Ottocento Paintings

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Femme et vase de fleurs (Woman with a Vase of Flowers) Bold, decorative and full of life, this gouache is one of Marcel Mouly’s most direct tribut...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) La muse de l’artiste (The Artist’s Muse) Signed and dated 1950, this confident gouache comes from a key moment in Marcel Mouly’s career. He had held his first solo exhibition in Paris the year before and was living and working at La Ruche, the legendary artists’ community in Montparnasse. Here he turns to the timeless theme of the painter and his muse. At the left, the artist sits on a tall ladder-back chair in a striped jersey, his face boldly modelled in green and red, brush in hand. Before him on the easel, a few swift strokes capture the figure taking shape. His model reclines languidly on a chaise longue striped...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) L’artiste et modèle (The Artist and Model) The artist and his model is one of the great themes of modern art, returned to again and again by Matisse and Picasso. In this lively and intimate gouache, Marcel Mouly takes us into the studio itself. At the left, the painter sits at his easel in a blue-and-white striped jersey, a playful nod to Picasso, who was famously photographed in his Breton striped shirt. On the canvas before him, a few quick black lines sketch the figure taking shape. Across the room, the model reclines on a sumptuous chaise longue striped...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Mandoline et tasse de café (Mandolin and Coffee Cup) The mandolin was one of the favourite subjects of Picasso and Braque, the pioneers of Cubism, ...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Le pichet hibou (The Owl Jug) Is it a jug or is it an owl? In this witty and charming gouache, Marcel Mouly plays with that delightful ambiguity. T...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Moulin à café et un piment (Coffee Grinder and a Chilli Pepper) The coffee grinder is one of the great icons of modern French painting, a favourite...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Descente de la croix #2 (The Descent from the Cross) Powerful and deeply moving, this gouache shows a rarely seen side of Marcel Mouly’s art. He ta...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918–2008) Studio d’artiste (The Artist’s Studio) Step inside Marcel Mouly’s studio and the room is flooded with light and colour. A curling green garden chair,...

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Nature morte avec chaise (Still Life with Chair) A simple rush-seated chair becomes a celebration of colour in this joyful gouache by Marcel Mouly....

Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) 'Woman with Palm' Bold, sensual and full of energy, Woman with Palm is Marcel Mouly at his most joyful. A woman sits in a sunny yellow armchair, pa...

A striking and atmospheric original painting by American Impressionist William Samuel Horton, depicting a girl on the dunes. Rendered in a dreamy palette of blues, pinks, and mauves,...

THOMAS SAUNDERS NASH (1891-1968) The promised land Oil on board 28 x 20 in. (71 x 50.8 cm.) Not signed Painter of figure compositions, religious ...

Albert Victor Ormsby Wood (1904-1977) The water carrier Oil on board 22 x 14 in. (56 x 35.5 cm.), including the frame Victor Wood, as he was known, was born in Dublin as Albert Vict...

Charles Saint-George (1907-1980) Le havre de Rotheneuf Oil on canvas Signed ‘CH. St George’ (lower left), further signed and titled (on the reverse) 18 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm.) This o...

Charles Saint-George (1907-1980) Cancale, Brittany Oil on canvas Signed ‘CH. St George’ (lower left), further signed and titled (on the reverse) 23.5/8 x 31.3/4 in. (60 x 81 cm.) Th...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Nature morte aux fleurs jaunes (1953) Oil on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower left) and dated and signed ‘Roger Derieux 1953’ (lower right) 23.5/...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Notre-Dame de Paris (1948-49) Oil on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower left), further signed on reverse 25.1/2 x 36.1/2 in. (64.8 x 93 cm.) From t...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Entrée de port (le Treport), (1948) Oil on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower left) 25.1/2 x 36.1/8 in. (65 x 92 cm.) From the artist’s estate Rog...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Femme a la table (1949) Oil on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (on lower left), and further signed and dated on reverse 23.5/8 x 28.5/8 in. (60 x 73 cm...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Bouteilles et fruites (1965) Oil on card Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower right) 23 x 26.3/4 in. (58.5 x 68 cm.), including frame From the artist’s esta...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Composition aux deux personnages (1952-53) Oil on paper Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower left), and inscribed with title and dated on reverse, numbered ...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Still life in orange (1963) Oil on paper Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower right) 18 x 21.1/4 in. (45.7 x 54 cm.), including frame From the artist’s esta...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Bouteilles et compotier (1962) Oil on paper laid on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower left) 17.1/2 x 22.1/2 in. (44.5 x 57 cm.), including frame F...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Le panier de cerises (1961) Oil on paper laid on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower right) 19.3/4 x 23 in. (50.3 x 58.5 cm.), including frame From ...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) The Seine at Billancourt (1953) Oil on canvas Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower right) 9.1/2 x 16.1/8 in. (24.2 x 41 cm.) From the artist’s estate Roger...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) Peaches and a coffee pot with pear (1965) Oil on paper laid on board Signed and dated ‘Roger Derieux 1965’ (lower left) 13.1/4 x 16 in. (33.7 x 41 cm...

