$15,000
“Hon. George King, 1788” Pastel Portrait, Young Boy with Cricket Ball and Dog
By John Russell
Located in Yardley, PA
“Hon. George King, 1788” by John Russell (1745-1806) Regarded as Britain’s foremost pastellist, John Russell is well known for his portraits of the wealthy middle class. In particul...
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
$2,200Sale Price|21% Off
“Still Life with Flowers and Fruit”
By John Russell
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully painted oil on canvas still life with vase of flowers and a glass bowl of fruit. In the background is a painting of a young woman. Artist monogram lower right. The mon...
Canvas, Oil
$1,400
H 16 in W 14 in
'Joyful Blooms (Party Flowers)' - still life - fauvism - floral - iris
By Christina Renfer Vogel
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of yellow, purple, green and pink. Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel holds an MFA from the Ma...
Canvas, Oil
$1,299
H 13.19 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Freshwater Fish on White Plate
By Edouard Arthur
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 44 x 57 x 5 cm. Signed and dated "Arthur 48" in the lower left corner. A striking and modernist still life depicting three freshly caught fish arranged on a white ceramic platter beside a simple kitchen knife. Executed with confident, textured brushwork and a restrained palette, the composition transforms an everyday subject into a powerful study of form, color, and materiality. The artist emphasizes the tactile qualities of the fish through thick impasto and nuanced earthy tones, contrasting beautifully against the luminous white tablecloth and the deep, almost abstract dark background. The dynamic placement of the fish creates a subtle rhythm across the composition, while the pared-down setting recalls the directness and honesty of early 20th-century European still life painting. Influenced by Post-Impressionist and modern realist traditions, the work balances painterly spontaneity with careful observation. The expressive handling of paint and simplified composition evoke the spirit of French and Continental modernist still lifes of the early to mid-20th century. An elegant and sophisticated still life ideal for collectors of European modernism, culinary subjects, and expressive figurative painting. still life painting, fish still life, modernist still life, Post-Impressionist painting, European still life, fish painting, culinary still life, kitchen still life, French still life painting, School of Paris, expressionist still life, oil on canvas still life, impasto painting, rustic still life, seafood painting, market fish painting, tabletop still life, knife in still life, modern European painting, figurative still life, early modernism, painterly still life, collectible still life art, Continental painting, expressive brushwork, white plate still life, food still life painting...
Canvas, Oil
$831Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.48 in W 16.15 in D 1.19 in
18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century pastel portrait on paper of a bearded gentleman. Presented under glass in a fine period gilded carved wood frame. A cha...
Paper, Pastel
$4,500
H 33 in W 29 in D 3 in
"Floral Arrangment in Jug" Post-Impressionism Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical bouquet of flowers in a beautiful white jug seated on a table with a background bursting with colors. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,417
H 27.96 in W 21.66 in D 0.79 in
French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat. Pastel and Crayon.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame. Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$967Sale Price|50% Off
H 15.36 in W 13 in
Portrait of Smiling Woman, Pastel and Crayon on Paper, Modern, Framed
By Raymond Debieve
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Smiling Woman', pastel and crayon on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). Is this a modern version of da Vinci's Mona Lisa? The simi...
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$1,027
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
Modernist Still Life with Red Tulips in a White Vase, 20th Century Oil Painting
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 55 x 46,8 x 4 cm. Signed "Guinand" in the lower right corner. A captivating modernist still life depicting a bouquet of red tulips arranged in a tall white va...
Canvas, Oil
$109Sale Price|20% Off
H 4.5 in W 3.75 in
Portrait of a Young Child In Poke Dot Dress British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
Pastel, Pencil
Orange Sun
By Ksenia Tsyganyuk
Located in Zofingen, AG
Small, sun-like fruits glow among the branches, creating a quiet sense of warmth and vitality. Set against a dense, textured orange field, the mandarin tree radiates light and inner ...
Canvas, Oil
$756
H 13.19 in W 10.63 in D 0.6 in
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David. ...
