Erik Johnsen Art

Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (British, 1879 – 1959) Still life with sculpture oil on board 21.1/4 x 23.3/4 in. (54 x 60.3 cm.) Provenance: Removed with the contents of his Aix studio, by Marion Monay, tfor the aertistin early 1940, to Beauchene, the nearby house of fellow artist Harry Morton Colvile (1905-1992) Given by the artist toColvile in January 1946 along with otherstudio effects. Given by Colvile’s only child, Professor Georgiana Colvile (1943-2018) to the present owner circa 2000 Literature: Alice Keene, ‘The Two Mr Smiths, The Life and Works of Matthew Smith’, 1995, pp.61,65,70 & 128 When in early 1940 Smith went back to Aix to pack up and close his studio there and send back to London all the paintings possible, the residue was hidden (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.61,65 &70) in various locations around Aix by Marion Monay, a good deal at Beauchene the house of his and her friend Harry Colvile who had been Monay’s lover prior to Smith (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.59) In 1946 with the war over, Smith went to Aix to retrieve all he could manage to ship back to England but what he had to leave at Beauchene he give to Colvile, including the clay female...

"Interior with Chair and Vanity" circa 1918 Ricardo Gomez-Gimeno (Spain/France 1892-1954) Oil on cardboard Signed 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 (22 1/2 x 19 1/2 frame) This painting and its mat...

Marguerite Zorach ( 1887-1968 ) Original Artwork "Signs of Autumn", 1930 A Short Essay by Michael Klein Zorach was born Marguerite Thompson; raised and educated in California, ...

Signed and dated oil on board figures in landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Wiesbaden, Germany depicts a breathtaking view of the Rive...

Compact modular domino wall sculpture in pink foam clay with embedded plastic game pieces on a black wood panel, a playful relief designed for repeatable multi-panel installation. A...

"Fish from the Chinese Garden" 60 x 80 cm, acrylic, oil, oil pastel on canvas The painting "Fish from the Chinese Garden" was painted based on the artist's impressions of visiting t...

This luminous landscape painting by Oscar Lycke captures the rolling hills and deep forests of northern Sweden, likely from the Sundsvall region. The foreground is dominated by lush ...

Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...

Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in bright pastel hues of sage green, light grey, and beige "Turnabout", hand-carved wooden wall sculpture by Hudson Valley ar...

French Mid 20th Century oil on board Fauvist still life, flowers in a vase in an interior scene, by Hyppolite Roger. The painting is signed bottom righ...

Signed oil on board pointillist landscape circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Lucie Cousturier. The work depicts a castle on a hilltop in Provence, in the south of France...

This luminous painting by Oscar Lycke captures a tranquil sunset scene deep within a Nordic forest. The warm, golden light of the setting sun filters through the dense spruce trees, ...