Early 1900s Nude Prints

Etching, signed in pencil (lower right), 51cm x 64.5cm (plate size) (81cm x 94cm framed). British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and designer, the son of a Welsh architect who specialized in church furnishings and who was working in Belgium at the time of the boy's birth. In 1882–4 Brangwyn served an apprenticeship with William Morris, and like his master he was active in a variety of fields. He was an Official War Artist in the First World War, for example, he was one of the finest draughtsmen of the day and a skilful etcher and lithographer, and he made designs for a great range of objects (furniture, textiles, ceramics, glassware, jewellery, and so on); however, he became best known for his murals. His most famous undertaking in this field was a series of large panels on the theme of the British empire, commissioned by the House of Lords...

Le Bibliothecaire Color aquatint and drypoint, 1906 Unsigned proof Edition: c. 100 Printed on Arches watermark laid paper Reference: Merrill Chase Volume 1, No. 13 Condition: Very good/excellent Image/plate size: 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches Sheet size: 23 5/16 x 17 5/16 inches Provenance: Arthur Gilbert, noted collector The colors are applied to the printing plate by hand in a technique called "a la poupee". From Wikipedia: "À la poupée is a largely historic intaglio printmaking technique for making colour prints by applying different ink colours to a single printing plate using ball-shaped wads of cloth, one for each colour. " Sometimes this manner of applying inks is called monoprint inking. By the nature of the hand application and blending of colors, each impressions varies to some degree. That's why it looks like a painting. This gives the finished etching a "painterly effect" that many find to be most pleasing. The artist was hugely popular in the 1970's and 1980's here in America, Manuel Robbe (Alphonse, a.k.a. Eugene Lafitte) 1872-1936 Born Alphonse Lafitte...

An original lithograph on thin wove paper by French artist Ludovic Alleaume (1859-1941) titled "Phalene et Feux Follets", 1904. Edition size unknown. Printer unknown and published by Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne in Paris, France. Comes with original tissue cover sleeve. Presently archivally hinged to a light beige backing paper as originally issued. Sheet size: 8.13" x 5.75". Image size: 7.75" x 5.5". A strong impression in excellent condition. Beautiful piece. This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Ludovic Alleaume is born 24 March 1859 Angers, Maine-et-Loire . He is the son of Augustus Symphorien Alleaume (1821-1895) and Rose Hodée (1827-1909) . His father is the author of Patents of Invention, containing watches, published in 1873 . Student of the Regional School of Fine Arts of Angers from the artist Eugène Brunclair he became apprentice painters decorators in Angers. He then joined the School of Fine Arts in Paris where he was admitted in the workshops of Ernest Hébert and Luc-Olivier Merson ). Ludovic Alleaume is primarily a portraitist . In 1883, he started the Salon of French artists . He is the brother of Auguste Alleaume , stained glass specialist. Multidisciplinary artist, he participated in his workshop in Laval from 1893 to 1937, also working with his other brother Paul (1856-1940), editor-cutter. It also produces wall murals along with Ladislas Dymkovski , related to his family. It is he who will command the drawings that his brothers and some windows so he worked with Lecomte and Colin in Rennes, Jacques-Philippe Imberton, Henri Carot , Louis-Charles-Marie Champigneulle (1853-1905 ) in Paris, François Comère Brussels Haudecoeur in Lille, and with Pierre-Jules Boulanger (1833-1911), master glassmaker in Rouen. Many times decorated for his painting, he obtained the Legion of Honour in 1927. He works as an illustrator for the magazine of Britain, The Journal of Anjou and The Illustrated World. He divides his time between the boulevard Saint-Germain Paris studio and his brother's workshop. Ludovic Alleaume dies 14...

From: L’Album des Douze Lithographies Signed in the stone lower left Published by Ambrose Vollard, Paris, 1919 Edition: 950 examples Printed on wove paper Note: There was a deluxe ed...

Edouard MANET Olympia, 1865 Original etching On vellum 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 inch) This etching was presented by Manet during Salon in 1865 at the same time than the famous eponym...

Edouard MANET Boy with a Dog, 1860/62 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Japan paper 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 inch) REFERENCES : Catalo...

Edouard MANET Olympia, 1865 Original etching On Japan paper 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 inch) This etching was presented by Manet during Salon in 1865 at the same time than the famous e...

Suzanne VALADON Women and Child on the riverside Original engraving (drypoint) Handsigned in pencil (and also printed signiture in the plate) On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5...

Erotic Scene is an etching and aquatint on light wire rod paper realized by Franz Von Bayros, also known as Choisy Le Conin (Agram, 1866 - Viennam 1924). From the print suite Die Bo...

Original title: Die Apfel This wonderful B/W etching and aquatint representing a vintage erotic scene. Hand signed in pencil on the lower left. Edition of...

Original title: Die Pinguine This original etching, aquatint and drypoint artwork is hand-signed in pencil on the lower left. Edition of 530 copies. Including a poem by Amadée de la Houlette. Representing a vintage erotic scene...

Original title: Der Freund This wonderful B/W etching and aquatint artwork is hand-signed in pencil on the lower left. Edition of 530 prints. Including a poem by Amadée de la Houlette. representing a vintage erotic...