Darren Ransdell Design Paintings

Large and remarkable painting with watercolor, charcoal, pastel crayon and gold leaf techniques. The custom hand made frame is gilt wood with lacquer. The piece is in very good condi...

A fun abstract painting on a merlot background in its original walnut & gilt frame with antique glass. We have not been able to find any information on the artist, but it is signed a...

Ancestor Portrait of a noble Qing Dynasty woman. Her social status is reflected in the sable-trimmed overcoat fashioned in the strictly enforced dress coat of the Qing Dynasty. The ...

A nice pair of Chinese ancestor family group portraits, 19th century, on paper, framed in teak frames under glass. Twelve characters total in per...

Antique 19th-century mahogany wood-framed hand-painted watercolour miniature portrait of Napoleon I. The miniature depicts a Napoleon I portrait turning his face to the right. The b...

An impressively sized 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty ancestral portrait painting of a senior official of the first rank in bamboo frame with silk ...

Contemporary sumie (ink) painting on silver.

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting. Signature somewhat obscured by frame. His Art Deco-influenced paintings are highly decorative and appealing, the compositions complex and well-thought out. The gold leaf background is decorative and elegant. His are rare Modernist paintings by an artist who found himself at the very heart of design, fashion and celebrity life in the early part of the century. Label at back for Pitt & Scott Ltd London - well known for its expertise in handling antiques, works of art and fragile artefacts. Dimensions: 11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight) 12.5"h x 17.5"w (frame) Porter Woodruff, was an illustrator artist and contributor to Vogue Magazine and Home & Garden (including covers for both). He was one of five artists stationed in Paris in 1923 for Vogue. Woodruff spent considerable time in Tunisia, North Africa, residing with his romantic partner, Romanian socialite George Sebastian. Sebastian owned a lavish, coastal property in then-trendy Hammamet, near Tunis on the Mediterranean. Sebastian fell in love with the simple beauty of the quiet fishing port of Hammamet and was the first of the international set of the times to build his villa there. He started a trend that has never ceased. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have claimed Dar Sebastian to be ”the most beautiful house I have ever seen”. American and European intelligentsia and upper-crust were attracted to the area between the wars. The artists Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paul Klee, Andre Gide, the Sitwells, and Cecil Beaton enjoyed visiting, partying, and undertaking what someone once described as indulging the opportunity to do 'some rather elaborate sinning'. Other visitors included Art Deco designer Jean-Michel Frank, Wallis Simpson, Somerset Maugham, and Greta Garbo, among others. The onset of war disrupted this scene and it never truly regained its former glory. Dar Sebastian was requisitioned by the 'Desert Fox', German General, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...

O/5151 - Old painting with mountain landscape, signed Hugo Pfahlmer, descendant of a noble family of painters. German school. With its original frame.

This painting has heavily textured acrylics in multicolored on wood. The artist created the piece using multiple techniques like palet knife, brush and pencil. The series is call...

Monumental Chinese Qing ancestor scroll portrait painting of a high ranking official or Imperial court matriarch. Features a intricately decorated Min...

19th century miniature portrait of a nun on porcelain with brooch frame Wonderful antique portrait of a nun hand painted on porcelain. The portrait is housed in a brass frame t...