Charles Tunnicliffe Art

Dreamy antique watercolor landscape of a picturesque scene of a church steeple rising from the foliage as a female figure rests under the shade of...

Eye catching watercolor of bright flowering vines covering a towering column along the serene Riviera, circa 1920. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat ...

Etching or eau-forte on archival paper with H.C. in pencil at lower left, indicating a Hors Commerce (Artist's/Publisher's Proof) including pencil signature that appears to read Jean...

Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving Mme.Helvetius' Cats Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF). Conditions: excellent Edition: 100 Support: Arches paper. Dimensions: Paper dimensions: 44 x 28 cm Editions: Moret, Paris. Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life. Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums. Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931. Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy, very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy. In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery. Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau. A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri...

Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching Etching made behind a menu in Restautant Duran as a tribute dinner to Salvador Dali and his wife Ga...

Magnificent Jungle Cats Etching, drypoint and monoprint inking of the plate Printed by the artist at Atelier 17, New York Annotated 1/5 in pencil Estate stamp and number, verso Editi...

Impressionist style watercolor of a early evening scene along the canals of Venice, Italy, circa 1990. Signed lower right. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a w...

Delightful watercolor painting of a sunlit view of the Venice canals through a stone archway by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Original ...

Sublime antique watercolor of the rising seaside cliffs of Porth Dafarch beach located in Wales, circa 1870. Artist unknown. Original vintage one...

Peaceful watercolor of a figure sat on a park bench in the Luxembourg Gardens of Paris by French artist Madeleine Scali, circa 1960. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displ...

Exquisite and highly skilled watercolor of an elaborate Italian courtyard accented with radiant foliage and flowers by Flaromia, circa 1920. Signed lower left. Original one-of-a-ki...

Warm and lively watercolor and ink painting of a small group of people on the fringes of a small Italian village, circa 1970. Artist unknown. Original artwork on paper displayed on ...

Exquisite ink and watercolor landscape of a birch grove rich in autumn colored foliage by J. Rottin, circa 1960. Signed lower right. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displa...

Brightly rendered watercolor of the Karl Theodor bridge located in Heidelberg, Germany, 1950. Signed lower left, artist unknown. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on...

Soothing watercolor of a small grassy area encircled by jagged mountain peaks by A. Siegris, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat f...