Henri Duvieux was an artist influenced by the interest in Orientalism, a widespread preoccupation of many artists of the mid to late-nineteenth century. Duvieux used his travels to depict his interest in landscape and its effect, focusing less on the human element of Orientalism and more on simply the landscape and architecture. In doing so, he kept more of a distance between himself and the culture of the "Orient". His choice of imagery was popular not only because of its alliance with Orientalism but also because it allowed the public to acknowledge an awareness of some sites the artist used. Few details are known about his life, further complicated by the fact that he rarely exhibited at the Salon in Paris. He was born in 1855 in Paris. He entered studies as a student of a Prosper Marilhat, often cited as being Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat, but this artist had already died eight years before Duvieux was even born. Despite this, his Salon entries do note that he was studying under a Marilhat, but just which one, if there were more than one, remains a mystery. Duvieux debuted at the Salon in Paris in 1880 with Vue de Venise (View of Venice) and Vue de Constantinople (View of Constantinople), two oil paintings. Duvieux was an avid traveler, journeying as far as Constantinople searching for the perfect inspiration. He must have undertaken such adventurous trips as a rather young man since his Salon debut was at the age of 25. The frequency of Duvieux's travel also is not known. He may have traveled rather infrequently, collecting studies along the way and executing them upon return to his studio. Or, he may have traveled frequently and executed scenes on the spot. Perhaps he had a studio in Venice, which would explain his frequent imagery from this site. What can be said about this artist is that he relentlessly pursued representations of both Venice and Constantinople throughout his career, "according to the taste of the day" (Bénézit, Dictionnaire Critique des Peintres… published by the Paris: Librairie Grund in 1976). Some of these other paintings based on Venice were Le Grand Canal a Venise (The Grand Canal at Venice), Coucher de Soleil a Venise (Setting Sun at Venice) and Panorama avec Voiliers et Gondoles a Venise (Panoramas with Sailboats and Gondolas in Venice), among many others. Another painting of Constantinople was Vue de Constantinople au Soleil Couchant (View of Constantinople with the Setting Sun). He followed up his 1880 debut with another showing of Campement Arabe (Arab Camp) in 1882. This was his last showing at the Salon. Perhaps he did not take part in the Salons because he simply did not need to, his travels and his commissions may have kept him busy enough to support himself throughout his life. On the other hand, he may have also taken part in provincial exhibitions but this has yet to be confirmed. Duvieux was endlessly fascinated by Venice and views of Constantinople, albeit less so with the latter. The majority of these views almost invariably incorporated aspects of the sea, somewhat in the tradition of the -18th-century artist Canaletto, but also recalls his contemporary Felix Ziem, a -19th-century French artist. Duvieux used Impressionist color similar to Turner's seascapes to convey intense light and brilliant sunsets and sunrises. Architectural elements were equally important to Duvieux, who render their details with care and precision. Far from being an artist reluctant to have his work appeal to a large audience, these compositions would have been popular with the tourist public who approved of this type of imagery. Just like the proliferation of photographs and touristic postcards from foreign countries, artists also produced works which served the same purpose and proved very popular. Gerald Schurr commented that the "sensibility and the skill of his sunsets of Bosphorus manage to make one forget the slightly commercial aspect of his production of series...." (Schurr, Les Petits Maîtres de la Peinture, Paris: Editions de l'Amateur, 1975) Combined with the increasing ease of travel and the subsequent surge in traveling, Duvieux's images found an audience seeking works that reminded them of their travels or the travels that they wished they could take.
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A View of Venice, Henri Duvieux, Paris 1855 – 1902, French Painter, Signed
By Henri Duvieux
Located in Knokke, BE
"A View of Venice" Duvieux Henri Paris 1855 – 1902 French Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 24,5 x 32,...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 20.5 in W 29.25 in D 1.5 in
Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ, Impressionist Beach Scene, 1940s
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ" is a Pennsylvania Beach Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The ...
