Leighton Fine Art Ltd Figurative Paintings

Signed fauvist oil on canvas figures in landscape by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a view of the Arc du Triomphe du Carrousel from the Louvre in Paris, France. A beau...

Signed, titled and dated oil on canvas landscape by Danish realist painter Peder Mork Monsted. This stunning piece depicts a beautiful view of the Sandvig Stand, the beach and coastl...

Signed and dated oil on board figure in landscape by Austrian post impressionist painter Stefan Simony. The work depicts a woman in a field full of wildflowers with a view of the mou...

Signed and dated oil on panel landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a view of the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France. It's a winter scen...

Signed oil on canvas nude figure circa 1946 by French painter Andre Masson. The work, painted in mostly greens and blues, depicts a front view of a seated nude woman. Signature: Si...

Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by British post impressionist painter William Lee Hankey. The piece depicts sail boats in La Rochelle, a seaport in the Bay of Bi...

Signed oil on canvas figure in interior circa 1930 by French realist painter Jules Marie Auguste Leroux. The work depicts a brunette ballerina wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes st...

Signed watercolour on paper landscape by American post impressionist painter Maurice Brazil Prendergast. The work depicts children playing on the beach in Saint Malo, France as boats sail in the blue sea and white clouds role through the sky overhead. This work has remained in the Prendergast family for 3 generations and depicts a rare view of Saint-Malo executed during Prendergast's visit to the french coastal town in 1907 Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 21"x22" Unframed: 13'x14" Proveance: The collection of Charles Prendergast (1863-1948) The collection of Eugénie Prendergast-Van Kemmel (1895-1994) -wife and inheritor of the estate of Charles Prendergast The collection of Henri Van Kemmel (Lille, 1903-1963) - cousin of Eugenie Prendergast
- Madame Henri Van Kemmel Maurice Prendergast came with his family to Boston in 1861. Working in a textile store, Maurice Prendergast was at first self-taught in painting, making souvenir cards and shop signs. He went to Britain in 1886, then to Paris in 1891 and registered at the Académie Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens, Benjamin-Constant, and Charles Blanc as teachers, working also with Gustave Courtois at the Académie Colarossi. More importantly he saw the Impressionists’ paintings and the Nabis at the Galerie Durand-Ruel. He returned to the United States in 1895, settling in Winchester (Massachusetts) and went frequently to New York. In 1898 he again went to Europe where he stayed until 1900, visiting Paris, Florence, Siena, Rome, Capri, and Venice, where he spent six months. Between 1907 and the beginning of World War I he went again four times to Europe but never returned there after the war. In New York where he finally settled, with William Glackens, Robert Henri, and John Sloan among others, Prendergast was one of the members ofThe Eight, gathered by Robert Henri to counter the pervading academicism. The group exhibited in 1908 at the Macbeth Galleries and took part in the Armory Show of 1913. After that Prendergast did not exhibit again with the group. In 1914 he left Boston definitively for New York. Prendergast was in his thirties before he began to devote himself to painting. In his late beginnings he painted in the open air as the Impressionists did, mainly in watercolours with clear brushstrokes and an elegant virtuosity recalling his then admiration for James Whistler and Claude Monet. Between 1892 and 1905 he carried out two hundred monotypes, a technique of which he was the undisputed master in America at that time and which expressed the influence of Japanisme. During his stays in France he painted views of Paris, but also Brittany and Normandy. In this period, in 1896, he was chosen to illustrate My Lady Nicotine by Matthew Barrie. During his third stay in Europe, from 1898 to 1900, he painted in Paris, at Saint-Malo, and mainly in Venice, where, influenced by Vittore Carpaccio he introduced brightly coloured banners into his animated compositions. In oils he painted slowly, touching up his paintings by superimposed brushstrokes, sometimes over several years. He chose to use the divided stroke in an early period, a technique which had similarities with Post-Impressionism. After his travels in Europe and his discovery of Paul Cézanne, he evolved in the direction of the neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat, placing little dots of colours with a knife, then of the Nabis and even later Fauvism, painting large brushed surfaces in bright colours. After 1899, his Ponte della Paglia in Venice freed itself from strict divisionism, adopting the dense composition in vertically superimposed planes of the Nabis. Like the members of the group of eight, he