Shabana Godhrawala

This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden. Painted with oilpaint on canvas. David van der Linden studied at the Academ...

Margaret Sarah Carpenter (Salisbury 1793-1872 London) Double portrait of a brother and sister, formerly identified as the Poulett children, c. 1830s Half-length, within a park landscape Oil on canvas Inscribed to the stretcher frame verso, ‘Ms Carpenter’ 91.5 x 71.6 cm.; (within frame) 104.2 x 84 cm. (Unsigned) Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom; Portobello Road, c. 2014; Where acquired by a private collector United Kingdom; By whom sold, Dreweatts, Old Master, British and European Art, 10 February 2026, lot 145; Where acquired by Haveron Fine Art. Painted by the most celebrated female artist of her generation, this charming double portrait of a brother and sister belongs to Margaret Sarah Carpenter’s highly productive output of the 1830s, and is characteristic of the accomplished duality of her child portraits. Both endearing and elegant, the siblings are pictured at the cusp of adolescence, and Carpenter navigates this moment of tender transformation with a subtlety no doubt informed by her own motherhood of five children. The young boy embraces his elder sister with a fraternal warmth, resting his hand on her wrist with a hint of Regency Romanticism. Their cheeks are flushed with the vitality and pictorial sweetness of youth; their lips are delicately coloured; and their eyes gleam with enlivening highlights. Meanwhile, they have graduated to the fashion of young adults: the boy has been ‘breeched’, and wears a double-breasted velvet jacket with a black cravat, while his sister’s fashion is altogether adult, albeit comprising softer materials, with delicate lace trim and pink ribbons. Moreover, their knowing gaze towards the viewer speaks to a primed sensibility, and their standing within a park landscape perhaps foresees the responsibilities of familial inheritance come adulthood. It was this intuitive and measured approach which earned Carpenter a reputation that vastly exceeded those typically afforded to public women of the 19th century. Indeed, she was for a time considered the natural successor to Thomas Lawrence, whom she is rumoured to have briefly studied under. A typewritten label affixed to the stretcher frame gives the traditional identification of the children as ‘John and Charlotte Poulett / children of / Lt. Gen. Hon. Vere Poulett’. Himself a son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett (1710-1788), the Hon. Vere Poulett (1761-1812) did have a number of children, including John (b. 1789) and Charlotte. However, their birthdates are not fitting with the painting’s date of creation or Carpenter’s own age, and thus leaves the children’s identities uncertain. Indeed, there is no record of any Poulett sitters in a transcript of Carpenter’s sitter book, held in the collection of the National Gallery, London (GB 1082 MSC); however, the record is by no means exhaustive, and does not include some 500 of Carpenter’s other works (particularly her child portraits). It is nonetheless apparent that the siblings’ fashion is belongs to the established classes, and the rural setting presumably suggests a landed family, possibly of noble descent. Margaret Sarah Carpenter (Salisbury 1793-1872 London) Carpenter was born in Salisbury to Alexander Geddes, a retired army officer, and Harriet Easton. Carpenter’s early talent was developed under the tuition of Thomas Guest (1754-1818) in Salisbury, where her skill was noticed by the 2nd Earl of Radnor, who allowed her to make copies of the Old Master pictures at Longford Castle. On Lord Radnor’s advice, Carpenter sent pictures for three successive years to the Royal Society of Arts, receiving a public acknowledgement for each as well as gold medals in 1813 and 1814. Aged 21, Carpenter moved to London in 1814 with Radnor’s funding, and established her early practise in his London residence. That same year, she first exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution. Her works received high praise in the press, and some pictures were acquired by the Marquess of Strafford, an influential patron of the arts. Her works were heavily influenced by Lawrence and Reynolds, and it is possible that she studied for a year under Lawrence in 1812. Indeed, she later finished Lawrence’s portrait of Mrs Brandling. Carpenter married William Carpenter in 1817, who later became Keeper of Prints at the British Museum. Together, their five surviving children included artists William, Percy, and Jane Henrietta ‒ a model for some of her mother’s most tender portraits. Carpenter enjoyed a broad professional and social circle, being a close friend of Richard Parkes Bonington, and being reasonably well-acquainted with Constable ‒ who suspected that her incessant work was resulting in physical problems for her, as well as the neglect of her children (Gaze, p. 350). She introduced her sister Harriet to the artist William Collins RA...

Wonderful mid century vertical still life with folk-art feel and vibrant colors by T. Tinney (American, 20th Century) 1957. Signed "T. Tinney" and dated "1957" lower right. Unframed...

Jean-Georges PASQUET (Périgueux 1851 - 1936) Pointe de Suzac at Saint Georges de Didonne Oil on canvas H. 59 cm; W. 85 cm Signed and dated 1885 lower left Provenance: Private collec...

