Expressionist Furniture

A large and rare ceramic monochromatic putto holding grapes (Autumn from "The Four Seasons") by Austrian designer Michael Powolny for Gmundner Keramische Werkstatte. First designed b...

Side table with marble by Thonet. Professionally stained and repolished.

Secession brass silverplated basket with glass inlay by Hans Ofner for Wolkenstein und Glückseelig.

Bentwood plant stand attributed to Otto Wagner for Thonet in original vintage condition with signs of use.

An arresting image of a bearded wise man with a rich and perhaps exotic story! An original signed oil on wood panel. Painted in the moody style of a Northern European portrait with exceptional technical articulation and expression. There is a clarity and realism about this piece. The man depicted appear to be in a contemplative mood, He wears a large brimmed hat...

Huge secession brass coat hanger by Adolf Loos in excellent original condition.

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist. Overall frame Size approximately 42″ wide x 2″ deep x 30″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving...

DESCRIPTION: Rudolf Lorenz Center Table for Lorenz Mobel, Circa 1920, Austria Vienna Secession Center Table by Rudolf Lorenz for Lorenz Mobel. Ebonized wooden table with nickel-plate...

Early 20th century Expressionist glazed ceramic sculpture based on "The Cat Butler" by Diego Giacometti By: Diego Giacometti (in the style of) ...

Manuel Monton Bunuel (Spanish, b. 1940), a moody Winter street scene, oil on canvas, signed Bunuel lower right, An expressive contemporary oil pai...

A very fine Italian 19th century carved carrara marble sculpture Group Titled "LA GIOIA NELL'INNOCENZA DOPO IL LAVORO" (The Joy of Innocence After Labour) by Professor Raffaele Belliazzi (Italian, 1835-1917). The slender figure of the young boy, seated and resting on a rock with his hanging legs crossed and joyfully eating a cluster of grapes picked from his hat that is resting on his lap. The intricate carving of his shirt, jacket, pants, hat and boots with fine attention details such at the stitching, buttons, the hem on his pants, the wear on the soles of his boots and the features on his face makes this one of Belliazzi's finest known works. The sculpure rests on a dark green serpentine marble pedestal with a rotating top. Signed: Profor. Belliazzi, Carrara. Florence, circa 1870-1880. It may be possible to identify the present marble sculpture of a boy eating grapes...

One of Germany's great inter-war Expressionists, strongly influenced by Cubism, Josef Eberz painted a number of brilliantly-hued, high-energy paintings as well as a series of prints ...

Thonet office chair with rattan seat professionally stained and repolished, new handmade rattan seat.

Thonet style Art Nouveau oak bistro table, circa 1900.

Clearly showing the influences of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstatte, at a time when Vienna led the Germanic world's interpretation of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, this cyli...

Magnificent and rare set of four Vienna Secession nesting tables.Design by Michael Thonet for Gebrüder Thonet.Striking Austrian design from the 1900s.Original bentwood and beech fram...

Two available - exceptional secessionist bent wood coat rack with 5 hooks, designed and produced by Jacob and Josef Kohn, 1890's. Labels to verso a...

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Dieudonne Jacobs (1887-1967) is a splendid work inspired by the sun setting over the Mediterranean coast. Jacobs has masterfully rendered the ...

A pair of Thonet side chairs with original Thonet label. Stained beechwood.

Plaster bust of a man in the style of Swedish designer Nils Sjogren. The sculpture features a man with a moustache and curly hair mounted on a freeform wood base. Dimensions 5" widt...

Early 20th century patinated bronze sculpture of carrying man by belgian sculptor Victor Demanet and BL Paris By: Victor Demanet, BL Paris Material: bronze, copper, metal Technique:...

Lithograph titled "Sails", created by Michele Cascella in the 1960s. Ø cm 38 h cm 29 including frame Michele Cascella (Ortona, September 7, 1892 – Milan, August 31, 1989) was an im...

Umbrella stand attributed to Josef Hoffmann - Kolo Moser in very good original condition.

Thonet rocking chair, model number 71. Vienna, 1910. Signed Thonet Bellow.

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Victor Waegemaeckers is a wonderful example of the interior painting genre that flourished in the 19th century giving us insights into the da...

Iconic cutlery set designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1902 and dubbed MODEL 135. This contemporary edition is crafted by the original Viennese manufacturer of Hoffmann designs and offered...

A Rare and Important pair of Viennese Secession pendants / chandeliers or flush mounts attributed to the Wiener Werkstatte (Viennese Workshops) in Silver plated nickel with cut cryst...

