The Art Connoisseurs

Early 19th Century

Copy of a Portrait of Pierre Seriziat by Jacques Louis David which was painted in 1795 , David 1748-1825, this picture is a direct copy by an artist by the name of F. Hamilton. There...

Maurice Valadon ( Utrillo ) 1883 -1955, was a French painter who was born in the Parisienne quarter of Montmartre and is one of the very few French impressionist painters to have been born there. His mother was Suzanne Valadon and she was also a very well known French painter who was a model for Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas and many others, she bore her son Maurice but the father was never acknowledged and consequently a friend Miquel Utrillo adopted the boy and gave him his name stating that he would be glad to put his name to the work of either Renoir or Degas, however it is well known Utrillo was not the true paternal party. Maurice was effectively taught by his mother to paint and she was self taught, having sat for some of the greatest impressionist painters of the time, where the son and mother differed was on the subject , he predominantly painted suburban and city scenes from plein air and sometimes from memory also painting pictures from the view from his window. His style and manner was maintained throughout his career, however he suffered from regular mental disturbance and eventually in the mid 1930's he moved with his wife to Le Vesinet which is just outside Paris where he effectively retired. There is an abundance of biographical detail to be found on the internet and it would do a great injustice here to the artist to attempt his biography. This painting contains various mannerisms and hidden information which we are given to understand confirms this painting to be by Utrillo himself, however without a clear and decisive signature we have listed it as ' attributed ', which we are certain to prove to be Utrillo himself, the work is monogrammed 'V' which is further the identification of this work, we believe the 'V' stands for Valadon, he signed his works Maurice Utrillo V...

Sir John Kiffin Williams O.B.E. R.A. 1918-2006, was a Welsh landscape painter. Kiffin Williams as he was known lived on Anglesey and was widely regarded as one of the greatest We...

This urban landscape is certainly a British city possibly Bristol, the artist is unknown at present and despite extensive photography in visual and infrared we have been unable to lo...

Medium: offset lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in 1954 at the Mourlot Freres atelier for the "Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso" portfolio (Verve issue No. 29-30) and published...

Stencil The work signed in the plate 35.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 13.78 in. x 9.45 in. (image) 52.50 cm. x 41.50 cm. 20.67 in. x 16.34 in. (frame) LCD5579

Pen & ink drawing by F.W. (LL) depicting two dapper racecourse gents enquiring, Are they engaged? Yes, but she won't marry him until he gives up the "ring" Art Sz: 13 3/4"H x 9 3/4"...

This artwork titled "The Jury" c.1980 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed and inscribed H.C (Hors Comm...