Modern Paintings

Painting by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1960s. Ink on paper, framed. Signed. Artwork dimensions: H: 45 cm W: 58 cm Frame dimensions: H: 63 cm W: 72.5 cm D: 6 cm

Nude painting from a lady by Gerhard E. Wachtl attributed ( 1928 - unknown ) Gerhard E. Wachtl had made many exhibitions at home and abroad. He did many study trips in Europe, Asia a...

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting. Signature somewhat obscured by frame. His Art Deco-influenced paintings are highly decorative and appealing, the compositions complex and well-thought out. The gold leaf background is decorative and elegant. His are rare Modernist paintings by an artist who found himself at the very heart of design, fashion and celebrity life in the early part of the century. Label at back for Pitt & Scott Ltd London - well known for its expertise in handling antiques, works of art and fragile artefacts. Dimensions: 11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight) 12.5"h x 17.5"w (frame) Porter Woodruff, was an illustrator artist and contributor to Vogue Magazine and Home & Garden (including covers for both). He was one of five artists stationed in Paris in 1923 for Vogue. Woodruff spent considerable time in Tunisia, North Africa, residing with his romantic partner, Romanian socialite George Sebastian. Sebastian owned a lavish, coastal property in then-trendy Hammamet, near Tunis on the Mediterranean. Sebastian fell in love with the simple beauty of the quiet fishing port of Hammamet and was the first of the international set of the times to build his villa there. He started a trend that has never ceased. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have claimed Dar Sebastian to be ”the most beautiful house I have ever seen”. American and European intelligentsia and upper-crust were attracted to the area between the wars. The artists Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paul Klee, Andre Gide, the Sitwells, and Cecil Beaton enjoyed visiting, partying, and undertaking what someone once described as indulging the opportunity to do 'some rather elaborate sinning'. Other visitors included Art Deco designer Jean-Michel Frank, Wallis Simpson, Somerset Maugham, and Greta Garbo, among others. The onset of war disrupted this scene and it never truly regained its former glory. Dar Sebastian was requisitioned by the 'Desert Fox', German General, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...

The painter Emil Fiala (8.9.1896 Prossnitz - Mähren Czech Republic - Dec. 1960 Vienna) studied at the Viennese Academy by Franz Rumpler, August Eisenmenger, Julius Schmid, Christian ...

Italian male nude oil painting on wood panel, circa 1930. Stunning and unusual framed Italian male nude oil painting on a wood panel. This Italian A...

Art Deco Nude by John Montroue, signed in lower right corner and reverse reads - "Grace" Air brush technique by John Montroue, 8/70. Dramatic silhouette of a female nude, cubist/mode...

This painting has heavily textured acrylics in multicolored on wood. The artist created the piece using multiple techniques like palet knife, brush and pencil. The series is call...

1960s pair of sconces made of chrome white a large blown glass globe. Each sconce is compose by a large chrome cylinder extended by a smaller chrome cylinder which contains the bulb...

Offering this unique drawing - ink on paper, professionally framed in wood. About BAS: Begoña Allendesalazar ("BAS") Born in Madrid, Spain. Lives & works in Spain, Madrid Be...

A pair of Art Nouveau watercolor paintings with nudes in original frames. By A. Crommen, 1918. Material: Watercolor on paper. Original glass and frame. Origin: Belgium. Size...

Offering this unique drawing - ink on paper, professionally framed in wood. About BAS: Begoña Allendesalazar ("BAS") Born in Madrid, Spain. Lives & works in Spain, Madrid Be...

This sensual and erotic like one of a kind original vintage work of art by Leo Engels is of the Art Deco period. It is a combination of gouache and water color. It is Belgium. There ...