took his subjects from the daily life of ordinary people, in scenes in the parks or on the beaches of New England, picnics or sometimes circuses. Nevertheless the happy vision that he had of the world separated him strongly from the evolution that led his companions to paint the most miserable and populous milieus, which gave them the name of The Ashcan School. His compositions are arranged in surfaces superimposed vertically, without depth; while the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists were influenced by the layout of Japanese prints, Prendergast was inspired more by Persian miniatures. The decorative elements and the build-up of characters in crowds are placed frontally, like garlands on a tapestry, particularly as he seeks a texture effect, covered entirely by the subject without any empty spaces. His attraction to colours caused him to research all the motifs that he introduced into these compositions: umbrellas, parasols, balloons, draperies. In 1911–1912, he experimented with pastel and treated new subjects, nudes and still-lifes. After 1913, in sympathy with the Symbolists, he put nude figures and everyday characters side by side in the same composition. In his last years, and above all in the watercolours, he discarded the divided stroke and applied larger brushstrokes, similar to the technique of Henri Matisse. Fidelity to the leisurely settings and elegant grooming of the period gave his works, apart from their artistic value, a charming sociological aspect. Singular, almost marginal in his time, his paintings stand out by the density of their composition, in form and colouring, characterised by the accumulation of detail, minutiae of scenery, the serried ranks of people that animate them, the chromatic polyphony of elegance, umbrellas, parasols, and flags. He is a complete painter, particularly generous, who would never be happy to provide only samples of his art. Following Whistler and Mary Cassatt, Maurice Prendergast is one of the most interesting and original Post-Impressionist American painters, and perhaps marks exactly the boundary between the 19th and the 20th centuries. He was considered to be an ‘old master’ from 1920 on, and his works appeared in very many exhibitions of modern American painting. He had his first solo exhibition in 1897 at the Chase Gallery of Boston, where his works were noticed by Madame Montgomery Sears, who made a collection, taking the advice of Mary Cassatt. In 1915 six paintings and watercolours exhibited at the Carroll Gallery of New York established his success and drew the great collectors to him, among whom were Albert Barnes and John Quinn. Group Exhibitions 1974, Ten Americans, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York 1976, Art of Impulse and Color, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park (Maryland) 1982, American Impressionists, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (also presented at the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris) 1999, Town and Country: American Artists, 1870–1920 (Ville et campagne: les artistes américains, 1870–1920), Musée d’Art Américain, Giverny 2002, Japonisme in America: Works on Paper, 1880–1930 (Le Japonisme en Amérique: œuvres sur papier, 1880–1930), Musée d’Art Américain/Terra Foundation for the Arts, Giverny 2007, American Impressionists: Painters of Light and the Modern Landscape, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 2008, Coming of Age: American Art 1850–1950, Paintings from the Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 2008, Portrait of a Lady: Paintings and Photographs of American Women in France 1870–1915, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux Solo Exhibitions 1934, Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1938, Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Maurice and Charles Prendergast, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA 1960, Maurice Prendergast, 1859–1924, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1990, Art Institute of Chicago 2009, Prendergast in Italy, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Museum and Gallery Holdings Andover, MA (Addison Gal. of American Art): At the Shore, St. Malo No. 1 and 2 (c. 1907, watercolour and graphite on wove paper, 2 works); Along the Cove (1910–1913, oil on canvas); seven sketches of Paris (1893, oil on wood) Chicago (AI): In the Park (1918–1919) Chicago (Terra Foundation for American Art Collection): Festa del redentore (c. 1899, monotype); The Opera Cloak...

Signed and dated oil on panel seascape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The work depicts a view of sail boats and steam boats out at sea in the bay of Saint-Malo ...

Signed and dated oil on canvas seascape painting by French impressionist painter Maxime Maufra. The piece depicts a ship sailing on the horizon in a stormy sea at evening time. Sign...

Signed and titled oil on canvas circa 1990 by French painter Hugues Claude Pissarro. The piece depicts a woman in a red dress collecting apples in an orchard. Signature: Signed lowe...