Oil, Canvas
$50,000
H 29 in W 33 in
"Falaise aux environs de Dieppe" Armand Guillaumin, Normandy Impressionist Sky
By Armand Guillaumin
Located in New York, NY
Armand Guillaumin Falaise aux environs de Dieppe, circa 1882 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 21 x 26 inches Provenance Galerie de L'Institut, Paris Jean-Baptiste-Armand Guillaumi...
Canvas, Oil
Voiliers
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 28.5 inches Framed size: 32.75 x 38.5 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
$30,000
H 28 in W 24 in
"Untitled (Harbor Scene at Night)" Jane Peterson, Impressionist, Nocturne
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson Untitled (Harbor Scene at Night), circa 1915 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Provenance Dr. Milton L. Berg, Tulsa, OK Thence by descent Born Jennie Ch...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 26.5 in W 30.5 in
"Rockport" William Lester Stevens, North East Coastal American Landscape
By William Lester Stevens
Located in New York, NY
William Lester Stevens Rockport Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Born on June 15, 1888, in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens displayed his artistic abilities from a y...
Canvas, Oil
$22,000
H 39 in W 46 in
"French Landscape" Wilson Irvine, American Impressionist Rural French Town
Located in New York, NY
Wilson Irvine French Landscape, circa 1908 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 29 x 36 inches A prolific Impressionist with a penchant for atmospheric scenes, Illinois native Wilson I...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 12 in W 15 in
"Winter in St. Ives" Hayley Lever, Post-Impressionist, Thick Impasto Snowy Scene
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
Hayley Lever Winter in St. Ives Signed lower left Oil on canvas 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches Hayley Lever’s versatility has worked against his posthumous reputation. He was never associat...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 22 in W 28.5 in
"Untitled (Coastal Cliffs, Brittany)" George Oberteuffer, Impressionist, Sea
Located in New York, NY
George Oberteuffer Untitled (Coastal Cliffs, Brittany), circa 1912 Oil on canvasboard 15 x 21 1/2 inches Born in Philadelphia, George Oberteuffer is best remembered for his Impress...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$13,000
H 31 in W 34 in
"Winter Landscape" Wilson Irvine, Atmospheric Impressionist Snowy Hills
Located in New York, NY
Wilson Irvine Winter Landscape Signed lower left Oil on canvas 24 x 27 inches A prolific Impressionist with a penchant for atmospheric scenes, Illinois native Wilson Irvine began h...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 31 in W 36 in
"Winter Silence" Carl Wuermer, American Impressionism Quiet Snowy Landscape
By Carl Wuermer
Located in New York, NY
Carl Wuermer Winter Silence Signed lower left Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Known for serene, realistic landscapes, he was a widely exhibited painter who won numerous awards includi...
Canvas, Oil
$17,000
H 35.5 in W 34.5 in
"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora
Located in New York, NY
Leon Foster Jones Corner of my Garden, 1902 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 26 x 25 inches Provenance Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Leon Foster Jones was a painter of landscapes, an etcher, a lithographer, and an educator. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, his father held the position of overseer in one of the hosiery mills in the Manchester area. In approximately 1901, he married Josephine Currier. During the initial years of their marriage, the couple resided in Concord, New Hampshire. They made Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York their permanent home in 1910, although the artist had begun working there as early as 1907. Numerous sources indicate that throughout his life, Jones gained recognition primarily for his paintings and etchings featuring historical sites across Long Island. His artistic education included four years at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under Joseph Rodefer DeCamp...
Canvas, Oil
$40,000
H 40 in W 50 in
"Trail of the Snowshoes" William Baxter Closson, Lyrical Snowy Landscape
By William Baxter Closson
Located in New York, NY
William Baxter Closson Trail of the Snowshoes, circa 1910 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Provenance The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut Born October 13, 184...
