 1901 by Vervielfaltigende Kunst for the "Kunst in Wien" portfolio. A rich, magnificent impression with plate tone printed on heavy wo...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 55 x 71.5 x 2.5 cm

Original antique equestrian sport poster for horse racing featuring an illustration by the painter Albert Mantelet (Albert Mantelet-Goguet; 1858-1958) depicting jockeys riding horses...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

The General is an original drawing on paper realized by Edouard Detaille ( 1848-1912). Applied on a white Passepartout. Hand-signed on the lower righ...

Medium: original etching and drypoint. This work by Rodolphe Piguet (sometimes spelled Piquet) was printed in 1904 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Pla...

Medium: original etching. Published in Vienna by Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst in 1903. The plate measures 4 1/2 x 7 inches (115 x 178 mm). A fine, dark impression printed...

Miss Taylor Drypoint, c. 1900 Signed in pencil lower left (see photo) Small edition, about 10 Very rich impression, full of burr Condition: Excellent Image size: 21-1/4 x 13-1/4" Sheet size: 25 3/8 x 18 5/8" Reference: Montesquiou XII Paul César Helleu was born in Vannes, Brittany, France. His father, who was a customs inspector, died when Helleu was in his teens. Despite opposition from his mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée Chaptal. In 1876, at age 16, he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts, beginning academic training in art with Jean-Léon Gérôme. Helleu attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition in the same year, and made his first acquaintances with John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet. He was struck by their modern, bold alla prima technique and outdoor scenes, so far removed from the studio. Following graduation, Helleu took a job with the firm Théodore Deck Ceramique Française hand-painting fine decorative plates. At this same time, he met Giovanni Boldini, a portrait painter with a facile, bravura style, who became a mentor and comrade, and strongly influenced his future artistic style. When he was 18 years old, Helleu established a close friendship with John Singer Sargent, four years his senior, that was to last his lifetime. Already becoming established, Sargent was receiving commissions for his work. Helleu had not sold anything, and was deeply discouraged almost to the point of abandoning his studies. When Sargent heard this, he went to Helleu and picked one of his paintings, praising his technique. Flattered that Sargent would praise his work, he offered to give it to him. Sargent replied, "I shall gladly accept this, Helleu, but not as a gift. I sell my own pictures, and I know what they cost me by the time they are out of my hand. I should never enjoy this pastel if I hadn't paid you a fair and honest price for it." With this he paid him a thousand-franc note. Helleu was commissioned in 1884 to paint a portrait of a young woman named Alice Guérin (1870–1933). They fell in love, and married on 28 July 1886. Throughout their lives together, she was his favourite model. Charming, refined and graceful, she helped introduce them to the aristocratic circles of Paris, where they became popular fixtures. On a trip to London with Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1885, Helleu met Whistler again and visited other prominent artists. His introduction to James Jacques Tissot, an accomplished society painter from France who made his career in England, proved a revelation. In Tissot, Helleu saw, for the first time, the possibilities of drypoint etching with a diamond point stylus directly on a copper plate. Helleu quickly became a virtuoso of the technique, drawing with the same dynamic and sophisticated freedom with his stylus as with his pastels. His prints were very well received, and they had the added advantage that a sitter could have several proofs printed to give to relations or friends. Over the course of his career, Helleu produced more than 2,000 drypoint prints. Soon, Helleu was displaying works to much acclaim at several galleries. Degas encouraged him to submit paintings to the Eighth Impressionist Exhibition in May and June 1886. The show was installed in a Paris apartment at 1 rue Laffitte, which ran concurrently with the official Salon that year to make a statement. Although 17 artists joined the famous exhibit that included the first Neo-Impressionistic works, Helleu, like Monet, refused to participate. Paul Helleu Sketching with His Wife (1889), by John Singer Sargent, The Brooklyn Museum, New York In 1886, Helleu befriended Robert de Montesquiou, the poet and aesthete, who bought six of his drypoints to add to his large print collection. Montesquiou later wrote a book about Helleu that was published in 1913 with reproductions of 100 of his prints and drawings. This volume remains the definitive biography of Helleu. Montesquiou introduced Helleu to Parisian literary salons, where he met Marcel Proust, who also became a friend. Proust created a literary picture of Helleu in his novel Remembrance of Things Past as the painter Elstir. (Later, Helleu engraved a well-known portrait of Proust on his deathbed.) Montesquiou's cousin, the Countess Greffulhe, enabled Helleu to expand his career as a portrait artist to elegant women in the highest ranks of Paris society, portraits that provide the basis for his modern reputation. His subjects included the Duchess of Marlborough, the Marchesa Casati...