Signed figurative oil on panel circa 1938 by post impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. This wonderful piece depicts people marching to Prizen in the former Yugoslavia. Mar...

Signed and titled oil on panel figures in landscape by American painter Anne Estelle Rice. This beautiful and colourful piece depicts groups of elegantly dressed people enjoying tea ...

Signed oil on panel circa 1895 by French modernist painter Louis Anquetin. This beautiful piece depicts an elegant lady dressed in a blue dress and hat walking in the Grand Boulevard...

Signed oil on canvas portrait painting by Argentine modernist painter Alfredo Guttero. The work is a head and shoulders portrait of a woman with black hair and wearing a shawl. Sign...

Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1950 by French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts doing a late summer harvest in Provence, France. Signature: Si...

Signed fauvist oil on canvas landscape by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts the floral gardens in front of the Orangery at the Chateau de Versailles. Signature: Signed l...

Signed and dated oil on canvas seascape by French post impressionist painter Achille-Emile Othon Friesz. The piece depicts a view of Le Havre, a port city in Normandy, France, locate...

Signed, titled and dated oil on canvas figures in landscape by post-impressionist painter Jules Le Ray. The piece depicts two women on a top of a cliff overlooking the port of La Mor...

Signed and dated figures in landscape oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of the road leading into the village of Mereville in Ess...

Signed oil on paper laid on board figures in landscape circa 1890 by French Neo-Impressionist painter Albert Dubois-Pillet. This pointillist piece depicts and elegant couple enjoying...

Signed figures in riverscape oil on canvas by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts a rural landscape with washerwomen in traditional Breton clothing was...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by German post impressionist painter Max Clarenbach. The work depicts a winter scene, with snow laying thick on the ground. To the foregroun...

Signed and dated oil on canvas nudes in seascape by Danish realist painter Paul Gustav Fischer. The work depicts two young women bathing on a rocky shoreline looking our towards the ...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Elisee Maclet. The work depicts a view of the coastal city of Arles in the South of France from the wat...

Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1920 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an autumnal scene of the the Porte Saint-Denis (St ...

Signed figures in cityscape oil on board circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Luigi Loir. The piece depicts a view of the quai du Louvre by the River Seine in Paris, France at ...

Signed and dated seascape oil on paper laid on canvas by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of the sea at Honfleur, a commune in the Calvados depa...

Signed oil on board figures in landscape by popular French post impressionist painter Victor Charreton. The work depicts a mother holding her small child's hand as they walk towards ...

Signed pointillist oil on canvas landscape by French Neo-Impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. The work depicts a view of revellers on a boat travelling along the River Seine in Paris, ...

Signed oil on canvas figures in riverscape circa 1910 by sought after French impressionist painter Pierre Eugene Montezin. The work depicts women dressed in summer dresses and sunhat...

Signed figurative oil on canvas circa 1915 by French neo-impressionist painter Achille Lauge. The piece depicts a view of a farmer sowing seeds in field on a bright spring day. Sign...

Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The work depicts two young girls with their mother in a landscape overlooking boats...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1890 by French post impressionist painter Albert Charles Lebourg. The work depicts a view of a road to Hondouville, a commune in nothern France, ...

Signed figures in landscape oil on board by Australian-American impressionist painter Richard Hayley Lever. The work depicts brightly coloured sailing boats in the harbour of St Ives...

Signed figures in landscape oil on board circa 1905 by Australian-American impressionist painter Richard Hayley Lever. The work depicts fishing vessels docked in the harbour in Douar...

Signed oil on panel circa 1895 by French modernist painter Louis Anquetin. The piece depicts three white horses. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 16.5"x20" Unframe...

Signed and dated oil on board landscape by French post impressionist painter Paul Madeline. This beautiful work depicts a view of the picturesque port of Doelan in Britanny, France. ...

Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by French impressionist painter Victor Alfred Paul Vignon. The piece depicts a view of scenery in Oise, a department in the north of France, ...

Signed oil on canvas laid on board landscape by American Impressionist painter Abram Molarsky. The work, painted in mostly pastel shades of green, blue and purple depicts a view of b...

