Antique Trains

This image would have been in train stations and lobbies across the country, to encourage western travel and exploration during the middle and late 1930's.

Wytsman was born at Dendermonde in 1860 and trained at the academies of Ghent and Brussels, where he became a friend of Théo van Rysselberghe.

Pietro Paltronieri, known as il Mirandolese, was among the leading exponents of early eighteenth century Bolognese quadratura painting. Trained in the workshop of Giovan Francesco Ca...

Whether it is the delicate jewelry work of their tortoiseshell and amber handles, or the weaving of the special silk they use for their umbrellas and en-tout-cas, everything is made ...

Movement: Featuring an elegant and clean layout, this sophisticated movement features separate bridges for the going barrel and the wheel train. It incorporates a flat rim balance wi...

Marque : Louis Vuitton Modèle : Malle courrier Période : Années 1920–1930 Toile : Monogram au pochoir Finitions : Lozine, coins en laiton doré, clous d’origine Bandes : Bandes c...

Of Flemish origin, he was trained in Paris by his uncle and master, Nicolas de Largillierre, one of the foremost portrait painters of the reign of Louis XIV and the Régence.

About the Artist: Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss-German, 1593–1650) was one of the most influential engravers, cartographers, and publishers of seventeenth-century Europe. Born in...

It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter.

Stylistically the painting belongs within the orbit of Charles Jervas (c.1675–1739) and is appropriately described as Circle of Charles Jervas. Jervas had trained under Sir Godfrey K...

In the background, a figure walks away in a pink gown featuring a long, trailing medieval train. The third image focuses on early Renaissance court dress.

Against that larger body of work, this signed 1884 winter scene is valuable as an early narrative genre painting, showing Caliga’s Munich-trained handling of atmosphere, figure, and ...

Despite his close relationship with his father, as revealed in their correspondence, Lucien showed remarkable independence of mind in his approach to his art. While Lucien was traine...

Although the identity of both the sitter and artist remain unknown, the accomplished execution suggests the hand of a trained portrait painter working within the European academic tr...

It is a small panel with a great deal of weather in it. Stevens trained at the Académie royale in Brussels and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and by the 1860s was among the m...

Seyssaud was born in Marseille in 1867 and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts there from 1879, moving after his father's death to the École des Beaux-Arts in Avignon under Pierre Gr...

De Breanski takes masterfully takes us from impressionistic backdrop to realist detailed grassy banks with flowers. Trained by his famous father, de Breanski Jnr moved beyond idylli...

After studying at the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Breslau, he moved to Paris in 1893 to train at the Académie Julian and work directly in the studio of Auguste Rodin.

William was the most promising artistic talent, and he pursued his studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University before returning to Philadelphia to train under th...

The clock has a traditional mechanical movement with separate winding apertures for the time and striking trains. Decorative pierced sound frets to the sides of the case allow the st...

The back is fully finished with careful attention to the shoulders, spine, hair and reverse of the perizonium; together with the high level of engraving, bright-carving and brilliant...

A very fine Art Deco cold painted bronze study of a young beauty in period attire, modelled in a curtsy pose with excellent colour, raised on an onyx base and signed Lorenzl ADDITIO...

Eduardo León Garrido (Madrid, 1856 – 1949, Caen) Sleeping Woman in a Pink Dress Oil on panel, signed lower right "Garrido" 39 × 39 cm Provenance: Private collection, France Born i...

Historical Context Company painting is the name given to the work of Indian artists, many trained in the Mughal and provincial court traditions, who worked for officials of the Briti...

Not much of Lahalle et Levard’s work is published, although a fine 1920 article in Art et Decoration does them justice. Lahalle was trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Levard at ...

This pastel still life, titled Stilleven II by the artist, was created by Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher Johan Hendrik Baartscheer (1874-1937), who trained at the Rijksakadem...

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...

Bernard Picart Born in Paris in 1673, Bernard Picart trained with his father, the engraver Étienne Picart, and with Benoît Audran and Sébastien Le Clerc.

He was born in Ghent in 1862 and trained under Jean-François Portaels in the Belgian academic tradition, travelling extensively in Spain and Morocco.

Valtat was born at Dieppe in 1869 and trained at the Académie Julian, where he became friends with Pierre Bonnard and Albert André.