Roger Derieux (French 1922-2015) The Stock Exchange, Copenhagen Oil on paper Signed ‘Roger Derieux’ (lower right) 10.1/4 x 11.3/4 in. (26 x 30 cm.), including frame From the artist’s...

Paul Ninas (American, 1903 - 1964) Anchor and Chair with Seagull oil on canvas not signed 30.1/8 × 60.3/4 in. (76.5 × 154.3cm.) Provenance: Le Mieux Galleries, New Orleans Paul Nina...

Augustin Ubeda (Spanish, 1925–2007) Study of Fish Oil on canvas Signed ‘A Ubeda’ (lower right), dedicated to ‘Patricia Fuentes’, and inscribed and dated ‘Paris 1957’ (on the reverse)...

Gines Parra (Spanish, 1896–1960) Three maidens Oil on board Signed and dated ‘PARRA 56’ (lower left) 19.5/8 x 23.1/2 in. (50 x 60 cm.) Three Egyptian women sit closely together in a ...

Jean-Marie Bertaux (French, 1924 – 2024) Still life with jug and mandolin Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘JM VIEUX PEL’ BERTAUX /XI – MCMLII’ (Nov 1952) (lower right) 24 x 19.5/8 in....

Jean-Marie Bertaux (French, 1924–2024) Pair of Rams Tempera on board Signed with initials ‘JMB’ (lower right) 29½ x 21 in. (75 x 53.2 cm) A bold and striking mid-century composition,...

Jean-Marie Bertaux (French, 1924–2024) Coffee Pot and Lemons, 1948 Oil on board Signed and dated ‘Jean Marie Bertaux / (ou Marie JM Vieuxele-Bertaux) 1948’ (on the reverse) 16⅛ x 12⅞...

Jean-Marie Bertaux (French, 1924–2024) The Rooftops of Rome, 1965 Oil on board Inscribed ‘Vue de la Villa Medici’ (on the reverse) and dated 1965 14¾ x 17¾ in. (37.5 x 45.3 cm) A viv...

Jean-Marie Bertaux (French, 1924–2024) Still Life with Aubergines Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘J M BERTAUX 49’ (lower right) 31¾ x 23½ in. (80.7 x 59.6 cm) A richly coloured and d...

A striking Post-Impressionist composition by the French artist Jean-Marie Bertaux, painted in 1949. Executed in oil on board, the work demonstrates a confident handling of colour and...

Anne Wright (British, 1935–2025) Cyclists on the Embankment by Albert Bridge Oil on canvas Signed ‘Anne Wright’ (on the reverse) 27⅝ × 35½ in. (70 × 90 cm.) Provenance: Property of t...

Charles Cooper Henderson (1803–1877) A Mail Coach Setting Off; On the Road; Arriving at the Inn; and Changing Horses Signed with monogram CHC Oil on canvas Each 16½ x 25 in. (42 x 66...

Terry Frost was one of the leading figures of post-war British abstraction, celebrated for his vibrant colour, dynamic forms, and deeply intuitive approach to composition. Associated...

George Sherwood Hunter was a Scottish painter recognised for his atmospheric coastal scenes and fluid, impressionistic handling of paint. Working during the late nineteenth and early...

Doris Zinkeisen was one of the most distinctive artistic personalities of twentieth-century Britain, celebrated for her elegant portraiture, theatrical sensibility, and richly decora...

Roger Kean (British, 1949 – 2023) The shirt, farewell to the Green, circa 1967 Oil on board 36 x 38.7/8 in. (91.5 x 98.5 cm.)