Incised signature lower left, 'A. Sacerdote' for Anselmo Sacerdote (Italian, 1868-1923), titled, lower right, 'Val Soana' and dated August, 1903. Anselmo Sacerdote was born in Turin...

Signed and dated '1901' lower left

L'Absolution is a Lithograph realized by Hermann Paul, in 1905. Signed on Plate and applied on a white Passepartout. Good condition with diffused foxin...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

PAUL FORDYCE MAITLAND (1863-1909) Shop Front, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea Signed l.r.: Maitland; bears inscription and date on a label on the reverse: No. 71 Cheyne Walk/ (unfinished painting) / by Paul Maitland...

Medium: original lithograph. This impression on chine-colle paper was printed in 1900 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches...

2 oil on canvas paintings. in good condition, frames not guaranteed for condition but one with separation between gilded inset and black frame

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1903 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (167 x 11...

GUIDI Giuseppe (1881-1931) Divertimento in the Music Salon Oil on canvas signed low right Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 70 X 100 cm Dim frame :...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiment...

Medium: original etching. This impression in sepia on watermarked laid paper was printed in 1907 and published in Paris for the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 6 1/8 x ...

William Glackens, 1870-1938 M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene, 1903 Ink, wash, charcoal and Chinese white on paper Signed (at lower left): W. Glackens...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Turn of Century American Figurative Maine Lobster Fisherman - Grandfather's Joy A Old Lobster Fisherman ponders the future and the joy of grandchildren. Wonderful turn of century Ame...

Medium: original etching and drypoint. This impression in sepia on watermarked laid paper was printed in 1907 and published in Paris for the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate s...

Medium: original etching and drypoint. This is an earlier-state proof before letters were added for the final published edition. Printed in 1900 for Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Plate siz...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiment...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting . Oil on canvas, circa 1910. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 16"L x 20"H.

Medium: original etching. Printed on cream wove paper and published in 1904. Plate size: 4 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (120 x 265 mm). Signed in the plate; not hand-signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1903-11. This delightful etching was published in Paris in 1903 by Gazette des Beaux-Arts. The plate measures 8 5/8...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Tabanelli 199. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1906 and published by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate size: 4 x 8 1/2 inches ...

Work on canvas Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 33 x 40.5 x 4 cm

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Work on canvas

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Charles Henri Toussaint known as Henri Toussaint 🇫🇷 (1849-1911), is a French painter, illustrator and engraver. He is the father of the painter and illustrator Maurice Toussaint (...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiment...

Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902. Large-format drawing depicting a skull lying on an open book, in front of a large crucifix...

Original vintage poster: Uncle Tom's Cabin. Original lithograph. Museum Linen Backed. Date: c. 1900 Printer: Ackermann-Quigley, Kansas City. This Uncle Tom's Cabin is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation-mounted, linen-backed, and in good condition. A Certificate of Authenticity comes with all of our posters. Ready to frame This poster is for the stage performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The man depicted in the image is 'Marks' who was one of the slave clatters in this novel. Harriet Beecher Stowe...

