Etienne Ret

Etienne Ret Mixed Media Portrait of a Newsboy C.1974

1974

Mid 19th Century Woman in Black Dress and Lace Cap Original Oil Painting c.1840 A fine portrait of an elegant matron with the lappets of her cap held together by a fancy brooch Ori...

19th Century Oil Portrait of Two Sisters With Their Dog c.1870 Outstanding antique oil portrait on wooden panel of two fashionably dressed sisters picking flowers as they walk their...

Ferdinand Heilbuth: 1826-1889. Well listed very important 19th century French painter. He was born in Germany but lived and painted mostly in France becoming a French citizen in 1876...

Fabulous little gem oil painting. Looks to be a Rabbi or Jewish scholar. It is signed, could be March? not sure. The professional frame measures 14 inches high by 12 1/4 wide and has silk matting...

Mid 20th Century "Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives" Original Oil Painting Circa 1950 - Relined Canvas Dimensions 23" wide x 33" high. Good condition with a few spo...

Istvan Szasz "Fortune Teller" Original Oil Painting c.1930 Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 20" wide x 23.25" high The frame measures 26" wide x 29.5"...

Gold & Despair is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece "The Woman In Gold", also known as The Mona Lisa of Austria. Having admired the symbolic art of Klimt since my working days as a fine art restorer at Vienna’s prestigious Conservation Institute (Bundesdenkmalamt) in the 1980’s, I conceived the idea to recreate the jewel of his gilded period with an interpretive lens on the looming darkness of the Holocaust and World War II. As a native of Austria, Salzburg, I have developed an appreciation for Klimt’s art, and Art Nouveau in general. For the last thirty years, I have lived in New York City and worked as a fine art restorer, conservator, and painter as well as in the healing arts. Klimt had executed The Woman in Gold in the span of four years (1903-1907). My own creative process during 2014-2017, reflects my diligent care and thoroughness in rendering the original painting. In 2014, I started with the preparation of the canvas using Klimt’s original size of 54 x 54 inches (167 x 167 cm). For gesso, I used the traditional method of rabbit skin glue and chalk. For the painting, I used oil paints and genuine 23.5 karat gold in various shades, as well as silver leaves, to magnify the brilliant sheen of Klimt’s gold...

'Sailors in the Port of Nice', mixed media - gouache, pastel and oil on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The Port of Nice is one of the key hubs of Nice and, in fact, of the...

Artist Statment: This country has always felt to me like an out-of-control experiment. A fiction that became a manifestation. As a people we seem to embrace a superficial fantasy of ...

Condition: This painting is in great condition. Provenance: Direct from the artist. Artist Statment: This country has always felt to me like an out of control experiment. A fiction ...

Condition: This painting is in great condition. Provenance: Direct from the artist. Artist Statment: This country has always felt to me like an out of control experiment. A fiction ...

Lillian- 16x20 Dipped Portrait Painting on Canvas. - My work is inspired by the beauty that I find in the ordinary and imperfect; it tells a short story and leaves the viewer with a ...