Rolf Armstrong Art

Tribute to Michelangelo III is a painting by Paris-based Chinese contemporary artist ZHANG Hongyu which represents the famous David by Michelangelo, exhibited at the Galleria dell’Ac...

Tribute to Rodin 5 (Salut Rodin 5) is a painting by Paris-based Chinese contemporary artist ZHANG Hongyu which represents one of "The Three Shades" by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, ...

Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...

Valley of No Shadows is an original painting by Fredrick Idele. Fredrick created Valley of No Shadows with Acrylic, Pastel, and Charcoal on a 24W by 24H inches Card. "Valley of No S...

Two Ballerinas - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock Colorful portrait of two ballerinas by Jassen Marek (20th Century). Two ballerinas are shown in white, green, and blue. They are bendin...

A fine, circa 1907, Edwardian pencil / charcoal drawing. Executed by Maria Cowell nee Sayer, it depicts a portrait of Decima Moore - an actress and Suffragette. A very striking and fascinating portrait of a young woman painted by an artist who exhibited her works at the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool. In excellent condition. Signed right. Provenance. South England...

Stunning portrait with a killer smile by Golden Age of Illustration female Illustrator Zoë Mozert. Signed lower right. Framed under glass, silk matted an...

This lovely pencil and charcoal drawing is attributed to circle of French noted artist Jacques Joseph Tissot. Created around 1880 the drawing is of a woman relaxing on a reclining chair outdoors, lost in contemplation or admiring the view. There is lovely detail in her face and it is a very sympathetic drawing of the sitter. Provenance. Sussex estate. Condition. Pencil and charcoal, 28 inches by 22 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an gilt gallery frame, 34 inches by 28 inches framed and in good condition. Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. After receiving a religious education, Tissot went to Paris at age 19 to study art. In 1859 he exhibited at the Salon (an official exhibition sponsored by the French government). Turning from his rather anguished early works to modern genre paintings and stylish portraits, he quickly became successful in the Paris art world. He fought in the Franco-German War...

Josefine Batke - Koller (Austrian, 1897-1976) Portrait of a Young, Jewish Communist Brigadist from the Spanish Civil War • Oil on panel ca. 60 x 49 cm • Frame ca. 75 x 62 cm • Sign...

Inscribed, lower right: Sirani Provenance: Private Collection, New York. With Mia N. Weiner, Norfolk, Connecticut, 2008–2009; where acquired in 2009 by: Linda Cheverton Wick and Walter Wick, 2009–2023. Exhibited: “By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800,” Wadsworth Atheneum, 30 September 2021 – 9 January 2022, and Detroit Institute of Arts, 6 February – 29 May 2022, no. 46. Literature: Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Online Edition, updated 29 October 2021, wwwpastellistscom, “Sirani, Elisabetta,” cat. no. J.68.102. Adelina Modesti, Elisabetta Sirani...

On the cardboard applied on the frame there is an annotation, belonging to some of the old owners, reporting the names of the portrayed in Kurrent handwriting: "Urgroßvater Ludwig Fr(ei)h(e)r(r) von Keller" "Urgroßmutter Fr(ei)h(e)r(rin) von Keller geb(oren) von Niebecker". So we can deduce that the models were Ludwig Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Baron of Keller (1760-1835), a German politician who was the director of the district of Prussia, and his wife Auguste Johanne Henriette Baroness of Niebecker (1760-1832). Their high class provenience is highlighted by the not contained expressive liveliness, by the proud pose imitating movement and by the elegance of the clothes which fabric seems palpable (especially sincere is the evanescent depiction of the pleated veil of the gorget and the adorned with arabesques decoration of the sleeves and the vest). The two pieces can be attributed to John Singleton Copley...

This is a fine circa 1910 pencil drawing of a Scottish society lady. Executed by one of the leading artists of the day in the circle of John Lavery it ...