Crestmount : Antonio Morino Home 1923 signed Ballou LA Paramour estate painting

Hedi Rothschild Kandel Israeli Artist (1912-2003) Portrait of Young Man Wonderful expressionist portrait. Hedi Kandel (born Rothschild) studied art in Nurenberg and medicine in Er...

Rookwood pottery was established based upon Arts and Crafts ideals positing the celebration and elevation of pottery as an art form. Both professional and amateur decorators and potters were instrumental in the success of what became an art industry and the nations first Internationally recognized art pottery. It is marked 1885, 61 and W. Rookwood's font, Form # 61 and the use of W to indicate white clay are well known to Rookwood collectors and have been identified in most publications concerning the pottery dating back to Peck's books. Sometimes we just can't figure out who decorated them. Many of the decorators were married society ladies and some used their spouse's initials or names on pots. I have been unable to identify what appears to be M AED in under-glaze initials. Nor does the pencil notation which appears M.E. Foster (or Foote) turn up in my review of the literature, including The Ladies God Bless 'em. The quality of the decoration is high and represents the interest in Japonisme and Aesthetic Movement art. The four cobalt lined vertical panels recall vertical Japanese woodblock prints and the gold tracery and rim is surprisingly present with only modest wear to the high points and minor bleed through of the under-glaze around the lip. (shown). It is important to note that unless or until the decorator is identified, it is impossible to assert that the decoration is by a Rookwood artist. Many amateur ladies and gentlemen, particularly members of the Cincinnati Pottery...

Bark decorated folk pottery grouping. These are believed to be tourist ware made by an unidentified couple in the Montgomery area before and about the time of WW2. To date, their nam...

Fantastic Pair of cobalt gilt edge compotes with scenes of Scotland. Entire sets of dishes with Scottish landmarks were produced, especially for the American Market in the 1870's, b...

Signed Southwestern painting of the Aragon Region in Spain. Dated 1931. Oil on board, gilt solid wooden antique frame.

Painting by Charles Menneret (1876-1946) Represents a French landscape, in Bretagne region Signed on the painting Dimensions with frame : 24 x 19 x 2 cm Painting dimensions : ...

Enrico Ortalani (1883-1972) was an Italian painter who trained at The Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. Many of his paintings were of the Umbrian and Roman countryside. This painting por...

Lucien Potronat "Cote Mediterranean France" signed oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Measures: 30" by 35" sight 23" by 28". Some damage to frame.