Martin Van Maele Art

RICHARD TESCHNER (Prague 1879 – 1948) From: A Thousand and One Nights - SURREALIST WOMAN DEAD IN A TREASURE BOX, 1917 Aquatint, Proof no. 17. Aqua...

Francis JOURDAIN Melancolic Seascape with Sailboats, 1898 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMATION...

William Strang (1859-1921), Mother Earth, 1897, etching, drypoint, aquatint ); signed in pencil lower right, and signed by the printer David Strang and...

"The Graces Lie Shy" intaglio etching by Chaim Koppelman (American b.1920 d.2009). Moody etching by prominent American printmaker and educator Chaim Koppelman. In this piece a nude...

Francis JOURDAIN Night Dream : the Swanns, 1898 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMATION: Lithogra...

Dramatic lino-cut portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe by unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Circa 1990. Unsigned. Unframed. Presented in acid free mat. Image size: 10.75"H x 13.75"W.

James Ensor (1860-1949), Exterminating Angel (L'Ange Exterminateur), etching with drypoint, 1889, signed and dated in pencil lower right, also titled and countersigned verso. Referen...

One of a series of oil-based monotypes on fine printmaking paper. Monochromatic with subtle color. Moody, symbolist/expressionist image reflecting on NY city's ambient current and past.

Portrait de Jeune Fille is a haunting portrait of a young girl also known as .. Justine… she could be either fading into the distance or just materializing out of a dream state. Her hair and the air around her is in shades of pale blue and the background is the white of the paper. This is a limited edition ( 170/300) aquatint , signed in the plate. In good condition with a 1" repaired tear midway on the right border which will not show when framed. Argentinian-born artist Leonor Fini (1907-1996) is considered one of the great female artists of the twentieth century. She moved to Paris in the early 1930’s where she spent most of her life and almost immediately formed friendships with Salvador Dali, Cartier- Bresson, Max Ernst and other intellectuals of the time. At twenty five she had her first one person show in Paris and was included in the 1936 pivotal exhibition at MOMA…Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism…..and that same year had an exhibition at a famous avant garde gallery in New York. Although Fini never considered herself a Surrealist she maintained close personal relationships with several members of the group. One can see how their ideology influenced her work but she remained firmly rooted in the tradition of Symbolism, Metaphysics and Italian and German Romanticism Her works can be found in most important collections of modern art around the world. Fini was renowned as a portraitist and as a painter of erotic sexual tensions with a mysterious atmosphere. She was adamant about being independent and not belonging to any one group. She lived life on her own terms and is sometimes referred to as …..the female Dali. She was also involved with designing for fashion and creating elaborate sets for opera and theatre. As a feminist she was definitely ahead of the times. She produced the first erotic male nude...

Heliogravure by Félicien Rops (1833 – 1898), a Belgian artist, known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint. He is noted for his drawings depicting erotic and Satanic them...

Henri MARTIN Divine Comedy : Dante and Beatrice, 1898 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMATION: Li...

Lithographe published by les peintres lithographes ( blue stamp ) ; signed with pencil in the right lower corner, numbered 17 with ink in the lower left corner. Provenance : collecti...