Signed oil on canvas landscape by Belgian post impressionist painter Modest Huys. This stunning piece depicts a view of The Great Park in Oudenaarde, Belgium. Couples can be seen enjoying the park through gaps in the tall trees. A wonderful piece in the artist's unique style. Signature: Signed lower right and inscribed verso Dimensions: Framed: 28.5"x35" Unframed: 21.5"x28" Provenance: Exhibited : The Royal Scottish Academy under the section for "Distinguished Foreigners" in 1914 (original acceptance letter verso) Modest Huys (25 October 1874, in Zulte – 30 January 1932, in Zulte) was a Flemish impressionist and luminist painter, who is regarded as one of the greatest Belgian painters of the 20th century. From a young age, Modest Huys worked in his father's painting and decorating business and later studied at the "Gentse Nijverheidschool" (Ghent Industrial School). In 1891 or 1892, he came into contact with Emile Claus, who encouraged his artistic inclinations. In 1900, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts where his teachers were Eugène Joors and Frans Van Leemputten but he never completed his studies. It was about this time that he became lifelong friends with the author Stijn Streuvels. In 1902, he debuted at the Sint-Lucasgilde in Kortrijk and began to exhibit more widely. He spent time in Meetjesland, painting landscapes. From 1905, he participated in the exhibitions of Vie et Lumière...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Raymond Thibesart. The piece depicts a view of a small rural village deep in winter. The roof tops and ...

Signed fauvist oil on canvas laid on panel riverscape circa 1925 by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a boat being rowed on the Bois de Boulogne lake in Paris, France. It...

Signed figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1905 by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of Paris in France. In the foreground is a bustling st...

Signed fauvist oil on canvas laid on panel riverscape circa 1925 by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts several boats being rowed on River Seine in Bois de Boulogne - a for...

Signed and dated oil on canvas figures in interior by French impressionist painter Louis Abel Truchet. The piece depicts revellers at a French cabaret Montmartre. Signature: Signed ...

Signed and dated figures in cityscape oil on panel by French impressionist painter Amedee Marcel-Clement. The work depicts a view of the Pont Neuf bridge that runs over the River Sei...

Signed and dated neo-impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Leo Marie Gausson. Gausson painted this picturesque view of then fields above Triel-sur-Seine, a small to...

Signed and titled pastel on paper circa 1970 by French artist Hugues Claude Pissarro. The piece depicts a view of the Viaduct de Clecy - a bridge over the River Orne in Clecy in the ...

Signed impressionist figures in landscape oil on panel circa 1875 by French painter Stanislas Victor Edouard Lepine. The piece depicts depicts of a view of workers constructing the q...

Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas c.1920 by French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The piece depicts a harbour at Collioure, a commune in the southern Fr...

Signed, titled and dated 1921 figures in interior oil on canvas by Modernist painter Marcel Francois Leprin. This wonderful piece depicts a ball at the Moulin Rouge, a cabaret in Par...

Signed and dated post impressionist watercolor on paper seascape by French painter Jean Dufy. This colourful piece depicts sail boats at the port of Le Havre in France - a commercial...

Signed and dated Art Nouveau oil on board figures in landscape by Romanian painter Michel Simonidy. The piece depicts an autumnal scene with two women standing beside a fountain at n...

Signed post impressionist figures in landscape oil circa 1980 by French painter Max Michel Agostini. The work depicts park-goers on a path beside a lake on a sunny spring day. There ...

Signed and titled post impressionist figures in landscape oil circa 1980 by French painter Max Michel Agostini. The work depicts park-goers on a path beside a lake on a sunny spring ...

Signed and dated post impressionist figurative oil on canvas by French painter Ferdinand du Puigaudeau. This beautiful and large work depicts dozens of churchgoers in traditional Bre...

Signed and dated post impressionist figure in landscape watercolour on paper by French painter Jean Dufy. The work depicts a view of a grand house behind a wall with a large gated en...

Signed and dated impressionist oil on panel landscape by French painter Camille Roche. This beautifully coloured piece depicts a view of the River Seine in Paris, France on a bright ...

Signed post impressionist figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French painter Max Michel Agostini. The work depicts a park in spring. There are flowerbeds filled with red...