Phyllis Bray (British, 1911 – 1991) Autumnal woodland Oil on canvas Signed ‘Phyllis Bray’ (lower right) 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.5 cm.) Phyllis Bray (1911–1991) was a distinctive figure...

Ethelbert White (British, 1891 – 1972) The watering place Oil on canvas Signed ‘Ethelbert White’ (lower right) 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 128 cm.) Provenance: Sothebys Sussex, 4th April 1987

Hugh Verschoyle Cronyn (British / Canadian, 1905 – 1996) Suffolk Farmhouse Window Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.3 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the artist

Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (British, 1879 – 1959) Still life with sculpture oil on board 21.1/4 x 23.3/4 in. (54 x 60.3 cm.) Provenance: Removed with the contents of his Aix studio, by Marion Monay, tfor the aertistin early 1940, to Beauchene, the nearby house of fellow artist Harry Morton Colvile (1905-1992) Given by the artist toColvile in January 1946 along with otherstudio effects. Given by Colvile’s only child, Professor Georgiana Colvile (1943-2018) to the present owner circa 2000 Literature: Alice Keene, ‘The Two Mr Smiths, The Life and Works of Matthew Smith’, 1995, pp.61,65,70 & 128 When in early 1940 Smith went back to Aix to pack up and close his studio there and send back to London all the paintings possible, the residue was hidden (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.61,65 &70) in various locations around Aix by Marion Monay, a good deal at Beauchene the house of his and her friend Harry Colvile who had been Monay’s lover prior to Smith (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.59) In 1946 with the war over, Smith went to Aix to retrieve all he could manage to ship back to England but what he had to leave at Beauchene he give to Colvile, including the clay female...

Benita Arnold-Keyser (American, 1911 – 1983) Dance partners, Help the Blind, Travel Companions, Mother and Child, Shack in Winter, The Grocer’s Companion, Backstage, The Pipe Smoker,...

Davy (British, c.1931) Doves at the window Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘Davy 1931’ (lower right) 30 x 24 in. (76.3 x 61 cm.)

Roland Jarvis (British, 1926 – 2016) Blue swings Oil on canvas, unframed Inscribed with title (on the edge) 38 x 67.1/8 in. (96.5 x 170.5 cm.) A commanding large-scale abstract pain...

Victor Pasmore, R.A. Abstract, 1980 signed with initials (centre right) oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas 44 x 150cm.; 17¼ x 59in. Executed in 1980. Provenance At Sotheby's London ...

Robert Organ (British, 1933 – 2023) The Fish pond Signed and dated ‘Robert Organ 83’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas laid on board 24 x 16.1/4 in. (61 x 41.3 cm.) The Fish Pond by Ro...

George Earl (British, 1824 -1908) Rivals at Dawn, Vaynol The Deer Park at Vaynol is a country estate in Gwynedd, Wales Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘George Earl. Pinxt 1882’ (lower...

William Malherbe (French, 1884 - 1955) Eve (reclining) Oil on canvas 31.3/8 x 40 in. (79.7 x 101.7 cm.) Signed ‘WILLIAM MALHERBE’ (lower left) William Malherbe was a French Post Imp...

Yves Ganne (French, 1931 – 2019) Le Colombes, circa 1950 Oil on canvas 15.3/4 x 22.1/2 in. (40 x 57 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the artist Born in Angers, Anjou, in 1931, Yv...

Yves Ganne (French, 1931 – 2019) Pont de Paris, circa 1970 Oil on canvas 23.3/4 x 28.3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the artist Born in Angers, Anjou, in 1931,...

Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Flori Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed and dated ‘BOABA NAFIR 83 FLORI’ (lower right) 18 x 25.1/2 in. (45.8 x 64.8 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of t...

Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Femme aux Flori Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed and dated ‘BOABA NAFIR 80 FEMME’ (upper middle) 25.1/2 x 19.3/4 in. (64.8 x 50 cm.) Provenance: From th...

Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Spaniola Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed and dated ’SPANIOLA BOABA NAFIR 88’ (lower middle) 24 x 18 in. (61 x 46 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of th...

Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Mare Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed and dated ’BOABA NAFIR 86 MARE’ (lower right) 15 x 24 in. (38 x 61 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the artist ...

Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Flori Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed and dated ’ BOABA NAFIR 86 FLORI’ (lower right) 18 x 13 in. (45.8 x 33 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the ar...