In this larger treatment of the light-pillar phenomenon, Aeling demonstrates his mastery of night atmospherics. The bright vertical beam—pure, white, and nearly architectural—cuts through a heavy indigo sky, reflecting the artist’s fascination with moments when the environment becomes momentarily structured by light. His winters in cold climates provided ample opportunities to see such displays, and he painted them with the same meditative intensity he applied to Hawaiian sunsets and surf. In all these subjects, Aeling returned to a central theme: the sky as an evolving organism, capable of sudden, transcendent gestures. Jeff Aeling Light Pillar oil on panel 14h x 10w in 35.56h x 25.40w cm JAE034 Jeff Aeling (1958–2025): The Sky Remembers Through Jeff Aeling’s eyes, the landscape becomes a world shaped as much by air as by earth. In works such as North of Las Vegas, NM and Pond Near St. Cloud, MN, he balances the quiet structure of plains and wetlands with skies alive in constant motion. His mastery of atmosphere is unmistakable in Light Pillars (2023) and Light Pillar (2023), where rare optical events turn night into architecture. Even intimate scenes like Crabapple, Dogwoods, and Red Bud find their emotional power under skies that lend the land its shifting character. Aeling’s winters in Hawaii deepened his sensitivity to movement and weather. Surfing taught him to read the rhythm of the ocean, a knowledge reflected in Wave, Kauai (2018), where a breaking wave becomes a luminous wall of force. In Volcano (2023), he channels the islands’ elemental drama, linking fire, vapor, and sky through the same atmospheric vocabulary found in his plains paintings. Though often compared to American landscape painters like Church and Bierstadt, Aeling’s work engages modernity in subtle ways. He began his paintings with the camera—driving for hours to capture a fleeting alignment of cloud, light, and terrain. In the studio, he removed all traces of people or infrastructure, preserving the landscape as a pure, uncontrollable presence. This blend of tradition and contemporary practice allowed him to honor the past while speaking clearly to the present. Together, these works—whether a crashing wave, a blooming tree, a volcanic plume, or a column of winter light—form a portrait of the world as Aeling experienced it: vast, luminous, and alive with change. The Sky Remembers is both a tribute and an invitation to see the land with the reverence he carried throughout his life. Jeff Aeling (1958-2025) Iowa City, IA Represented in Chicago by Gallery VICTOR Education BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute – Kansas City, MO School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL Solo Exhibitions 2016 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2015 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2014 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO 2013 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2012 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2011 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2010 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Richard Demato Fine Arts Gallery - Sag Harbor, NY William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2009 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2008 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2007 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2006 Tory Folliard Gallery - Milwaukee, WI William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2005 Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL 2005 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2004 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2003 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2002 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Perimeter Gallery - New York, NY 2001 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2000 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 1999 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 1998 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, MO Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Gallery - Kansas City, MO Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL 1996 Grand Arts - Kansas City, MO 1994 Gallery V - Kansas City, MO 1993 Sean Kelly Gallery - Kansas City, MO 1991 Tribal Textile Gallery - Kansas City, MO Selected Group Exhibitions 2022 Kiss Me, It’s Beginning to Snow, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2021 2019 Es-Scape, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Earth Wind & Fire, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Portraits and Places: Select works from Gallery Victor Armendariz, curated by Corporate Art Advisory, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL Art Hamptons, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Bridgehampton, NY Front and Center, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2004 Art Chicago, Navy Pier...

Acrylic & oil on wooden panel Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She work...

A striking Victorian-era landscape by British Artist Tom Seymour, capturing a dramatic waterfall rushing through rocky banks into a calm loch beyond. The composition leads the eye fr...

Pocket Chocolate Doughnut (with Sugar Sprinkles) 209 (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale r...

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Julian Onderdonk "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" Texas Hill Country (1882 - 1922) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 15 x 18 Medium: Oil on panel Dated 1909 "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" "A Texas Painter Worked Under the Radar in New York," By Eve M. Kahn, March 6, 2014, The New York Times Onderdonk, a San Antonio native who died of an intestinal ailment in 1922, at 40, is best known for painting swaths of Texas bluebonnets. Those canvases can bring more than $500,000 each, while his New York scenes usually end up in the five-figure range. Onderdonk’s parents were painters in San Antonio, and in 1901, when he was a teenager, they sent him to New York for training. Through 1909, he lived in various Manhattan apartments and Staten Island houses. He then returned to Texas, but continued to spend months at a time in New York. In 1902 he had married a Manhattan teenage neighbor, Gertrude Shipman. While she focused on raising their daughter, Adrienne, and worrying about their strained finances, “he created more than 600 works of art, often producing a painting or two a day,” Eyewitnesses recorded his prolific pace in New York, but Onderdonk works bearing those dates rarely turn up. The puzzling gap in his productivity is explained in family correspondence that the Bakers uncovered: The artist admits that he was signing pieces with pseudonyms. He mostly used Chas. Turner and Chase Turner and occasionally resorted to Elbert H. Turner and Roberto Vasquez. Julian Onderdonk was the son of the important Texas landscapist, Robert Onderdonk. He was the father's pupil at age 16. Sponsored by a Texas patron, he studied at the Art Students League in New York when he was 19, the pupil of Kenyon Cox, Frank DuMond, and Robert Henri. He also studied with William Merritt Chase on Long Island. In 1902, having lost his Texas patron because he married, he asked $18 for 12 paintings at a Fifth Avenue dealer in New...