‘Vanity’ by Gustave Wertheimer

A pair of paintings by Francesco Peluso (1836-1916): 'Neapolitan Promenade’ and ‘Pastoral Promenade’. Oil on canvas. Signed 'F Peluso' to the ...

Pierre-Victor GALLAND (1822-1892) ‘Les Quatre Eléments’ Four, oil on canvas. France, Circa 1873. Each painting depicting one of the cardinal elements personified as a female figure in the presence of its most evident attribute. Painted with strong light and colour. Earth panel depicts one of the four elements in a compelling fashion with an ascendent female figure robed in flowing drapery with foot and arm extended reaching skyward: each with attendant putti below. Earth is shown swathed in robes of greens and white, with a fanciful foliate headdress of lush leaves and bullrushes. Air leaps effortlessly into the sky draped in blush pink and holding a slender fruiting bough. Fire ascends dramatically into the sky holding forth a flaming torch and draped in bright burnished orange and grey, her image seemingly lit from a fire kindled below by an ignipotent putto. Water suitably draped in billowing azure blue with a translucent undergarment, holds aloft a bubble representing water is portrayed with shimmering translucent wings, an attendant winged putto pulling at her hem. Under the Second Empire, Haussmann’s transformation of Paris went hand in hand with the construction of luxurious mansions for the new haute bourgeois. Gallards extensive work for wealthy patrons such as Lionel de Rothschild and Edouard André, led him to become one of Paris’s most admired and sought-after decorative artists. His fame quickly spread and led him to carry out projects outside the capital for, among others, Baron von Derwies in Nice, Prince Narischkine in Saint Petersburg and William Vanderbilt in the United States. Literature Pierre-Victor Galland, Un Tiepolo français au XIXe siècle. Published in 2006, Somogy, Piscine-musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent, Musée départemental de l'Oise (Paris, Roubaix, Beauvais). ISBN 978-2-7572-0027-8. (in French) Materials Oil on Canvas Provenance Acquired in France with four other panels (The Four Seasons), at the end of the 19th century by Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901), businessman, and founder of the Armour Meat Company and American humanist. He brought them back to his USA residence at Fifth Avenue, New York Bequeathed to Mary Armour...

An enamel plaque depicting Napoleon crossing the Alps, by Camille Fauré, Limoges. French, circa 1930. Signed 'FAURÉ, Limoges France. N...

A very fine KPM porcelain plaque of a young woman in a giltwood frame. German, circa 1890. This fine KPM plaque is superbly painted with a portrait bust of a young woman holdi...

'Erblüth' a large and very fine Berlin (KPM) Porcelain plaque, after Angelo Asti. In a giltwood and composition shadow box frame. Signed 'Weigel', impr...

'Esther' A Fine Berlin (KPM) Porcelain Plaque, After Hering Levanon. In a carved giltwood and composition frame. Signed 'Wagner', impressed sceptre mark, KPM, letter C, numeral 3...

Our plaque from KPM after the original painting by Gustav Wertheimer measures 7 3/8 by 9 7/ inches and is in good condition. Rear has the impressed KPM and sceptre mark, and the plaq...

Beautiful drawing by Gustave Wertheimer (1847-1904) in pencil, gouache and watercolour. Signed and dated 1881 and dedicated in 1882. Dimensions in cm : 49.4 x 37.6 Very good condition. Passe-partout cardboard frame glued to outer edges. Secure shipping. Gustave Wertheimer was born in 1847 in Vienna and died in Paris in 1904. A respected artist in his own day, he was particularly known as a history painter specialising in genre scenes and portraiture, his pictures often embodied fantasy and dreamlike qualities. He studied under Joseph Führich at the Viennese Academy before continuing his studies in Munich and then Paris, where he arrived in 1882. It was during his time in Paris that Wertheimer obtained widespread recognition and success after exhibiting his painting, Le repas des lions chez Pezon, at the Salon of 1886. He exhibited frequently at the Salon and participated in many of the great exhibitions of the period, receiving medals at Amsterdam, London, New Orleans and Paris. He also received an honourable mention at L’ Exposition Universelle 1889...

Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Measurements: Framed: 38" x 58" Unframed: 32" x 52" Provenance: JJ Patrickson and Son (label on reverse) The Englishman Fine Art, Naples, FL Gustave Castan...

Gustave de Breanski (British 1856 - 1898) The brother of Alfred de Breanski (Snr.) and a member of the famous family of painters. His style was more impressionistic than his broth...

Beautiful painting, oil on canvas, of a park-like landscape. The painting has a somewhat impressionistic touch and a lively color palette. The painting is signed bottom right 'Andre Jouault'. The painting is framed in a beautiful gold-coloured frame. André-Gustave JOUAULT, France, 1904-1987, was a painter, known for his frescoes of the chapel of the oratory...

Louis Gustave Cambier (1874-1949) Titled: "Intérieur D'atelier" (Workshop interior). This magnificent large oil painting on canvas depicts an elegantly dressed artist in his work...