Frank von der Lancken Paintings

CHRISTOFFEL LUBIENIECKI (1659-1729) Pair of portraits of a gentleman and a lady, both in silk kimono, before a country house (circa 1680) Indistinctly signed “C.......” on a box under the man’s left hand Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67 cm each Both sitters are portrayed wearing a silk “Japanese” coat. During the second half of the seventeenth the Japanese silk coat, an adapted Japanese kimono, became a real vogue in the Dutch elite. The exclusive Dutch trade contacts with Japan can explain the popularity of the kimono-style silk coats in the Netherlands. Everybody who could afford one, dressed in such a fashionable and comfortable coat and, like the present sitters, some proud owners had themselves portrayed in a “Japanese” coat often together with an oriental carpet to underline their standing and international connections. These portraits are the work of the Polish-born portraitist Christoffel Lubieniecki (also known as Lubienitski, Lubinitski or Lubiniecki) Lubieniecki was first trained in Hamburg under Julian Stuhr and after 1675 in Amsterdam under Adriaen Backer and Gerard de Lairesse. He specialized in landscapes, generally of an Italianate character, and in portraits. The loving execution of these contented burghers, enjoying the garden vistas of their country house, places him alongside Amsterdam portraitists such as Constantijn Netscher and Michiel van Musscher...

Paul Louis Narcisse GROLLERON (Seignelay 1848 – Paris 1901) Child atop a wall Oil on canvas H. 60 cm ; W. 73 cm Signed and dated lower right – 1884 Paul Grolleron belongs to the generation of French painters who, during the second half of the 19th century, revitalized military painting through a keen and sensitive observation of soldiers' lives. Born in 1848 in Seignelay (Yonne), he trained in Paris under Léon Bonnat, receiving instruction grounded in rigorous draftsmanship and powerful structural composition. Exhibiting at the Salon from 1873 onwards, Grolleron developed a body of work dedicated to military painting, history painting, and genre scenes. He drew his primary inspiration from 19th-century conflicts, particularly the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Far from portraying war in an exclusively heroic light, the artist focused on lived experiences: marches, halts, bivouacs, reconnaissance missions, and combat scenes. The precision with which he rendered uniforms, equipment, and postures lends his compositions both a narrative and a documentary quality. His art is distinguished by solid draftsmanship, accuracy of detail, and remarkable compositional mastery. Notable works exhibited at the Salon include *Épisode de 1870* (Episode of 1870), *Combat en 1870 sous les murs de Paris* (Combat in 1870 beneath the walls of Paris), *Sur le qui-vive, à Buzenval* (On the Alert at Buzenval), and *Épisode de la bataille de Loigny* (Episode from the Battle of Loigny). An award-winning Salon artist whose work is held in both public and private collections, Grolleron remains a significant figure in French military painting...

Early Texas Impressionist country landscape painting by Porfirio Salinas. The work features a small lake surrounded by trees as the sun sets in the background. Signed in the front lo...

Pierre-Albert BÉGAUD (Bordeaux 1901 – 1956) End of game Oil on canvas H. 27 cm; L. 46.5 cm Signed lower right Pierre-Albert Bégaud is a French portrait and landscape painter born in...

Natasha Isenhour's "Morning in the High Desert" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a sunrise that colors the clouds a lavender and yellow color as they swirl above th...

Marianne Loir (Paris 1705 – Paris 1783) Presumed Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac (?-1781) Oil on oval canvas H. 54.5 cm; W. 46 cm Unsigned Grandda...

"Secret Beach Panorama in Early Autumn" is an oil painting by American Impressionist Ben Fenske. A large scale composition of a Sag Harbor beach vista. The foreground shows green gra...

An oil painting of a rose bush with bright pink dots of paint to depict the roses. This is his fourth in his series of rose bush paintings 2017. N...

This c.1950s painting by Charles Vickery, Small Boat on the New England Harbor, captures the artist’s hallmark sensitivity to maritime atmosphere and coastal light. Vickery’s scenes ...

Oil on unlined canvas, stamped 26 x 21¼ inches; 66.5 x 54 cm Framed dimensions: 95.5 x 83.5 cm ‘Wood & Co 190 Brompton Road London SW’ Signed with monogram and dated ‘1878’, centr...

Nicolas de LARGILLIERRE (Paris 1656 - 1746) Portrait of Louis-Urbain Le Peletier, Marquis de Rosanbo, Master of Requests (1662-1730) Oil on canvas H. 75 cm; L. 60 cm Unsigned Proven...

Jean François Marie Bellier (Paris 1745 – Paris 1836) Portrait of a Man Oil on oval canvas laid flat H. 45 cm; W. 55 cm Signed on the left Circa 1790 Jean François Marie Bellier occ...

Elisabeth DUJARRIC de LA RIVIÈRE (Jouy-en-Josas 1930 – Excideuil 2005) Artist's self-portrait Oil on canvas H. 171 cm; L. 70 cm Signed on the back Provenance: Private collection, Périgord Born in the heart of the Bièvre valley, a few kilometers from Versailles...

Maurice SIODEAU (Cholet 1916 – Paris 1944) "By lightly touching her with his arrow, Eros revives the sleeping Psyche" Oil on canvas H. 146 cm; W. 114 cm (Prix de Rome format) Signed ...

Painted en plein air on a beach in Italy. Sheets are strung up and stretched with driftwood, and create a shaded area for beach-goers to sit beneath. The rigid driftwood poles arrang...