One World, One People: A Collection of Photographs and Essays on the Power of the Human Experience. Photographs by Yoshaiaki Nagashima. Text by Robert White and Koichi Shimazu. Hardcover oversized book...

Rare easy armchair no.1 with rattan seat by Thonet in very nice original condition with signs of use.

Beautiful secession centerpiece with water lily top and geometric decor by Hans Ofner for Sandrik. Signed with Sandrik hallmarsk at the bottom. Silverplated a...

This antique armchair, model no. 752, was designed in the 1920s by Josef Frank for Thonet and originates from Austria. It is made from beech and features an upholstery seat. This pie...

Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Abstract Expressionist Composition, Oil on Canvas, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamps to verso, unframed. 41.25" H x 44...

Antique framed oil painting on canvas signed E.X. Chaouet is a captivating pastoral inspired by the rolling hills around the northern French plains. Here we see depicted an early Fall...

Antique Vienna Bronze Parrot Bird Sculpture Inkwell

Viennese seseion ceramic box Ceramic Origin Austria circa 1900 Very good condition and no restorations Sealed at its base Some chips on the lid ring due to wear and tear. Pink, black and yellow color with orientalist character on its cover. We are Saint John, a company dedicated to the trade...

Pair of secession armchairs atr. Adolf Loos ex. by Thonet in original condition.

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles. by Fermín Solís 1st Edition Hardcover Metro Media Limited, 2019 - Biographical comic books, strips, etc - 120 pages A fascinating portrait ...

Secession armchair no.715 by Gustav Siegel for J&J Kohn designed for World Expo in Paris in 1900. Professionally stained and repolished.

Extremely rare jewish hanukkah table with 8 brass candlestics in style of vienna secession professionally stained and repolished.

Bentwood plant stands by Thonet professionally stained and repolished.

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by A. Fivet Dated 1923 is a splendid pastoral work that provides a varied palette in a Post-Impressionistic manner for a work that can blend wit...

Newspaper holder no.33 by Thonet in original condition.

Antique Framed oil painting on board by Dieudonné Jacobs (1887-1967) is a splendid rendition of a stunning vista at dusk during the early fall season in the region around the Ardennes. Here Jacobs has used deft brush strokes to indicate movement from the constant breezes in the area, with a misty haze over the rolling hillside in the background. Survives in its original frame. Dieudonné Jacobs (1887-1967) was a Belgian post-impressionist who specialized in historic painting, portraits, and landscapes. Beginning his career with portraits, he studied under Adrien de Witte, Auguste Donnay and Évariste...

Thonet stools no.144 professionally stained and repolished.

Bentwood coat hanger no.1082 by J&J Kohn in original vintage condition.

Expressionist bronze sculpture on lucite base, portraying a female upper torso, France, 1940s

A bold colored acrylic painting on a wood collage with a dynamic geometric composition and complex textures. This sculptural painting is signed and dated on the right hand side.

Artist: Umberto Ziveri (Italian painter 1891-1971) Oil on board Signed/dated at the lower right corner Period: 1925 Description: Delicate Still life in the best of his manner/per...

Capture the charm of Venice, Italy with this artist's proof or color lithograph depicting a young musician performing for a young couple who appear to be having a picnic in front of ...

Nicolas Issaiev (a/k/a Nikolai Alexandrovich Isaev, Russian-French, 1891-1977) was a painter, graphic artist, set designer, illustrator. In the early 1900s he studied in art scho...

Plaster sculptural table lamp in the form of two hands holding a vessel by Richard Etts. Signed and numbered.

Modern abstract art hand woven tapestry by Dutch artist Liesbeth Wiersma in red and black 1969 has been traditionally woven in wool by hand on a loom in a technique called Kelim. The...

DESCRIPTION Beautiful, graceful lines on this "Circle of Love" statue made by Royal Haeger Pottery Company between 1980s-1990s. It would be a real statement piece as mantel, console,...

Oriental Dancer, Jugenstil Vienna bronze sculpture, 1900s Richard Thuss Austrian Gilt Bronze Figure of an Oriental Woman Dancing Stamped under a foot VNO. Gilt has been restored. I...

Large bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet in the shape of leaves, flower and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the o...

A fine framed etching & aquatint on Japan paper. By Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) Entitled "Le Faune" (The Faun). Signed in pencil to the lower right. Numbered 42/200. P...

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Dieudonne Jacobs (1887-1967) is a great example of the artist's preference to capture scenes in early morning or late afternoon lighting. Jac...

A stunning pair of copper clad Riedel green aventurine vases -with the cased copper pieced in a pattern to show a typical Vienna Secessionist design -Green aventurine is a glass colo...