Sir Muirhead Bone

Canal and Bridge of SS Apostoli, Venice.

1916

Windy Night, Stockholm. 1935. Drypoint. Dodgson 457.x. 11 7/8 x 7 5/8 (sheet 15 1/2 x 10 7/8). Edition of 80 in this state (total 93 in 10 states). Illustrated: Guichard, British Etc...

Rainy NIght in Rome.. 1913. Drypoint. Dodgson 299.x. 12 x 9 (sheet 16 x 11 1/4). Edition 125 in 10 states. A rich impression with burr and tonal wiping....

Canal and Bridge of SS Apostoli, Venice. 1916. Drypoint. Dodgson catalog 351. state x/xxvi. 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 15 5/8 x 10 7/8). Edition of 129 proofs in 26 states. A rich impres...

A Spanish Good Friday (Ronda). 1925. Drypoint. Dodgson catalog 412 state xxix. Image: 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 (sheet 16 3/4 x 12). Edition 160 in 29 states. Illustrated: Zigrosser: Six Centuries of Fine Prints. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr. Printed on smooth simili-Japan paper with full margins. Signed in pencil by Bone. Housed in a 22 1/4 x 15 1/2-inch period gold leaf frame. This is one of Bone's most dramatic images. The night shadows...

Evening, Port of Genoa. 1915. Drypoint. Dodgson 337.i/v. 7 5/8 x 9 15/16 (sheet 9 1/8 x 14). Edition of 45 in five states. An exceptionally rich impression with drypoint burr, printe...

Gardner and Clark catalog 52. Image: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4; sheet 9 1/4 x 7 1/4. Edition 65, # number 5. A rich impression with drypoint burr printed on 'J Whatman 1827' laid paper. Signed...

Venice wall lamp 01 by Magic Circus Editions. Dimensions: Ø 14 x W 40 x D 17. Materials: brass, mouth blown glass . Available finishes: brass, nickel. All our lamps can be wi...

Venice wall lamp 02 by Magic Circus Editions Dimensions: Ø 14 x W 40 x D 17 Materials: brass, mouth blown glass Available finishes: Brass, Nickel All our lamps can be wired ac...

Set of 2 Venice wall lamp by Magic Circus Editions Dimensions: Ø 14 x W 40 x D 17 Materials: brass, mouth blown Glass Available finishes: Brass, Nickel All our lamps can be ...

Nickel Venice wall lamp 02 by Magic Circus Editions Dimensions: Ø 14 x W 40 x D 17 Materials: Nickel, Mouth blown Glass Available finishes: Brass All our lamps can be wired acco...

Venice wall lamp 01 by Magic Circus Editions. Dimensions: Ø 14 x W 40 x D 17. Materials: nickel, mouth blown glass. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If ...

Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left and presented in a magnificent carved and gilt frame. This painting has a wonderful atmosphere to it and measures 40" x 56" including the fram...

