Ottocento Art

Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (French, 1891-1972) La Modele Black crayon Signed `Latapie’ (lower right) 24.5/8 x 19 in. (62.5 x 48.3 cm.)

Elsie Marian Henderson (British, 1880-1967) Seated Leopard Charcoal and crayon 11.3/8 x 7.7/8 in. (28.8 x 20 cm.) Provenance: The estate of the artist S...

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Michelle Lithograph Signed `Erte’ (lower right) and numbered `21/300’ (lower left) Frame measures 39.1/4 x 30.3/8 in. (100x 77 cm.)

David Hamilton (British, circa 1888) Harvest time Oil on canvas Signed and dated `David Hamilton 1888’ (lower right) 20.1/8 x 16 in. (51.2 x 40.8 cm.)

Charles Cres (French, 1850-1907) A Wood Nymph playing the pipes signed and dated `Ch. Crès/ 1884’ (lower right) oil on canvas 25.7/8 x 15.1/2 in. (65.8 x 39.4 cm.) Charles Cres was born in Briare in the province of Loiret. As early as 1875 he exhibited at the annual Paris Salon and was subsequently awarded...

Victor Vasarely (Hungarian / French 1906 – 1997) Door, 1982 Numbered ‘E.A. 7/9’ (lower left) and signed Vasarely (lower right) Artist’s proof Silkscreen print 43 x 23.1/2 in. (109.3 ...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) VILLE SOLAIRE, OCTOBER 1971 Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower middle) Oil on canvas 62.1/2 x 31.1/2 in. (158....

Maurice Potier (French, 1926 – 2002) Oranges, figs, lemons and a vase of flowers Oil on canvas Signed ‘M Potier’ (lower right), Further signed and dated Maurice Potier / 1994. 27.3/8...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) URBAN ORANGE Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 57.1/2 x 35 in. (146.5 x 88.7cm.)

Joyce Turner (British, 1920-2020) Blue green abstract Oil on board Signed `J. TURNER’ (lower left) 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.) Joyce Turner was an abstra...

Beccy Marshall (British, 20th/21st Century) Thames Barge Oil on board Signed, titled and dated `2011’ (on the reverse) 24.1/2 x 20.3/8 in. (62 x 51.8 cm.)

Adrian Heath (British, 1920 - 1992) Golden Brown Mixed media signed ‘Heath 88’ (lower right) 73 x 54 cm. Adrian Heath (1920–1992) was a 20th-century British painter. Heath was born in Burma and attended Bryanston School in Dorset, southern England. In 1938, he studied art under Stanhope Forbes at Newlyn. In 1939 and 1945–47, he attended the Slade School of Art. He served in the RAF as a tail gunner in Lancaster bombers in World War II, but spent almost the entire war as a prisoner of war at Stalag 383. During this period he became friends with and taught fellow POW Terry Frost to paint. In 1949 and 1951, he visited St Ives, Cornwall, where he met Ben Nicholson. In the early 1950s, he was also associated with Victor Pasmore and Anthony Hill. As such he became the main link between the emerging St Ives School and British Constructivism. He was also influenced by D'Arcy Thompson. In 1953 Heath published 'Abstract Painting: its Origins and Meaning' a slim but perceptive volume appraising the development of abstraction by the early moderns. He exhibited at the Musée Carcassonne in 1948, and at the Redfern Gallery...

Jenny Franklin (South African / British, b.1949) Antipodean land: Reflection Executed in 1993 Signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas 48 x 42 in. (107 x 122 cm.) Ex...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) TROPIQUES, 1972 Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower right), dated ‘5-72’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 54.3/4 x 27...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Pegasus Pen and ink on paper laid down on card 11 x 7.7/8 in. (28 x 20 cm.) (16) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London ...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Crazy horse Watercolour and gouache Signed and dated `SVEN ‘1980’ (lower right) 21./14 x 14.7/8 in. (54 x 37.8 cm.) (47)...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) A strutting cockerell Pen and ink 8 x 4.5/8 in. (20 x 12 cm.) (4) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Septemb...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Maiden head Mixed media 5.3/4 x 3.5/8 in. (14.7 x 9.3 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911...

