Wijnand Driessen Paintings

This intimate interior by Henrik Nordenberg demonstrates the artist's remarkable ability to transform an ordinary domestic setting into a scene of quiet beauty and contemplation. Exe...

Painting for me is an experience, where we learn every day and unlearn what we’ve learnt, and also as a portal to connect to the past, present & future. I was inspired to create thi...

The painting is dated and signed on the bottom left side. Description: Alfred Jacomin was a landscape and genre painter. He was a student of his father, Jean-Marie Jacomin, the Swiss...

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

The harbor town hummed with a low, rhythmic energy as the sun dipped below the horizon. Shadows stretched long and ominous, swallowing the vibrant colors of the day. But as the last ...

Frans Moormans (Dutch, 1831-1893) The Goldfish Bowl, c. 1870 Oil on panel, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches FRAMED: 19 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: “Frans. Moormans” B...

As the moon climbed higher, the stories grew darker, more fantastical. Whispers of mermaids, shipwrecks, and buried treasure filled the air. The harbor town, once a bustling hub of a...

The Fish Seller Dutch School, circa 1720's circle of Willem van Mieris (Dutch 1662-1747), unsigned oil painting on partially cradled panel, presented in antique gilt frame panel: 15...

WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco CT Arnold Aaron Friedman (American, 1874-1946) "Cancellation Table" 11 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Oil on Wood ...

About this work: A spectacular early example of Tom Uttech’s visionary Northwoods landscapes. This substantial canvas from 1984 contains the essential ingredients of Uttech’s distinc...

A wonderfully detailed interior genre oil painting by Flemish artist Louis Tielemans (1826-1856). Tielemans was born in Anvers, and became known for his active genre scenes, emulatin...

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphized fruits and objec...

Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther Attributed to Denys Calvaert (Antwerp, 1540 – Bologna, 1619), not signed Early 17th century Italian School, circa 1610 Oil on poplar panel,...

ROGELIO DE EGUSQUIZA Spanish, 1845 - 1915 LADY IN YELLOW signed "R. Egusquiza" (lower right) oil on wood panel 28-5/8 x 20-3/4 inches (72.5 x 52.7 cm.) framed: 32-5/8 x 24-3/4 inches (82.5 x 62.5 cm.) Rogelio de Egusquiza y Barrena (1845 – 10 February 1915) was a Spanish painter, known for his friendship with the German composer Richard Wagner, whose works he helped make familiar in Spain He was born in El Astillero, into a well-to-do family. He studied in Madrid and with Léon Bonnat at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1868, after travelling and participating several times in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, he returned to Paris and settled there. At first, he painted historical scenes, but later turned to genre scenes and portraits in the Academic style. Following the death of Marià Fortuny, he moved to Rome at the invitation of the Madrazos, Raimundo and Ricardo, taking Fortuny's place at their studio through 1875 and attending classes at the Spanish Academy in Rome. He heard Wagner's music for the first time in 1876, after returning to Paris. Three years later, he travelled to Munich to hear a performance of The Ring of the Nibelungen. His enthusiasm for what he heard led him to go to Bayreuth, where he introduced himself to Wagner and became his friend. In the following years, he and Wagner got together again several times; in Venice (1880), Berlín (1881) and Bayreuth (1882); where he was a guest at the premiere of Parsifal. After his first meeting with Wagner, he decided to devote his career to doing works on Wagnerian themes; mostly portraits of the characters rather than specific scenes. During his visits to Germany, he also created portraits of Arthur Schopenhauer (posthumous) and King Ludwig II...