Symbolist Art

Salome Tanzt is a colored cliché from watercolor on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, as is remembered Franz Von Bayros (Agram, 1866 – Vienna, 1924). From Mappe, ...

Lady is from Illustrations for Cressidra, a print on paper realized by André Suares in 1926.  Etching and drypoint Edition of 200 print, Included a Passepartout. Good conditions.

Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin and signed on plate "Rehnky" on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pe...

Architectural Details Catalogue 5, paper/etching, 57/75,10x9 cm,1990

Architectural Details Catalogue 4, paper/etching, 81/99,10x9 cm

Architectural Details Catalogue 1, paper/etching, 80/99, 10x9 cm,1989

Portrait VI,VII, paper/etching, 9.8x9.8 cm,1989

Monument VIII paper/etching, 90/99, 14x10 cm, 1988

Shepherd is from Illustrations for Cressidra, a print on paper realized by André Suares in 1926.  Etching and drypoint Edition of 200 print, Including a Passepartout Good conditions.

Jealousy paper/etching, 19.5x15 cm, 1986

Love, Death and the Beyond is a original modern artwork realized by Max Klinger in 1881. The artwork belongs to a series of prints called Intermezzi realized by Max Klinger, publish...

Nele Zirnite (1959) 2003 Associate Professor, Art Department, the Latvian Christian Academy 2000 M.F.A., the Latvian Art Academy 1995 – 2003 Lecturer, Graphic Arts Department, the Latvian Art Academy 1988 – present Member, the Latvian Artists' Union 1984 B.F.A., the Latvian Art Academy 1959 Born in Lithuania Selected Awards 2005 – Grand Prix Biennial of small graphics, GRAFIX, Breclav, Czech Republic 2003 – Award and Prize - Professional performing in 6.th exhibition of Small forms of Art, Gallery Riga, Latvia 1998 – Prize, Riga in Contemporary Art, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia 1998 – Grand prix award, Miniature Art, R. Vitols, Valmiera, Latvia 1997 – Riga City Council Award, Riga in Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia 1997 – Award of Distinction, the Best in Printmaking, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, MA, USA 1992 – Prize and Diploma, 9th Graphic Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia 1987 – Second Prize, Roads and People, Smiltene, Latvia 1987 – Diploma, 13th Graphic Art Exhibition, Riga, Latvia 1987 – Special Prize, Miniature Graphic Triennial, Riga, Latvia 1984 – Award, Best Drawing Artist of the Year, Vilnius Art Institute, Lithuania Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 – Army of Beauty, Conversations in Culture, European House, USA 2015 – ORIGIN, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia 2014 – Behind Rain, Gallery "Art Bank", Riga, Latvia 2014 – BALZEKAS Museum, Chicago, USA 2014 – Latvian House, Washington, USA 2014 – Lithuanian Consulate in USA, New York, USA 2013 – Transfusion, Oslo 12, Raum D, Basel, Switzerland 2010 – Rezerved, Gallery Antonija, Riga, Latvia 2009 – Reservoir of Time, Solo Exhibition, National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia 2008 – Nele Zirnite Solo Exhibition, Xativa, Spain 2008 – Meiles slenis, Galerija "Dalia", Vilnius, Lithuania 2007 – NEXUS, Riga’s Gallery, Riga, Latvia 2007 – Art Gallery of Mary Olla Miller, Panama City, FL, USA 2006 – NEXUS, Gallery ARTima, Vilnius, Lithuania 2005 – NEXUS, Ciurlionis Art Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau forte, Paloma Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2003 – Etchings by Nele Zirnite, Monroe County Community College Library, Monroe, MI, USA 2001 – Traces of the Wings, Ivonna Veiherte Gallery, Riga, Latvia 2000 – Art Gallery of Mary Olla Miller, Panama City, FL, USA 1999 – Flowers, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia 1999 – Carriers, Rigas Gallery, Riga Latvia 1999 – Dragons Gallery...

MARC CHAGALL (1887–1985) André Malraux, Et Sur la Terre... A complete artist's book from 1977, printed on BFK Rives wove paper. It includes 15 etchings with aquatint, along with the...

Altar of the Fatherland  is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Carbonati in 1947. Black and white etching Includes passepartout Hand signed and dated on the lower margin Original title: Altare della Patria Campidoglio - Palatino dai balconi di casa Carcano sul Colle Aventino Good conditions except for yellowing of paper. Antonio Carbonati (1893 - 1956).  He published a series of engravings of...

Altar of the Fatherland  is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Carbonati in 1947. Black and white etching Includes passepartout Hand signed and dated on the lower margin Original title: Altare della Patria Campidoglio - Palatino dai balconi di casa Carcano sul Colle Aventino Good conditions except for yellowing of paper. Antonio Carbonati (1893 - 1956).  He published a series of engravings of...

"Ex Libris Eugène Strens"  is an etching on ivory-colorated paper by  Michel Fingesten,  Early 20th Century. Hand signed in pencil. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Michel F...

"Ex Libris Chamberlain"  is a woodcut on ivory-colorated paper by  Michel Fingesten,  Early 20th Century. Hand signed in pencil. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Michel Fing...

Soldiers is from Illustrations for Cressidra, a print on paper realized by André Suares in 1926.  Etching and drypoint Edition of 200 print, Including a Passepartout Good conditions.

"Ex Libris P. De Sanctis"  is a woodcut on ivory-colorated paper by Michel Fingesten,  Early 20th Century. Hand signed in pencil. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Michel Fin...