Jenny Ogg (British school, 20th Century) Sunbathing oil on panel signed 'J Ogg' (lower right) and bearing label for Grants Fine Art Gallery Newcastle (to the reverse)

Sven Berlin '(British, 1911 - 1999) Strutting cock Ink on paper 14.1/8 x 10.3/4 in. (36 x 27.3 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Septembe...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) White bird Pen and ink Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `WHITE BIRD SclPT MY 87 SB’ (lower middle) 12.3/4 x 7.3/4 in. (32.3 x 19.7 cm.) S...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Heron Swallowing Fish, a study for a sculpture Pen and ink Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `HERON SWALLOWING F...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) A Lovers embrace Pen and ink Signed 'SVEN 95' (lower right) 11 x 7.7/8 in. (20 x 28 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1...

William Black (British, Fl. 1963 – 69) Doorway Ink and watercolour on paper Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Doorway William Black 64’ (lower edge) 7.1/2 x 4.7/8 in. (19.2 x 12.4 cm.) (to site edge) William Black is a little known and underrated member of the St Ives artist group who, having worked as an architect after the Second World War, went on to work as an artist following the inheritance of money in the early 1950s. He was a self taught artist, producing numerous deconstructivist sculptures in the 1960s. He moved to St Ives in Cornwall where he knew artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo. There is a clear architectural element to the sculptures that he made . They illustrate an assemblage of fragmented shapes and forms of a deconstructivist nature. William Black’s artwork is very much rooted in the time and Cornish School so one can see elements from those such as Wilhelmina Barns Graham...

English School, 19th Century Dever’s, A busy shoe shop Oil on canvas 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.7 cm.)

Alexandre Jacques Chantron (French 1842 – 1918) Baigneuses au bord de la riviere Pastel Signed 'AJ Chantron' (lower right) 24 x 18 in (61 x 45.7)

Charles Wittmann (French, 1876 – 1953) Le Vieux Toul Oil on canvas Signed ‘CH. WITTMANN’ (lower left) 25.3/4 x 21.1/4 in. (65.5 x 54 cm.) Recently re...

Charles Gir (French, 1883 – 1941) Ballerinas on point Pastel on paper Signed ‘CH. Gir’ (lower left) 24 x 18.1/2 in. (61 x 46.8 cm.) Charles Gir was born in Tours, France on November 1, 1883. He was a noted painter, watercolorist, pastellist, sculptor and illustrator. Gir was married to the well-known actress, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, and attended the Paris Opera every night for 17 years. He made many sketches of dancers and caricatures, and at the end of his wife’s performance used to deliver them to the newspapers he worked for. He knew Raoul Dufy, Frances Carco and Jehan Rictus. He sculpted a bronze statue of Don Quixote that now stands near the Prefecture of Cergy-Pontoise; and he also illustrated several books, including Edmond Rostand...

Sandra Blow (British, 1925 – 2006) A Sandy abstract Signed with atelier stamp ‘Sandra Blow estate, St. Ives’ (lower left) Mixed media including sand 9.3/4 x 6.3/8in. (24.8 x 16.1 cm.)

After Ernesto MICHAHELLES, known as Thayaht Pendant les Modeles, 1922 A hand-coloured lithograph with gouache Signed, inscribed and dated in the plate 8.1/8 x 6 in. (20.7 x 15.3 cm.)

After Andre Edouard Marty Un peu d`air, robe du soir de Paul Poiret, 1921 A hand-coloured lithograph with watercolour Signed, inscribed and dated i...

Georges Lepape (French, 1887-1971) Des Ombrelles; and Il Fait Trop Chaud Hand coloured pochoir prints 1913 8.1/8 x 6 in. (20.8 x 15.2 cm.); and 6.5/8 x 5.1/2 in. (16.8 x 13.8 cm.)

Sandra Blow (British, 1925-2006) Abstract, 1970 Watercolour Signed with estate stamp (lower left) 11 x 7 in. (28 x 18 cm.) The late British artist Sandra Betty Blow (1925-2006) came...

