Julius Paulsen was a Danish painter born in 1860. A dramatic, early 20th-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and theorist of Modernism. Julius Paulsen first studied at Denmark's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1882. The recipient of numerous scholarships, including the 1883 Hielmstierne-Rosencrone Prize, Paulsen traveled and painted extensively throughout Europe. In 1885, he visited the Netherlands, France and Belgium where he sought out and studied the works of Rembrandt. In 1888, his travels took him to Italy and, in 1912, to Spain. Trips in 1909 and 1922 brought Paulsen back to Paris, where he was first exposed to the contemporary ferment of Modernist art ideas. These led him to both lighten his palette and to seek more subjective and emotional forms of expression. Throughout a long and distinguished career, Paulsen exhibited widely and with success, including at the Paris Salons in 1885 and 1925; at Chicago in 1893; Germany in 1891 and 1909 and London in 1907. He exhibited at the Paris World Expositions of 1889 and 1900, and, also, regularly and for many years at the Charlottenburg Palace. Paulsen's work bears the influence of Realism, Symbolism and Impressionism but he was also inspired by Dutch 17th-century art as can be seen in his 1902 painting, Portrait Group, in the Skagens Museum. He was associated with several of the Skagen Painters who gathered each summer in the north of Jutland, but he did not visit Skagen itself until after 1900. While there, he painted several portraits of his friend, the artist Laurits Tuxen and his family as well as several semi-abstract landscapes. In 1908, Paulsen was appointed professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and served continuously in this position until 1921. Paulsen died in 1940. His works can be found in the public collections of Denmark's state museums, including the Aarhus Art Museum, the Gothenburg Museum of Art, the State Museum for Art, Randers Museum of Art, Skagens Museum and his portrait of P.S. Kroyer still hangs in the Museum of National History in Frederiksborg Palace. Paulsen is well-listed in all art-reference works, including Benezit and Thieme-Becker.
'Self-Portrait', Paris Salon, Royal Danish Academy, Impressionist oil, Benezit
By Julius Paulsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'J.P' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and painted circa 1910. A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and th...
Canvas, Oil
Take Me Home, 12x8" oil, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Take me Home" by Lu Haskew Oil 19x16" framed, 12x8" image size Signed lower left A young child very apparently ready to go home from their intense yet cute look. The child is weari...
Canvas, Oil
$7,089
H 13 in W 9.26 in
Portrait of the Artist's Daughters, American Impressionism Painting, Signed
By William John Hennessy
Located in PARIS, FR
William John Hennessy Thomastown 1839 - Rudgwick 1917 Portrait of the Artist's Daughters Circa 1880 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard Signed bottom left 33 x 23.5 cm canvas 44 x ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$9,500
H 39.75 in W 32 in D 2.5 in
“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” Impressionist Edwardian Belle Époque
Located in Yardley, PA
“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” by Joseph Oppenheimer (1876-1966). An exceptional portrait by Oppenheimer of a spirited young woman turned in half-profile. This work exemp...
Canvas, Oil
$9,800
H 46.5 in W 39.5 in D 3 in
Impressionist Painting of a Bohemian Woman Budapest 1925 Bertha De Hellebranth
Located in Rochester, NY
Bohemian woman Budapest, Hungary 1925 by Bertha De Hellebranth. Fabulous period painting brings to life the bohemian intelligentsia of Europe in the 1920's. I believe the painting is of the artists sister Elena Maria De Hellebranth. Both sisters were accomplished artist and worked and exhibited together. See the photo of the sisters Elena on the left and Bertha on the right. Oil on canvas. In a period frame. Signed lower right. Inscribed on reverse. Provenance: label from Newman Galleries Philadelphia. BIOGRAPHY ; Bertha de Hellebranth and her sister Elena were born into a cultured upper-class family in Budapest, Bertha in 1899, Elena in 1897. Their father was a lawyer and their mother a student of Franz Liszt's last living pupil. Both sisters showed artistic potential early, beginning to paint at four or five years of age. Their parents encouraged them, and had the means to send them to the best art schools of the time. They studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Budapest, at the Académie Julian and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and painted portraits of European nobility. As Patricia Fazekas points out, "Growing up in a family of privilege, they seemed to have unusual access to many illustrious people." So we should not be surprised to find among their subjects members of high society, such as Count Andrássy Gyula, the Russian-born Princess Baby Galitzine, and Admiral Horthy Miklós, the Regent. Later on, their subjects included American heiress Gladys Vanderbilt (Countess László Széchenyi), President Theodore Roosevelt's