Bernard Buffet Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Susan Grisell Gardening in the Country, circa 1990 Signed lower right Pastel on paper 6 x 8 5/8 inches 11 3/8 x 16 inches mat Following the guidance of her long-time teacher and me...

Antique California Impressionist landscape pastel painting on paper, by Edwin C. Siegfried (1889-1955), most likely a scene in Alameda circa 1930. A beautiful Impressionistic paintin...

A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...

Provenance The artist; Estate of the artist, until 2018 Exhibitions Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, The Art of John Pierce Barnes (1893–1954), June 28–August 30, 2009. A native ...

In "Crimean Evening" the artist utilizes a vertical orientation to emphasize the vastness of the twilight sky. The composition features a sloping, dark-toned headland in the foregrou...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 French Femme au corsage blanc, Jeanne Samary (Woman in a white blouse, Jeanne Samary Initialed "AR" (lower right) Pastel on paper Among Renoir's most famous works are those that capture the ladies of his inner circle in his signature style. This vibrant pastel from 1879 depicts the young Jeanne Samary, Renoir’s favorite subject and most important muse at the height of his career. Compared to his 4,000 paintings, the artist made exceptionally few pastels—only about 150 total—making this luminous work an extraordinary Renoir rarity. Samary was one of the most captivating figures of late 19th-century Paris. An iconic actress at the Comédie-Française, her fame rivaled that of the great Sarah Bernhardt. Beginning in 1876, Renoir created dozens of portraits of Samary, and she also appeared in all three of the artist’s most important paintings from this pivotal period—Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876), La balançoire (1876) and The Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880–81). Renoir’s close friend and biographer, Georges Rivière, noted that “no portrait ever gave Renoir greater satisfaction than the ones he made of Samary.” This magnificent pastel perfectly embodies this bond between Renoir and Samary. Vivid and spontaneous, the work captures an intimate moment, with Samary’s blouse delicately falling over her shoulder. Renoir typically reserved pastel for his portraits of friends and family, as it allowed him to capture their true essence with speed and ease. The year this pastel was created, 1879, was also one of the most important years of Renoir’s career. He entered the prestigious Salon of 1879, where four of his portraits were accepted, including a full-length masterpiece of Jeanne Samary. This pastel stands as a testament to this pivotal chapter for Renoir, portraying the muse who shaped his groundbreaking vision. Renoir’s portraits of Jeanne Samary are exceptionally scarce, with most already held in prestigious museum collections, including the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Similar pastels of Samary have commanded millions at auction—among some of the highest prices for Renoir’s works on paper. Importantly, the artist’s pastels are getting recent museum attention, with the major 2025-2026 exhibition organized by the Musée d’Orsay and the Morgan Library, Renoir Drawings...

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse 1851-1932 French Danseuse Signed “Pierre Carrier-Belleuse” (lower right) Pastel on canvas Strikingly elegant, this extraordinary pastel by French impressi...

In this soft pastel work "Mountain Valley" the artist explores the lush, layered topography of a high-altitude landscape. The composition is defined by a series of receding ridge lin...

A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...

Signed lower right: Henry B. Snell Provenance Private collection Born in Richmond, England, on September 29, 1858, Henry Bayley Snell was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Snell. At ...

Beautiful Impressionist drawing of a young ballerina, ca. 1990. Pastel on paper, image measures 10 x 14 inches. Double matting, measuring 14 x 18 inches. Unsigned. Unframed.

Warren Brandt was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1918. He studied at the Pratt Institute in New York City from 1935 to 1939, then moved to California to work in animation for ...