Gilbert Spencer RA, RWS, NEAC (British, 1892-1959) Portrait of William Dockar Drysdale pencil Signed and dated `Gilbert Spencer/ 1949’ (lower right) 15...

Ludovic Vallee (French 1864 – 1939) Soiree a la guinguette Signed ‘L Valle’ (lower right) Oil on board 27 x 22 cm. It has an inscription on the reverse...

Frank Adams (British,1871-1944) “Pray, Mistress Mouse, / will you give us some beer?”/Heigho! Says Rowley, / “For Froggy and I are/fond of good cheer”. / With a rowley powley/Heigho!...

Attributed to John Flaxman (British, 1755- 1826) Study of a classical maiden Pen and ink on paper 5.1/2 x 3.1/8 in. (14 x 8 cm.)

Gabriel Van Schnell (Dutch fl. 1908/1947) The Masked Figure in Abstract Signed, ‘SCHNELL’ (lower left) 13. 3/4 x 10 in. (35 x 25 cm.)

Jean Dupas (French, 1882 – 1964) The angel of light Pen and ink and charcoal on paper 14.3/4 x 12.1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.8 cm.) One of the leading artists of the Art Deco period, Jean Théodore Dupas was the son of a merchant marine captain and began his adult life as a merchant seaman. Poor health meant that he had to abandon this career and he enrolled in art school instead, first in his native Bordeaux and later in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome in the category of painting in 1910 and studied at the Académie de France in Rome, from where he sent several paintings to the Paris Salons, although his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of war. Dupas’s work came to public prominence on the occasion of the seminal Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925. He was chosen by the furniture designer Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann to provide paintings for the latter’s Maison d’un collectionneur, alongside furniture by Ruhlmann and objects by many of the leading Art Deco craftsmen of the day, while other paintings by Dupas were also displayed to great effect elsewhere in the Exposition. In the late 1920’s and 1930’s Dupas won a number of important and prestigious commissions. In 1926 he worked alongside Ruhlmann and the sculptor Alfred Jeanniot on the decoration of the tearoom of the ocean liner Ile-de-France; the first of the grand transatlantic ships to be built in France after the First World War. By this time Dupas had firmly established his reputation. Writing in 1927, his fellow artist George Barbier could already note that ‘Few artists have at such an early age attained such a degree of success, or gathered around them such swarms of imitators and disciples.’ Dupas reached the height of his fame in the mid 1930’s, and in 1934 he received his most important commission to date; a series of large glass murals...

Edward Julius Detmold (British, 1883 – 1957) Hornbill Pen and ink on paper Signed with initials’ ED’ (lower right) 16.3 x 15.8 cm. Edward Julius Detmold (21 November 1883 Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey - 1 July 1957 Montgomery) and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold (1883-1908) were prolific Victorian book illustrators. Their parents were Edward Detmold and Mary Agnes Luck. Their father, an electrical engineer was chronically ill, and they lived with their uncle and guardian, Dr Edward Barton Shuldham, who saw to their tuition and was a noted collector of porcelain and Japanese woodprints of plants and animals. Dr Shuldham occupied a house in Upper Richmond Road, Putney, where the twins had been born. He ensured their interest in natural history and art, and created a nurturing environment for their precocious talents. They also spent time with another uncle, the painter Henry E. Detmold, who encouraged them in their art. Most of their prodigious energy was expended on depicting animal subjects and their work showed great influence from traditional Japanese art, Albrecht Dürer and later the Art Nouveau movement. They were exhibiting watercolours at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at the age of 13. Edward Burne-Jones praised their work and warned against the dangers of uniformity inherent in art schools. The twins subsequently mastered the techniques of watercolour etching and of colour printing with copper plates, buying a printing press and producing their own proofs at home. In 1898 they compiled a portfolio of colour etchings of animals and flowering plants done in the Japanese style. These were much sought after and were rapidly sold out. They collaborated on the etchings and illustrations for their first book Pictures From Birdland published in 1899. This book resulted from a number of drawings being shown in the autumn of 1897, to the publisher J. M. Dent, who was so impressed that the two brothers were asked to provide coloured illustrations for a book of his. The first title mooted was Alphabet of Birds, eventually becoming Pictures from Birdland. "Particularly noticeable are the early influences in the paintings, Edward's design for an osprey, with its unusual water effects, testifying to a Japanese contribution. Already apparent is that style in which a searching study of natural forms, especially bird plumage, is subordinated to decorative arrangement" - David Larkin (The Fantastic Creatures of Edward Julius Detmold) This was followed in 1900, by an exhibition at the Fine Art Society's Gallery in London. Their next joint project was to produce a set of 16 watercolours for Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book published in 1903, by Macmillan. The success of their painting careers seemed assured, but Maurice ended his life by inhaling chloroform in April 1908, shortly before they were due to leave for a holiday in Sussex with Dr Shuldham, who had arranged that Maurice put down the household cats using the anaesthetic. Although stunned by the death of Maurice, Edward threw himself into his work. The recognition accorded the twins' illustrations of Kipling's classic tale was extraordinary. Consequently, in 1909 Edward illustrated The Fables of Aesop, producing 23 colour plates and a host of pen & ink drawings. This proved so popular that in 2006 The Folio Society of London published a facsimile of the original Hodder & Stoughton edition. In 1911, Detmold worked on illustrations for Maurice Maeterlinck's The Life of the Bee, Camille Lemonnier's Birds and Beasts and Florence Dugdale's Book of Baby Beasts. In the following year he worked on Maeterlinck's Hours of Gladness, in 1913, on Florence Dugdale's Book of Baby Birds and in 1919, on W. H. Hudson's Birds in Town and Village In 1919, he also produced a portfolio of Twenty Four Nature Pictures and, in 1921, on Our Little Neighbours and Jean-Henri...

