Early 1900s Art

Work on cardboard Dimensions with frame43.5 x 36 x 3 cm This captivating work presents a serene rural landscape, marked by a rustic house topped by a discreet red roof. Two imposing...

Portrait PS 238 Le temps des Jonquilles Portrait of a woman with back naked. ⭐Structural analysis:⭐ Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a study of light on human...

Il Kaiser is an original drawing in China ink and tempera on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This artwotk presents on the back som...

French School - PS 248 Elle(s) Portrait of two women, from La Belle époque. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch ⭐Sustainab...

Robert Charles Watson (British, 1857-1923) Beautifully executed highlands landscape w/cattle Oil on canvas mounted on Masonite Signed and dated lower right; 1900 Painting: 7 3/4"...

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar), Norwegian pine grove, 1901. Watercolor on blue-green paper, 30 x 22 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed in his own hand "TvE. Fagermes [i.e. Fagermes]. 26.6.[19]01." - Slight crease throughout at left margin, otherwise in good condition. About the artwork Themistokles von Eckenbrecher often traveled to Norway to study the nature that fascinated him there. On June 26, 1901, near the southern Norwegian town of Fagernes, in the summer evening sun, he saw a small pine grove, which he immediately captured in a watercolor. He exposed the trees growing on a small hill in front of the background, so that the pines completely define the picture and combine to form a tense motif. The tension comes from the contrast of form and color. The trunks, growing upward, form a vertical structure that is horizontally penetrated by the spreading branches and the pine needles, which are rendered as a plane. This structural tension is further intensified by the color contrast between the brown-reddish iridescent trunks and branches and the green-toned needlework. Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, however, does not use the observed natural scene as an inspiring model for a dance of color and form that detaches itself from the motif and thus treads the path of abstracting modernism. Its inner vitality is to be brought to light and made aesthetically accessible through the work of art. It is precisely in order to depict the inner vitality of nature that von Eckenbrecher chooses the technique of watercolor, in which the individual details, such as the needles, are not meticulously worked out, but rather a flowing movement is created that unites the contrasts. The trees seem to have formed the twisted trunks out of their own inner strength as they grew, creatingthose tense lineations that the artist has put into the picture. The inner strength continues in the branches and twigs, culminating in the upward growth of the needles. At the same time, the trunks, illuminated by the setting sun, seem to glow from within, adding an almost dramatic dimension to the growing movement. Through the artwork, nature itself is revealed as art. In order to make nature visible as art in the work, von Eckenbrecher exposes the group of trees so that they are bounded from the outside by an all-encompassing contour line and merge into an areal unity that enters into a figure-ground relationship with the blue-greenish watercolor paper. The figure-ground relationship emphasizes the ornamental quality of the natural work of art, which further enforces the artwork character of the group of trees. With the presentation of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's artistic idea and its realization, it has become clear that the present watercolor is not a study of nature in the sense of a visual note by the artist, which might then be integrated into a larger work context, but a completely independent work of art. This is why von Eckenbrecher signed the watercolor. In addition, it is marked with a place and a date, which confirms that this work of nature presented itself to him in exactly this way at this place at this time. At the same time, the date and place make it clear that the natural work of art has been transferred into the sphere of art and thus removed from the time of the place of nature. About the artist Themistocles' parents instilled a life of travel in their son, who is said to have spoken eleven languages. His father, who was interested in ancient and oriental culture, was a doctor and had married Francesca Magdalena Danelon, an Italian, daughter of the British consul in Trieste. During a stay in Athens - Gustav von Eckenbrecher was a friend of Heinrich von Schliemann and is said to have given him crucial clues as to the location of Troy - Themistokles saw the light of day in 1842. After an interlude in Berlin, where Themistokles was educated at the English-American School, the journey began again. From 1850 to 1857 the family lived in Constantinople, after which the father opened a practice in Potsdam, where Themistokles, who wanted to become a painter, was taught by the court painter Carl Gustav Wegener. In 1861 the von Eckenbrechers left Potsdam and settled in Düsseldorf. There Themistokles received two years of private tuition from Oswald Aschenbach, who greatly admired the talented young artist. After his artistic training, he undertook extensive travels, often accompanied by Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, which took him to northern and eastern Europe, but above all to the Middle East and even to South America. The paintings that resulted from these journeys established his artistic reputation and led to his participation in large panoramas such as the 118 x 15 metre Entry of the Mecca Caravan into Cairo, painted for the City of Hamburg in 1882. 1882 was also the start of a total of 21 study trips to Scandinavia, most of them to Norway, and the unique Norwegian landscape with its rugged fjords became a central motif in his work. Along with Anders Askevold and Adelsteen Normann...