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 24 in W 31.5 in
"Autumn Landscape" Bruce Crane, Bright Orange, Luminous, Tonalist Fall Scene
By Bruce Crane
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Crane Autumn Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 24 inches Bruce Crane Was born in New York City, he studied with Alexander H. Wyant before attending the Art Stud...
Canvas, Oil
$9,600
H 29 in W 34 in
"White Horse" Frederick Lester Sexton, Bucolic Barn, Farm Scene, White Horse
By Frederick Lester Sexton
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Lester Sexton White Horse Signed lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance Part of a Collection received from the Lyme Art Association. Frederick Lester Sexton received a lot of reviews and exhibitions in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when he was at the height of his career. Because it captured the personal view of many people's wish to ignore national issues and simply live their lives in their homes, his work was favorably welcomed. The rise of modernist styles like Abstract Expressionism, which started to take over the American art scene in the 1950s, also contributed to Sexton's fall in popularity. As collectors and regular spectators discover once more that realism is a valid component of American art because it speaks directly and clearly to the beauty they perceive in their surroundings, many artists, like Sexton, are experiencing a renaissance. Cheshire, Connecticut, was the birthplace of Frederick Sexton in 1889. His father, J. Frederick Sexton, was the Rector of St. Peter's Church in Cheshire and a well-known Episcopal clergyman. The mother, Mary Louise Lester, was an amateur painter and came from a pretty well-known Hartford family. Frederick was killed in an open-hearth fire when he was eighteen months old. His right hand was badly burned and was never to be opened again. The father kept the family together after his mother passed away when he was nineteen. Sexton's mother taught him art, and he went to public schools in New Haven. He received the prestigious Winchester Prize for a year of study in Spain while attending the Yale School of Fine Art, where he studied under Augustus Tack...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 9.5 in W 11.5 in
"Brooklyn Beach" Harry Roseland, American Impressionist, New York Marsh
By Harry Roseland
Located in New York, NY
Harry Roseland Brooklyn Beach Signed lower right Oil on canvas 5 x 7 inches Harry Roseland painted portraits and works of genre, or scenes of everyday life, on subjects ranging fro...
Canvas, Oil
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H 5.25 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
French 19th Century oil painting by Henri Duvieux of a gondola in Venice
By Henri Duvieux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henri Duvieux (French, c.1855 – 1902) Gondola on a Venetian backwater, Santa Maria della Salute beyond Oil on canvas Signed ‘H Duvieux’ (lower right) 5.1/4 x 8.1/2 in. (13.3 x 21.7 c...
Canvas, Oil
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H 5.25 in W 8.5 in D 1 in
French 19th Century oil painting by Henri Duvieux of a gondola in Venice
By Henri Duvieux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henri Duvieux (French, c.1855 – 1902) Gondola on a Venetian backwater, Santa Maria della Salute beyond Oil on canvas Signed ‘H Duvieux’ (lower right) 5.1/4 x 8.1/2 in. (13.3 x 21.7 c...
Canvas, Oil
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H 16.15 in W 18.9 in D 1.58 in
Mediterranean Waterway oil on canvas circa 1900
By Henri Duvieux
Located in Frome, Somerset
A good oil by the collectable French 'orientalist' painter Henri Duvieux (1855-1920). Painting oil on canvas: 10,1/2"x13,3/4" , 27cmx35cm 19thC giltwood frame: 16"x19" , 41cmx 48cm. ...
Oil
Sunset over the Venetian Lagoon
By Henri Duvieux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henri Duvieux (French, c. 1855 – 1902) Sunset over the Venetian Lagoon Oil on canvas Indistinctly signed ‘H Duvieux’ (lower left) 16 x 25.5/8 in. (40.7...
Canvas, Oil
Vue De Venise
By Henri Duvieux
Located in Sheffield, MA
Henri Duvieux French, 1855 – 1920 Vue De Venise Oil on canvas 15 ¾ in. by 25 ½ in. W/frame 25 ¾ by 35 ½ in. Signed lower right Henri Duvieux was an ar...
Oil