"Ex Libris"  is an Etching, Ex Libris, on ivory-colorated paper by Michel Fingesten, in 1938 . In excellent conditions: As good as new. Not signed. In this artwork there is an inscr...

"Hand"  is a woodcut on ivory-colorated paper by Michel Fingesten,  Early 20th Century. Hand signed and with hand notes in pencil. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Sigla of ...

Le Cloître is a beautiful lithograph on ivory paper, realized by Constant Montald (1862-1944) in the late 19th Century. In good condition. This artw...

Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902. Large-format drawing depicting a skull lying on an open book, in front of a large crucifix...

Menashe Kadishman, Sheep head, Symbolist painting, colored painting, Israeli art, Israeli art

Le Fleur Du Marécage is a phototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in ...

Kampf is a very beautiful black and white héliogravure on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, as is remembered Franz Von Bayros (Agram, 1866 – Vienna, 1924). From M...

Photography always has occupied a central place in Debra Pearlman's work. Her subjects are typically children caught unawares in action, revealing an array of ambiguous emotions. The...

Nele Zirnite (1959) 2003 Associate Professor, Art Department, the Latvian Christian Academy 2000 M.F.A., the Latvian Art Academy 1995 – 2003 Lecturer, Graphic Arts Department...

Nele Zirnite (1959) 2003 Associate Professor, Art Department, the Latvian Christian Academy 2000 M.F.A., the Latvian Art Academy 1995 – 2003 Lecturer, Graphic Arts Department...

Nele Zirnite (1959) 2003 Associate Professor, Art Department, the Latvian Christian Academy 2000 M.F.A., the Latvian Art Academy 1995 – 2003 Lecturer, Graphic Arts Department...

Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...

A striking image from Gail Potocki's Seven Deadly Sins series, Lust is personified through a figure encircled by caressing tentacles Inspired by Hokusai's 1814 woodblock "The Dream o...

The European Macabre Dance N.4 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Signed ...

2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works. R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans...

Abstract composition is a drawing in watercolor realized by Rewe Prunken in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is represented in well-balance com...

Figures in Paris is a drawing realized by André Corrier in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions with slight foxing.

Ex Libris  - Giorgio Balbi  - Sine Labe is an Artwork in Mid 20th Century. Woodcut. Good conditions.

Brahms-Phantasie is a wonderful in-folio volume: the Brahm's Phantasies musical score is incredibly illustrated with 37 numbered plates for a total of 41 original engravings (burin, ...

This elegant painting by Marine Zuloyan depicts four women delicately crafting jewelry, captured through the artist’s soft and feminine brushstrokes. The oil on canvas composition ra...

Ex Libris - Juan Sastre is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century B/W woodcut on paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 21x 15 cm. Excellent conditi...

Fantastical portrayal of five white doves surrounded by flowers and clusters of grapes in a dreamy, colorful vineyard garden setting by Mohammad Hourian (Iranian/American, 1955-2014)...

Illustration from the series "Les Fleurs du Mal" is an etching print realized after Odilon Redon and published by Henri Felury in 1923. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. ...

Drypoint printed in dark, brownish black on cream wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right.

Le Fleur Du Marécage is a lithograph realized after Odilon Redon. It belongs to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Fleury in 1923. Good c...

"Weddigen" is an original Black and white héliogravure on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, pseudonym of Franz Von Bayros (Agram, 1866 – Vienna, 1924). From Mappe...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - L'Arbre Vert aux Amoureux Lithograph from 1980. Unsigned and unnumbered apart from the edition of 50. Dimensions of work: 64.5 x 48 cm. Reference: Chag...

Ex Libris - Eugène Strens is a woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech paint...

Symbolist abstract pastel drawing by artist Bentzion Ben Yosef Yakov in the style of Marc Chagall. The work features the first miracle performed by Jesus known as the feeding of the ...

Ex Libris De Swart is an Artwork, woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 20 x 15 cm. The artwork represents a well-balanced composi...

Nele Zirnite (1959) 2003 Associate Professor, Art Department, the Latvian Christian Academy 2000 M.F.A., the Latvian Art Academy 1995 – 2003 Lecturer, Graphic Arts Department...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Then the Angel of the Lorde appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the middes of a bush; and he looked, and beholde, the bush was not consumed Litho...

Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good Condition. Notes: From L'Estampe Moderne, published by F. Champenois, Paris, 1897. EDMOND FRANÇOIS AMAN-JEAN (18...

Ex Libris - Jean Searight is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. The artwork is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 23 x 16 cm....

Ex Libris Marie Sprenger is an Artwork realized in 1915. Woodcut B./W. print on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard. Total dimensions: 20 x 14 cm. Good conditions. The ...

Ex Libris - In Memoriam Dr. Th. Simon is a woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten in 1935. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was...

"Lockung" is an original Black and white héliogravure on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, pseudonym of Franz Von Bayros (Agram, 1866 – Vienna, 1924). From Mappe, ...

This work will be exhibited at Art on Paper NYC, September 4–7, 2025. – Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Moses then came and called for the Elders of the people, and proposed unto them a...

Julian Ruddock. British ( b.1965 ). The Thief. Pastel On Paper. Signed Lower Left. Image size 29.1 inches x 21.3 inches ( 74cm x 54cm ). Frame size 38.4 inches x 29.9 inches ( 97.5c...

Ex Libris  - Giorgio Balbi - Mea Gente Glorior is an Artwork realized by Alberto Martini in Mid 20th Century. Etching. Good conditions.

The European Macabre Dance N.1 is an hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Signed...