Medium: original lithograph. This impression was printed in 1901 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Image size: 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (195 x 130 mm). Sign...

A fine New England landscape with a cart path and birch tree by Swedish-American artist Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph (1868-1924). Valenkamph was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and emi...

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1908 and published in Paris by Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 7 x 5 1/2 inches (180 x 140 mm). A rich, dark impression on laid pap...

The 1903 original travel poster by Toilpot showcasing the Pyrénées and the Cirque de Gavarnie, in collaboration with the Chemin de fer d'Orléans, offers a captivating glimpse into the allure of travel to this picturesque region of France. Created during a time when railway travel was revolutionizing tourism, this poster serves as both a promotional tool for the Chemin de fer d'Orléans and a window into the natural beauty of the Pyrénées.

Toilpot, a renowned artist of the era, skillfully captures the majestic...

Oil Painting by Richard George Hinchliffe "Portrait of a Girl" (1868–1942) Dimensions width 39.25" (100cm) height 63.75" (162cm) All of the items that we advertise for sale have be...

Tree and House is a precious pencil study realized by the French painter Emile-Louis Minet. The state of preservation is excellent. The piece of paper comes from a sketchbook, and it...

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...

Tram is an original China and lead drawing realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1905. Good condition, mounted on a cream coloured cardboard passpartout ( 34.5x50 cm), with a light blue...

A hand-colored caricature entitled the "Gaekwar of Baroda" (Prince of India), from Vanity Fair, Plate 23 , published July 3, 1901. Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863-1939) was the Maharaja ...

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: ...

Panthère noire is a wonderful etching and aquatint on cream-colored laid paper, realized in 1901 by Evert Van Muyden (1853-1922). Signed and dated on plate, this beautiful plate was...

Summer in La Baule VI Sun Bathing Summer Scene: Women enjoying sunbathing in La Baule VI Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 30x30cm ■■ 11,8x11,8 inc...

Le Rire is a Comic Magazine published in December 1896, reproducing drawings by Charles Léandre. Signed, numbered and dated on the margins.

Oil Painting Pair by Henry Schouten "A Vase of Flowers" 1857 -1927 Using his psuedonym 'Jos Klaus' which he used for his flower paintings Belgian painter who studied under Alfred Ven...

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Etching and aquatint realized in 1909. Belongs to the series "Amor und Psyche. Opus V". Very good condition.

RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE (1841 - 1919) Claude Renoir, tourné à gauche Claude Renoir, Turning Left Delteil 40, Stella 40 Original chalk lithograph ...

Oil paint on heavy illustration board by the Spanish artist, Cecilio Pla. Signed lower right. Titled and signed verso. “Tipos” means types; different type...

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

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1900 and published in Leipzig, Germany for Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst. This impression is printed on cream wove paper. Plate size: 7 1/2 x 11...

Le Rire - Rouge is a Comic Magazine published in March 1916, reproducing drawings by Francisque Poulbot. Signed, numbered and dated on the margins.

Glasgow: Regality Club, 1894. Etching on cream laid paper with a poppy watermark, 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (115 x 148 mm) full margins. Notations in the margins recto, well outside of image area. Scattered very minor light brown foxing in the right-side sheet quadant, virtually invisible on recto. [Rinder 191]. The son of a clergyman, Sir David Young Cameron was born in Glasgow in 1865. After a brief and unhappy dalliance in the fields of business and law, Cameron began attending the prestigious Glasgow School of the Arts in 1881, and later the Edinburgh School of the Arts. At first associated with the Glasgow Boys (John Lavery, Joseph Crawhall...

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...