Norman Edgar Hubert (British, 1906 – 1985) Geometric abstract in black and white Signed and dated ‘E Hubert 55’ (on the reverse) Gouache on black paper 25.3/8 x 20.3/4 in. (64.3 x 53 cm.) Abstract painter, born Norman Edgar Hubert in Billingshurst, Sussex, and one of the mysterious curiosities of modern British painting. He was at school at Sherborne, and after studying art at University of Reading, 1924–6, was at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1926–9 (gaining a certificate for drawing, 1926–7). Henry Tonks was among his teachers and he shared rooms with William Townsend, in whose journals he appears. Although he socialized with such painters as Geoffrey Tibble, William Coldstream and Rodrigo Moynihan...

Katie Blackmore (British, 1890 – 1957) Oriental fantasy Ink and gouache on paper Signed ‘K Blackmore’ (lower right) 9 x 8.3/8in. (22.8 x 21.2 cm.) A Scottish figurative and decorative artist, Katie Blackmore was closely associated with both Jessie Marion King...

Andre Derain (French, 1880 – 1954) Saint Black crayon Signed with atelier stamp (lower right) 15.1/8 x 9.1/2 in. (38.3 x 24 cm.) André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a...

Andre Derain (French, 1880 – 1954) Lady in a dress Pencil on paper Signed with atelier stamp (lower right) 14.5/8 x 9.3/8 in. (37 x 23 cm.) André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September ...

Andre Derain (French, 1880 – 1954) A nude looking right Pencil on paper Signed with atelier stamp (lower right) 16.1/4 x 8.1/4 in. (41.1 x 21 cm.) André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 Sep...

Andre Derain (French, 1880 – 1954) A nude looking up Pencil on paper Signed with atelier stamp (lower right) 16.1/2 x 9.1/8 in. (41.1 x 23.1 cm.) André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 Sept...

Andre Derain (French, 1880 – 1954) Personnage de Theatre Pencil on paper Signed with atelier stamp (lower right) 13.3/4 x 11.1/8 in. (35 x 28.3 cm.) André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 S...

Circle of Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (Russian / French 1892 – 1990) A dress design for Estelle Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper Inscribed ‘Estelle’ (upper left) with other notations...

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (Russian, 1892 – 1990) Elegant, 1990 Lithograph Signed ‘Erte’ in pencil (lower right) 27.1/2 x 22.1/4 in. (70 x 56.5 cm.) (sheet size)

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (Russian, 1892 – 1990) Manhattan Mary III, 1979 Lithograph Signed ‘Erte’ in pencil (lower right) 27.1/2 x 22.1/4 in. (70 x 56....