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel
$656Sale Price|50% Off
H 18.51 in W 14.97 in
The Red Headdress: 1960s Modern Portrait Pastel on Paper, Framed
Located in London, GB
'The Red Headdress', pastel on art paper, by W. Worms (circa 1960s). A beautiful woman with contemplative expression and tender eyes is exquisitely portrayed by the artist. The treat...
Paper, Pastel
Still Life With Fruit On The Table
By Jehudith Sobel
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Fruit On The Table Artist signed lower right, 22K Gold Motyka custom made frame, canvas size 30x24 frame 38x32. Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. There she studied with the famous abstract constructionists, Wladyslaw Strzeminski and Stefan Wegner from whom she learned the principles of Modern Art as laid down by the European Cubists. Sobel’s work was selected for the First Exhibit of Modern Art Museum Krakow in 1948-49. Judith Sobel emigrated to the newly found Israel where she lived for five years, becoming very active in Israel’s emerging art world. Her work was collected and exhibited by the major art museums of Israel including the Museum of Modern Art at Haifa; her art was regularly shown in the Israeli galleries. In 1956, Sobel came to New York on a scholarship, and before that she lived in France for two years. The same year she received the First Prize at the Exhibition in the Saks...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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H 31 in W 25 in D 3 in
Important 18th Century Pastel Portrait Painting Young Girl John Russell RA 1789
By John Russell
Located in Portland, OR
An important authenticated & documented 18th century portrait by John Russell R A (1745-1809), England, signed & dated 1789. This rather charming & sensitive portrait of a young girl...
Oil Pastel
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H 21 in W 18 in
18th century Portrait of a young girl, Miss Cator in a landscape, white dress
By John Russell
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a young British Girl, in her white dress with Pink Sash. Choosing to acquire an 18th-century portrait of a young girl by English artist John Russell is an opportunity to...
Canvas, Oil
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H 35 in W 30 in D 2 in
Portrait of Mary Bushby with Dog - British Old Master Regency art painting
By John Russell
Located in Hagley, England
This charming British Old Master Regency pastel portrait painting is by Royal Academy artist John Russell RA. He trained under Cotes and was much influenced by his admiration for Rosalba Carriera, a female Venetian Rococo painter and specialist in pastels. He was a prolific exhibitor at the Royal Academy. This painting dates to 1786. The painting is of Mary Alexaphina Bushby (1776-1823). Our research has found that Mary was daughter of John and Grizzel Bushby and she had 11 siblings. She later married William Curre from Momouthshire. Mary died in 1823 aged 47 having had 10 children. Interestingly, Robert Burns addressed an unpublished poem to her, a copy of which the artist passed to the Dumfries Burns Club. It would be fascinating to see a copy of this poem and to understand more of their relationship Provenance. Labels with provenance details verso. Condition. Pastel on paper laid on canvas, image size is 27 inches by 22 inches and in good condition. Housed in its original gilt frame with original glass, 35 inches by 30 inches framed and in good condition. John Russell RA (1745-1806) was an English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques. Russell was born in Guildford, Surrey, the son of John Russell Snr., book and print seller and five times mayor of the town; his father was something of an artist, and drew and published two views of Guildford. Russell was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and soon showed a strong inclination for art. He trained under Francis Cotes RA (of Cavendish Square, London), one of the pioneers of English pastel painting, and, like Cotes, was an admirer of the pastel drawings of Rosalba Carriera whose methods influenced his technique of "sweetening". At the age of 19 he converted to Methodism, which was the cause of tension with his family and with his teacher; he made no secret of his strong evangelical leanings and would attempt to preach and convert at every opportunity. Russell set up his own studio, in London, in 1767. He made the acquaintance of the notorious Dr. William Dodd, whose portrait he painted in 1768. He was introduced to Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, who unsuccessfully attempted to persuade him to give up painting and attend her Methodist ministers' training college at Trevecca in Wales. On 5 February 1770, he married Hannah Faden, daughter of a Charing Cross print and map seller...
Pastel