granddaughter Paulina Longworth and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.Often, the sisters would paint the same subject at the same time, offering the sitter a choice of portraits. Most often, the sitter wanted both renditions.While Elena concentrated on working in oil and watercolor, Bertha used gouache and oil to achieve her effects. Elena gave lectures and workshops, was a writer and also wrote popular and ecclesiastical music, while Bertha also went in for sculpture and handicrafts.From the mid-thirties until World War II, Bertha and Elena divided their time between their home in Budapest and a home on the ocean at Ventnor, NJ. In 1925, they showed their work at the Nemzeti Szalon in Budapest, and in 1926, they had a joint exhibition of their portraits in the US. Both exhibited their work at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and most major museums and galleries in the US. Bertha also had exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both Bertha and Elena were Fellows of the Royal Society of Art (London), and garnered numerous prizes. Bertha was awarded First Prize by the National Academy of the American Water Color Society one year, and the Grand Prize of the Audubon Society. She was one of the founders of the now defunct World League of Hungarian Artists Abroad (Külföldi Magyar Képz?m?vészek Világszövetsége), and received a Gold Medal from the Cleveland Árpád Akadémia in 1963. (Elena also received the Akadémia's gold medal in 1965.) Their work is found in museums and galleries too numerous to mention.The de Hellebranth sisters were devout Catholics, and this is evident in their many portraits of clerics...
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
$7,500
H 40 in W 30 in D 1 in
"Woman Reading", An He, Impressionistic Portrait, Original Oil on Canvas, 40x30
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Woman Reading" by An He is an original impressionistic oil on canvas portrait painting measuring 40x30 in. A modern day brunette woman sitting in a red chair reads a book in the light of a summers day. Chinese-American artist An He, also known as Hans Amis, is known for his magnificent portrait paintings of...
Canvas, Oil
$3,900
H 31 in W 22 in D 1 in
Impressionist Painting of a Young Spanish Flamenco Dancer by J.C. Arter
By John Charles Arter
Located in Rochester, NY
Wonderful impressionist painting. Full of light, color, and movement. "The Flamenco Dancer by J. Charles Arter ( American 1860-1923). Oil on canvas. Signed upper left. Circa 1900. Unframed. Born in Hanoverton, Ohio, Charles Arter studied in Cincinnati and Paris at the Academie Julian. He had studios in Venice, London and New York and painted portraits of many famous personages including Pope Pius X...
Canvas, Oil
$32,000
H 72 in W 48 in D 1 in
"The Gentle Gesture", John Cook, Oil on Canvas, Impressionism, Native American
By John Cook
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Gentle Gesture" is an original oil on canvas and measures 72x48 inches. This impressionistic painting is of a young Indian woman handing a small flower to a little girl while a ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,700
H 12 in W 12 in
"Bad Hombre XXXX" (2024) By Mark Andrew Bailey, Original Oil Painting
By Mark Andrew Bailey
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Andrew Bailey's "Bad Hombre XXXX" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic portrait of a male figure wearing a cowboy hat. About the Artist...
Canvas, Oil
$5,850
H 47 in W 47 in D 1 in
"Date for One" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
By Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Date for One" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has bee...
Canvas, Oil
$7,500
H 40 in W 30 in D 1 in
"Spring Reflection", An He, Impressionistic Figurative Original Oil, 40x30 in.
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spring Reflection" by An He is an original oil on canvas portrait painting measuring 40x30 in. in a brown simple frame. A timid victorian lady in a white gown looks over her shoulder standing beneath a blooming cherry blossom tree with a basket full of red and pink flowers freshly picked in the spring. Chinese-American artist An He, also known as Hans Amis, is known for his magnificent portrait paintings of women...
Canvas, Oil
$5,200
H 48 in W 48 in D 1 in
"Cool" Figurative Oil Painting 48 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
By Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cool" Figurative Oil Painting 48 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem. Resides in Los Angeles, California, ...
Canvas, Oil
$5,600
H 60 in W 48 in D 1 in
"Sitting Alone" Figurative Oil Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
By Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sitting Alone" Figurative Oil Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem. Resides in Los Angeles, Cal...
Oil, Canvas
Julius Paulsen, At Bedtime, Oil Painting
By Julius Paulsen
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This enchanting early 20th-century interior scene by Danish artist Julius Paulsen (1860-1940) depicts a seated lady brushing her hair while deep in thought. It’s entirely natural, no...
Canvas, Oil