Roger Smith (British, 1932 – 2004) Eight, 2a Oil on board Signed and titled (on the reverse) 18 x 12 in. (46 x 30.5 cm.)

Elsie Mariam Henderson (British, 1880-1967) A head study of a smiling girl Charcoal on paper 9.3/8 x 7.1/2 in. (23.7 x 19 cm.) Provenance: From the artist’s estate and thence by descent Collection of Elsie Mariam Henderson, Baroness de Coudenhove Elsie Marian Henderson was born in Eastbourne in Sussex and with the encouragement of her mother, a keen amateur painter, she attended the South Kensington Schools before studying at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1903 and 1905. She continued her art education in Paris and in 1916, after returning to London she enrolled at the Chelsea Polytechnic, where she was taught lithography by the artist Francis Ernest Jackson...

Roger Smith (British, 1932 – 2004) Abstracted female nude Signed and dated ‘Roger Smith 89’ (on the reverse) Oil on board 23 x 13 in. (58.4 x 33 cm.)

Roy Bizley (British, 1930-1999) Autumnal forms Oil on board 24.3/4 x 19.3/4 in. (63 x 50 cm.) Provenance: From the artist’s studio

Walter Bothams (British, 1850 – 1914) Dartmoor ponies Watercolour on paper Signed and dated ‘ W Bothams 84’ (lower right) 10.1/4 x 8in. (26 x 20.3 cm.)

Mary Viola Paterson (British, 1899 – 1981) Serving tea at the theatre Etching Signed ‘V Paterson’, in pencil (lower right), and number ‘2.’ 5.3/4 x 3.3/4 in. (14.7 x 9.5 cm.) (to pla...

Scottie Wilson (Scottish, 1888 – 1972, born Louis Freeman) Ducks paradise Signed ‘Scottie’ (lower right), further signed and inscribed with title on th...

Richard Lindner (German-American, 1901-1978) An Art exhibition poster for Lennox Hill Hospital and Skowhegan School of painting and sculpture, 1967 Artist’s proof Signed in pencil ‘R...

William Heath Robinson (British, 1872 - 1944) 'Boring The First Tunnel With An Early Type Of Rotary Excavator, And The Red Flag', circa 1935 (railway ribaldry was published in this year) The former signed 'W. Heath Robinson (lower left) and inscribed with title (lower left and right) The former to mount 14 X 10.1/4in. (35.5 X 26cm.) The latter 1.1/2 X 8.1/2in. (3.8 X 21.6 cm.) Literature: Railway Ribaldry, first published by the Great Western Railway, Paddington, 1935. William Heath Robinson was an English cartoonist and illustrator best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving simple objectives. During the First World War, he drew large numbers of cartoons, depicting ever-more unlikely secret weapons being used by the combatants. In the UK the term "Heath Robinson" entered popular language during this time as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance. Its continuing popularity was undoubtedly linked to Second World War Britain's shortages and the need to "make do and mend". In the course of his work, Robinson also wrote and illustrated three childrens books including The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902) which is regarded as the genesis of his depiction of unlikely machines. The inventions he drew were frequently powered by steam boilers or kettles, heated by candles or a spirit lamp and usually kept running by balding, bespectacled men in overalls. There would be complex pulley arrangements, threaded by lengths of knotted string. One of his most famous series of illustrations accompanied the first Professor Branestawm book written by Norman Hunter. The stories provided a perfect backdrop for Robinson's drawings. One of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park during the Second World War to assist in the decryption of German message traffic was named "Heath Robinson" in his honour. He died in September 1944 during the Second World War and is buried in East Finchley Cemetery. The Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner opened in October 2016 to house a collection of nearly 1,000 original artworks owned by The William Heath Robinson Trust. In the Wallace and Gromit...

Leopold Survage (French / Finnish 1879- 1968) Les danseuses Signed and dated ‘Survage / 31’ (lower right) Pencil on paper 10.1/2 x 8.5/8 in. (27 x 22.2 cm...