La Grande Cascade de Saint Cloud Color aquatint on watermarked Arches J Perrigot paper, 1905 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right. (see photo) Edition: 100. Numbered "39" in pencil lower left. Titled in pencil verso Published by Edmund Sagot, Paris, his dry stamp lower right below signature. Image: 23-1/8 x 17-3/8" (58.7 x 44 cm.) From the British Museum: "Colour etcher. Born in Livorno from a family of wealthy Swiss cotton merchants, studied with Giuseppe Ciaranfi and Michele Gordigiani in Florence. In 1886 exhibited with Fattori, Achille Lega and Tommasi in the Prima Esposizione delle Belle Arti in Livorno. In 1888 he and his family moved to Paris, where he studied first with François Flameng until 1892 and later with Carolus-Duran. Müller remained in the French capital until the outbreak of the First World War, taking French citizenship in 1913. He worked in the countryside at Barbizon, Suresnes and elsewhere, but also made frequent visits to his native country, where he exhibited regularly in Florence with the Promotrice Fiorentine. His early work was indebted to Fattori and Plinio Nomellini, but he soon became interested in the Impressionists and was credited by the critic Mario Tinti with introducing the luminism of Monet into Italian art. Müller was a member of the Société des Artistes Indépendents and exhibited regularly in the Paris dealer George Petit's annual exhibitions of colour prints. He made his first print in 1896, a lithographic portrait of the poet Paul Verlaine in the Café Procope. The following year Müller made his first colour aquatints. Among them were a series of illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. In style his etchings and aquatints were influenced by Manuel Robbe. Very occasionally he combined drypoint or soft ground etching with aquatint. Müller's principal publisher was Pierrefort, who also issued prints by Toulouse-Lautrec. After 1903 he largely abandoned aquatint for pure etching. Fourteen of his colour etchings were reproduced over a number of months in the weekly magazine 'Le Courrier français'. Müller also made a small number of colour lithographs, some of which were published by the Parisian print dealer Sagot. A single monotype of Mallarmé done in 1911, thirteen years after the poet's death in 1898, is recorded. Müller made a few landscape prints and a couple of etchings of fishing boats, but his principal subject was young women in long dresses. Often there is an aura of fin-de-siècle wistfulness. When he returned to Italy, he lived first in Taormina, then in Florence, and finally settled in a villa at Settignano. Müller largely abandoned printmaking after 1914. Only three more prints by him made in 1920, 1925 and 1933 are recorded after he moved back to his native country. Müller was a regular exhibitor in Florentine exhibitions, the most significant of which was the 1922 Primaverile Fiorentina. He returned to France in 1930 where he died in 1939. (Text by Martin Hopkinson)" Said to rival the fountains at Versailles, La Grande Cascade is still turned on for a few hours every Sunday in June. The Grande Cascade, constructed in 1664-1665 by Antoine Le Pautre has survived. The château was expanded by Phillipe de France, duc d'Orléans in the 17th century, and finally enlarged by Marie Antoinette in the 1780s. Napoleon I and Napoleon III also used the palace, which was a U-shaped scheme of three sections, open to the east. Destroyed by fire (with the exception of a few outbuildings and its majestic garden) in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. The burned-out shell stood until 1891, when it was demolished. The gardens were replanned by André Le Nôtre...

Original Alphonse Mucha decorative panel. Linen backed in very good condition A-/B+ condition. This lovely poster looks just like an oil painting. It is a rare design by Alphonse ...

Sorry for the reflections on the glass - I did not want to disassemble the ornate antique gold frame in order to photograph the art. At any rate - this is a beautifully accomplished turn-of-the-century watercolor by the American painter Frank English...

Antique American impressionist seascape painting by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph (1868 - 1924). Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed....

'Ferry of the Loaf' comes from the legendary tale of Thane of Fife, MacDuff, escaping the fury of MacBeth crossing the River Tay in the 11th century. The painting comes with a handw...

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...

Edition of 300 copies including illustrations by A.-P. Lauren engraved by E. Decisy. Very fine copy belonging to the series of 100 on Japon Impérial and valid d'Arches, including the...

Very Impressive French Impressionist figure study of a Ballerina seated in an interior. A very decorative and very desirable oil on canvas dating from the early 1900's The painting...

A neoclassical oil painting on canvas by British artist Henry John Sylvester Stannard. The scene depicts a woman cleaning a bucket outside her house while a dog nestled in a dog house watches on. The painting is signed by the artist as “Sylvester Stannard”. The Cottage Garden...

William Glackens, 1870-1938 Dubourg Drew from his Basket his Mechanical Syringe, 1902 Charcoal, gouache and white chalk on paper Signed (at bottom cen...

Woman with Black Swans by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Monotype 26.4 x 19.5 cm (10 ³/₈ x 7 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Manzana Executed circa 1908 Artist biography: Like...