Dagobert Peche (1887–1923) was one of Austria’s most influential designers and a key figure of the Wiener Werkstätte. Originally trained as an architect, Peche became internationally...

Dimensions : 32cm width x 18,5cm height x 9,5cm depth About Charles Piguet : Charles Piguet (1887–1942), a Swiss-born ornamental ironworker based in Lyon, is one of the leading fig...

These impressive pieces were crafted by the notable Arts & Crafts silversmith Hugh Wallis. Hugh Wallis was a trained and educated artist who developed his skills into metalwork,...

Avigdor (1867–1920) was born in Nice and trained under Louis Hector Leroux. He specialised in portraiture, including depictions of fashionable women.

A captivating tondo portrait by celebrated French pastellist Frédérique Vallet-Bisson, trained under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre at the Académie Julian and a regular exhibitor at the Paris...

The sheet is unsigned and the artist has not been identified; the hatched modeling of the petals belongs to the tradition of the flower painters on vellum of the seventeenth and eigh...

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...

Panorama review of Frank Duveneck: American Master Brief biography Frank Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, in 1848, the son of German immigrant parents. He initially traine...

Van Rheede, a soldier and administrator rather than a trained botanist, assembled a team in Cochin that included the Italian Carmelite Father Mattheus of St.

Impressed manufacturer’s mark to underside, “Harry Dixon San Francisco.” Dixon trained under Dirk van Erp and Lillian Palmer before opening his own shop near Union Square in 1920, be...

Born in the coastal town of Scarborough, Yorkshire, Harwood was an entirely self-trained artist who spent the majority of his working life on the docks as a fish porter.

Wynford Dewhurst (1864-1941) Haystooks Signed and dated, "Wynford Dewhurst 1896"", Oil on canvas 10½ x 16 inches excluding the frame ​ Provenance: Private Collection, France Wynfor...

A French sculptor renowned for his dynamic and expressive animal bronzes, often hailed as the master of animalier sculpture. Trained initially as a goldsmith, Barye developed an ext...

The plaque comes from the collection of Susan Lasker Brody (d. 2022), the daughter of the Los Angeles collectors Frances and Sidney Brody and a granddaughter of Albert and Mary Laske...

Bernard Picart Bernard Picart was born in Paris in 1673, the son of the engraver Étienne Picart. He trained under his father and studied with Benoît Audran and Sébastien Le Clerc, t...

Hendrick Hondius I Hendrick Hondius the Elder was born at Duffel, near Antwerp, in 1573. Trained initially in drawing and engraving, he reportedly studied with the celebrated printm...

Berckheyde (1638–1698) was one of the foremost Dutch architectural painters of the Golden Age, celebrated for his meticulously observed views of the cities of Haarlem, Amsterdam and ...

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...

The stylistic characteristics of the painting point unequivocally to a painter of Tuscan origin working in the second half of the sixteenth century and adhering to the refined stylis...

He was owned by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and trained by John Porter, one of the most successful racehorse trainers of the period.

Enlist To-Day - featuring a lively group of British infantrymen in khaki uniforms leaning eagerly out of the windows of a departing maroon steam train, with several soldiers waving t...

Born into one of Britain's most accomplished artistic families, Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr. trained under his father and developed a reputation for evocative landscapes througho...

Originally written in 1908 as “Die Geschiedene Frau”, “La Divorce'e” in French, and “The Girl On The Train” in English, the musical was popular and was performed in London and New Yo...

The exhibition is organised by motif, offering fresh perspectives on an artist who repeatedly returned to the same themes in a sustained exploration of form and colour. Trained at th...

Born Pieter van der Faes and trained in Haarlem, Lely settled in England during the 1640s and successfully navigated the extraordinary transition from the court of Charles I through ...

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...

Newcomb pottery was conceived within the ideals of the late nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement, which sought to restore the role of individual craftsmanship in a world incre...

Leopold Carl Müller Leopold Carl Müller was born in Dresden in 1834 to Austrian parents and initially trained under his father, a lithographer. He embarked upon formal artistic educa...

The circular white enamel dial is decorated with Roman hour numerals and an outer Arabic minute track in underglaze blue, complemented by finely pierced gilt hands beneath a glazed b...

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...