Gran Sasso view is a postcard realized in may 25th, 1904. The photo depicts the Gran Sasso mountain pass, for the railway studies Teramo- l'Aquila. It s adressed to the deputy, Mr. ...

H 12.5 x W 9.75 in. (sight size) Signed in plate Notes: From the Edition of 1000. Catalogue Raisonné: [Delteil-Stella 38] and/or [Leymarie-Melot 38] Provenance Private Collection, ...

Medium: original etching. Published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer in 1904 for Kunst und Kunstler. The plate measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (140 x 185 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original etching. Also called "Etude de nu". Printed in 1907 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (183 x 138 mm). ...

Medium: original etching. This impression on cream laid paper was published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1903. Plate size: 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (125 x 220 mm). Signed in the plat...

FREDERICK CAYLEY ROBINSON, ARA, RWS (1862-1927) A Summer Evening Signed l.r.: CAYLEY-ROBINSON; inscribed on the reverse: A Summer Evening/Exhibited at Leicester Galleries Oil on paper 16.5 by 18.5 cm., 6 ½ by 7 ¼ in. (frame size 38.5 by 40 cm., 15 ¼ by 15 ¾ in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries, Small Paintings and Sketches by the Late F. Cayley Robinson, ARA, RWS, December 1929 Born in Brentford-on-Thames, the son of a stockbroker, Robinson began his artistic training at the St John’s Wood...

This very interesting British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist Algernon Cecil Newton. Newton became primarily a landscape artist and exhibited numerous...

Medium: original etching. This impression on japon paper was printed in 1902 and published in Paris by the by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Image size: 5 x 8 1/2 inches (127 x 213 mm). Not...

The Couple is an original lithograph realized after Francisco Goya in 1900 ca. Good conditions except for foxings. Passepartout included: 48.5 x 40 cm. The artwork represents an e...

Attributed to Luigi Lucioni Untitled (Still Life), c. 1900 Oil on canvas 30 x 26 in. Framed: 34.5 x 30 in. Born in Malnate, Italy, in 1900, Luigi Lucioni became one of America's well-known landscape painters, whose work has been noted for its heightened realism and photographic attention to detail. Lucioni immigrated to the United States with his family in 1911. In 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend Cooper Union, and he began studying there with William Starkweather. In 1920, he studied with William Auerbach Levy...

Sam Francis Untitled III 1986 Engraving, copy 69/76 Hand signed SFE - 066 88 x 99 cm - 122,50 x 134

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...

Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 6th state, sanguine. Full margins. Ref. Cat. Salomon 98. Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.

Medium: original lithograph. This impression was printed in 1902 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 inches (245 x 178 mm). This wor...

Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/...

It is always wonderful to be able to do original research on a mysterious painting by a mysterious artist. Born in Paris in 1867, Marthe Alers-Abran died tragically young in the same...

Old Houses, Milbank Grosvenor Road London 1906 This an etching of Grosvenor Road Old Houses, done in 1906 by American printmaker and Whistler biographer Joseph Pennell (American, 18...

Der Zeichner is a superb etching made around 1900 by a still unknown author, but surely from the circle of Max Klinger (Leipzig, 1857 - Grossjena, 1920). Title on plate in the lower margin in the center. Posthumous impression of a matrix by an unknown author. The style refers to the Griffelkunst and the prescriptions of the Max Klinger "school of stylus"and of the artists who were close to him. In particular, for the subject in question, in the circle of Max Klinger, Saschia Schneider stands out, who placed male...

The early 20th century was a period of intense ideological struggle in France, particularly between Catholics and secularists. The 1905 Law on the Separation of Church and State had ...

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1902 and published in Paris by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Image size: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (145 x 210 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

This captivating portrait oil painting is by noted artist Georges Van Den Bos. Painted circa 1905, it is a half length portrait of a young girl wearing a peach dress with lace bodice...

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...

Image dimensions: 26x18.2 cm. Noël de Pierrot is a beautiful colored lithograph on cardboard, realized by the Polish illustrator Franz Laskoff and print...

Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1904-12. Printed in Paris and published in 1904 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate size: 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 i...

Medium: original etching and aquatint in bistre. This impression on watermarked laid paper was printed in 1905 and published in Paris for the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 41.5 x 50 x 4.5 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...