Old Masters Art

study of a seated clumber spaniel, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1929 lower left. Housed in a new gilt frame. Paintings of these beautiful dogs are...

Pen and ink, ink wash and pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 38cm x 29cm (65cm x 55cm framed). This penetrating and wonderfully executed self-portrait, is all the mor...

The present artwork is an original etching by American artist Leonard Baskin. Here, he presents a portrait of the Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Breughel the Elder in profile, executed after the engraving by Johannes Wierix published in 1572 by Volcxken Diericx and Hieronymus Cock. In the portrait, Baskin displays a love of line and texture, using the etching technique to exaggerate and draw attention to the wrinkles of the face, while leaving the hair and clothing like a study or sketch. Like in the work of contemporary artist Claude Weisbuch, the result for Baskin is an image that recalls the old masters and displays the mastery of contemporary printmakers, but that also places mid-century formal concerns at the forefront of portraiture and figuration. etching in black in on Rives paper 17.5 x 17.5 inches, plate 29.75 x 22 inches, sheet 33.5 x 25.88 inches, frame Entitled "Breughel" in pencil, lower left Edition 9/50 in pencil, lower center Signed in pencil, lower right "PB" in the plate, upper left "PB" in the plate, upper right (faint) Label for Irving Galleries, Milwaukee on reverse Label for David Barnett Gallery on reverse Framed behind glass in a distressed cassetta-style moulding Artwork in overall good condition; general toning to the paper; some scattered foxing; frame in good condition with some losses to finished surface revealing white ground Born in 1922 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Baskin was reared in Brooklyn, New York. The son of a Rabbi, Baskin was educated at a yeshiva (Jewish religious college), which had a profound effect on his aesthetic. Committed to art at an early age, Baskin had his first exhibition. of sculpture, at the Glickman Studio Gallery, New York, at the age of seventeen. He studied at Yale University from 1941 to 1943 and received his B.A. at the New School for Social Research in 1949. Baskin spent 1950 and 1951 abroad, studying in Paris and Florence. In 1953 he began teaching printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1974. It was while he was at Smith College that he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production. He moved to England in 1974 and stayed till 1983 when he returned to America.. These nine years were enormously productive and besides sculptures he created a fine selection of prints and paintings. Baskin became intrigued by Greek history, philosophy and mythology at an early age and this study inspired many of his sculptures and paintings. Other influences were early 20th century sculptors, notably Ernst Barlach Leonard Baskin was one of the universal artists of the 20th century. He was a sculptor of renown. He was a writer and illustrator of books ranging from the bible to children's' stories and natural history. He was a talented water-colourist and a superb, prolific print-maker. His prints ranged from woodcuts through lithography and etching; his subjects covered portraits...

CHILD - Pastel on paper cm.51x41 signed lower right by Alfonso Grassi, Italy. Wooden frame with passeportout cm.94x73

Landscape Finder. Goyo painted this intriguing painting in 1994, when his inspiration from the old masters was most noticeable. The artist declares: “I feel a powerful attraction to ...

This early 20th century oil on canvas depicts a nautical scene with a view of St Michaels Mount beyond. Although as yet, not attributed to a particular artist,this painting has cl...

Ponte S.Angelo is a vintage offset realized after Giuseppe Vasi in the Early 20th Century. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions. Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710...

Raquel. Images of woman on abstract background. Mixed media on panel. Measurements: 81 x 65 x 0.5 cm / Framed 103 x 87 x 5 cm In inches: 31.89 x 25.59 x 0.2 " / Framed 40.55 x 34.25 x 1.97 " "Raquel" was painted by Goyo in 1999 ( signature and date in right down corner) using a mixed technique. On abstract background that plays with colors, shapes, and volumes, Goyo portrays a beautiful woman's face with a penetrating gaze. There, almost like a collage, an academic female...

INSIDE SCENE - Italian figurative oil on carboard painting, cm.17x29, Carlo Passarelli, 1900s

IN THE WOOD - Italian oil on board framed painting, Italy, xx sec, Raffaele Tafuri. External measurement cm.66x59 Raffaele Tafuri (1857-1929) was an I...

Venice is an original artwork realized in 1950s. Original woodcut on ivory paper; reissue of a hand-printed woodcut, 1950s. Good conditions. Image Dimensions: 18 x 19 cm.

Artist/ School: French School, 20th century Title: Mythological Scene with Figures in Classical Landscape Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Size: board: 19.75 x 27 inches ...

CHILD -Watercolorl on paper cm.51x41 signed lower left by Alfonso Grassi, Italy. Wooden frame with passeportout cm.94x73

Oil painting on canvas - Composition of flowers in a metal vase with fruit, and landscape in the background - Alfredo Mayeux; early XX century.

John Dalziel Kenworthy portrait of a gentleman . Fine, large and imposing oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame. The sitter is unidentified, he has an aristocratic and characterful lo...

View of Rome is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1960. Hand-signed and dated and title on the lower in pencil, the signat...

Set of 3 Colored Bird Prints each unframed, 10.5 x 14.5 inches condition: very good A beautiful set of 3 colored prints of classical birds in landscape settings. As a set, they make wonderful interior design either presented on their own or as a gallery wall grouping.

Belgian made, Jacquard woven with relief stitch. Fully lined with rod pocket for hanging. Cotton and rayon. Measurements are approximate.

Female Nude is an original modern artwork realized in the 1940s by Georges Isaul (Argenteuil, 1882 - 1963). Original ink drawing on paper. Hand-signed in pen by the artist on the ...

A very interesting set of five mid-20th-century Italian oils on copper. All five are classical landscape subjects and are signed Roger, though we don't know which artist with the n...

Ex Libris - Gediminui 650 - Vilniaus Viesoji Biblioteka is an original print in etching technique on ivory paper, realized by Bruno Pozzo, in 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower right. ...

"Nicolas Poussin, Homage" is an original color lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition numb...

INSIDE SCENE - Italian figurative oil on carboard painting, cm.17x29, Carlo Passarelli, 1900s

DRAWING OF A NACKED MAN ON LADDER - - by Gennaro Luciano, 1920, with ebony frame. Cm.65x48

DRAWING OF NAKED MAN - Study of light by Gennaro Luciano, Naples, 1920, with ebony frame. Cm.65x48.

Still-life with a profile portrait was painted by Spanish artist Goyo Domínguez in 1994. Acrylics in a 65 cm by 54 cm wooden panel. Using a classical style with renaissance reminisc...

"Anatomie d'Un Reve" is an original color lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number, IX/CXXX, in the lower left. This...

Artist: Timothy Cole after Johannes Vermeer Title: Woman with Water Jug Year: 1912 Medium: Photolithograph, signed in pencil, marked Vermeer, Metr...

Russian oil painting 'The Chase' signed C. Stoiloff Russian, early 20th Century Frame: Height 84cm, width 122cm, depth 7cm Canvas: Height 66cm, wi...

St. Botolph's Bridge (No. 1). 1917. Etching. Comstock catalog 19 state iv. 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 (sheet 9 3/8 x 8 5/8). Edition 50 in this state (total 70 proofs in 4 states.) A rich impres...

Lunar Costumes is an original lithograph by Gaetano Dura. Titled on the lower center. Signed printed on lower left. Published by Lithography Gatti e Dura, Naples (printed on lower r...

Allegoric scene with the Tiber river is a fine original drawing (black chalk on laid and watermarked paper at the center) by an exponent of the Neoclassical school of the nineteenth ...