A brilliant canal scene typical of Charles Henri Leickert's ouevre, this fine scene makes a mother and her young daughter strolling a dirt path the focal point of the intricately detailed composition with an almost supernatural light shining on them from an unknown source. Within the pale blue waters of the canal flowing along the right side of the picture, Leickert places a series of small fishing vessels drawn up to the shore with their sails brought in. This is a compositional choice he frequently employed in his work, the canal balanced almost exactly to one-third of the scene with a severe leftward [or rightward when the composition is reversed] angle, the bulk of the scene focused on the buildings and people on the bank and land. Painted at the height of his career in 1859, the scene is an example of his best quality with intricate handling of the details in every element. Particularly striking is the nuanced texture and individuality of the brickwork on the tall building left of the figures. It stands out with such a variety of hues and tones, varying degrees of translucent shadows cast across the aged building with a roof in disrepair. In his typical script, the work is signed lower right "Ch. Leickert F. 59". Provenance: * With McConnal-Mason & Sons, London [label verso] * With Christies, London (South Kensington), Sale 8252, 31 January 2013, lot 8, achieved 18,750 GBP [prevailing exchange rate at time of sale 1.57 GBP/USD for an approximate sale price of $ 29,400] CHARLES HENRI JOSEPH LEICKERT Born in Brussels on September 22nd of 1816, Charles Henri Joseph Leickert studied at the Academy in The Hague and further studied under the landscape painters Bartholomeus van Hove, Andreas Schelfhout and Wijnandus Johannes Josephus Nuyen, who heavily influenced Leickert's preference for and composition of cityscapes. The three painters were some of the most highly regarded of the Dutch Romantic period and Schelfhout had a particularly strong influence on the trajectory of Leickert’s work; the similarities between their oeuvre is notable, particularly in his skating scenes. Leickert focused all of his energies on Dutch landscapes, capturing vivid landscapes, rivers, mountains, windmills and many scenes of ice skating. He came to specialize in winter landscapes with a particular emphasis on the atmospheric romance of the sky and the play of light across pale blue and light pink skies against the elements below in the evening hours. His work was strictly focused on the Netherlands and he painted almost exclusively in his home country during his working years, first in The Hague from 1841 through 1846 and later in Amsterdam from 1849 through 1883. Upon moving to Amsterdam in 1849, Leickert joined 'Arti et Amicitiae' group of artists and in 1856 he became a member of the Koninklijke Akademie. Towards the end of the 1850s, Leickert began to expand his studies to include cityscapes and even some beach scenes. This period would mark the height of his career, from roughly 1850 through 1870, as this time-frame saw a colliding of both an exceedingly high demand for his work and also the highest development of his skillset as an artist. Kraaij observes in his biography and catalogue raisonne on Leickert, "his paintings are carefully finished; elements such as vegetation and background are executed in particular detail. The color contrasts are often surprising and the rendering of chiaroscuro is magnificent.” After spending time viewing his "View of Amsterdam in the Winter with Setting Sun" at exhibition, an art critic wrote "Leickert has long managed to situate himself outside the school of Shelfhout-that is, to learn, to observe with his own eyes. His View of Amsterdam in the Winter with Setting Sun is one of those paintings at which one might gaze for a long time to recover, as it were, all that is surprising and alluring about a sunset in December. The sky has a particular divine effect, being harmoniously rendered and incontrovertibly one of the most handsome of the Exhibition." [see Kraaij] In order to meet demand, he often would create several versions of the same composition, sometimes changing small details or leaving out certain elements. The work of the Dutch landscapist was very much in demand for its distinct rejection of the Romantic School sentiments throughout the rest of Europe where landscapes were often infused with exotic and mystical elements. By contrast, the Dutch Romantics looked to the “Golden Age” of the 17th-century painters and sought to capture the tranquility and nostalgia of their homeland with its ancient towns full of interesting architecture, rural scenes dotted with windmills and rolling hills with rushing rivers exactly as they naturally existed. Leickert was a major beneficiary of this attention, as his work would become some of the most highly regarded of the period. Like most of his contemporaries during this period, Leickert’s landscapes did not seek to be topographically exacting but rather to recreate the relevant and realistic essence of what made the Dutch countryside so inherently beautiful, arranging these elements in a pleasing and balanced composition. To this end, Leickert made extensive plein-air studies to utilize later in his work. Some 750 pencil sketches and several of his sketchbooks are today preserved in the Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum in Mainz, providing critical insight into the preparatory process that went into his paintings. At the age of 71, Leickert moved to Mainz, Germany where he died in 1907. He produced around seven hundred paintings in his lifetime, exhibiting eighty-five of these and his work remains some of the most highly sought-after of the Dutch Romantic School. His best work is characterized by brilliant color, fine composition of the scene with balance of all elements and painstakingly precise attention to detail with minute brushwork bringing out a full range of texture. Leickert's paintings are held in the permanent collections of museums around the world, including the Hermitage Museum, the Riijksmuseum, the Museum Paul Tetar van Elven...

The relaxed atmosphere is characteristic of the oil paintings by Dutch artist Laetitia de Haas (1948). Her work radiates a distinction and tranquility that we often lack in the ever...

Sculpture Original bronze BELLE DE NUIT Wax lost bronze signed on the thigh: N °: 4/8 Electrolysis silver foundry stamp Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes o...

This vivid 20th-century Dutch School oil painting depicts a canalside view in the low countries. Moored alongside two rustic dwellings, ...

This image is referenced as Dodgson #374 and is from an edition of 94 Draughtsman, illustrator and painter Muirhead Bone was born in Partick, Glasgow, and trained as an architect. He attended evening classes at Glasgow School of Art and was self-taught as an etcher. In 1901 Bone settled in London, where he quickly established an international reputation, selling prints...

Signed in pencil and titled in the lower margin by the artist Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Stock # A6538 Note: The scene depicts the Church of San Rocco on the right at th...

Muirhead Bone (1876-1953), Rainy Night in Rome, drypoint, 1913,signed in pencil lower right and inscribed “Trial Proof” lower left margin. Reference: Dodgson 299, first state (of 10), a total of 125 impressions were printed in all 10 states. In very good condition, with margins (deckle edges bottom and right irregularly trimmed, the slightest toning), 12 x 8 7/8 inches, the sheet 15 3/4 x 11 inches. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stock number a11101). A fine rich impression, printed with a brownish/black ink, with substantial burr and carefully wiped plate tone lightening the center of the composition, printed on a cream wove paper. A trial proof aside from the 48 impressions in this state. As described by Dodgson, the ground at the bottom right is blank to a height of 10 mm in this state, but the foreground of the composition is in fact darkened with plate tone. Rainy Night in Rome is one of Bone’s great iconic images. It shows the church San Girolamo...

Original etching and drypoint, signed in the plate and in pencil in the lower right corner; Dodgson "Etchings and drypoints by Muirhead Bone", Print Collector's Quarterly, 1922, IX, p. 173-200; Mackenzie, British Prints, p. 57; 400 x 278 mm Superb test with signs particularly rich in beards, a characteristic typical only of the first tests: the pictorial effect is very effective. Small uneven margins. In perfect state of conservation. Rich of burr drypoint, 1916, printed on cream paper. Good margins all around. In good condition. Sir Muirhead Bone (23 March 1876 - 21 October 1953) was a Scottish etcher and watercolorist who became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. Bone was an active member of both the British War Memorials Committee in the First World War and the War Artists...

The image show a panoramic view of the architectural arches and the boats in the harbor of Dieppe in Normandy France. Dieppe was occupied by German naval and army forces after the f...

Image dimensions: 13 x 18 cm. Etching on ivory colored paper. Etching on ivory colored paper, with two embossing stamps: "Libreria Prandi Reggio E." in lower-right corner,"H. Peti...