The Double Portrait of the Painter Konrad Eberhard and his Brother Franz is one of the most significant friendships of German Romanticism and Nazarenes. Artistically and technically, Johann Anton Ramboux’s Double Portrait has been described as masterpiece and one of the great accomplishments of the early stage of the lithography. The present sheet is one of … Continue reading “Johann Anton Ramboux”
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Émile Fabry
This wonderful double portrait is illustrative of the artist Émile Fabry’s creative process. Depicted en profile, the soldier and young woman have been depicted in an idealized manner. The stoic, long gaze conforms to the rigidity of a statue, exercising monumentality. The hazy, dotted technique of colouring, a fine combination between Symbolism and Pointillism, emanates … Continue reading “Émile Fabry”
Almo Bonaldi
This mysterious marble is replete with dramatic intensity. Turned towards the sky, the face of the man represented is contorted by fear and tension. His eyes are suggested merely by two fine slots, that underline these emotions and evoke the tragic mask of classical theatre. His horizontal mouth, exposing one row of teeth, confirm this … Continue reading “Almo Bonaldi”
Léon Bonnat
Though Bonnat is now mostly known for the numerous portraits he created of his contemporaries, the painter did paint religious works throughout his career. Some were official commissions, notably the mural of Le martyre de Saint Denis for the Panthéon in Paris (1880), while others such as Le Christ en croix of 1874 (Petit Palais, … Continue reading “Léon Bonnat”
Gustave‐Adolf Mossa
Gustav-Adolf Mossa was initiated to watercolor by his father, Alexis Mossa, his only teacher and a landscape painter and professor at the Ecole nationale des Arts décoratifs in Nice. Together they travelled through Italy in 1902 and again in 1903 before coming back to Nice, where Gustav-Adolf started developing his own style, founded on a … Continue reading “Gustave‐Adolf Mossa”
Portraits : beyond a likeness
In collaboration with Agnews and Patrick Bourne & Co Thursday 27th June – Friday 12th July, Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10am – 6pm, Saturday & Sunday, 11am – 5pm, Exhibition at Agnews and Patrick Bourne & Co, 6 St James’s Place, London SW1A 1NP
Ker-Xavier Roussel
Certainly, one of the most important and key paintings by Ker-Xavier Roussel, and even from his early Nabi years, but with a very strong Symbolism impact. In 1890-92, the mystic philosophy was everywhere discussed in the Nabis circle, through many ways and especially around Denis and Gauguin. Part of this group, Roussel was then strongly … Continue reading “Ker-Xavier Roussel”
Armand Seguin
The largest print by Armand Seguin, and certainly one of the most impressive ones. As far as we know, we record only four impressions, to which we can add the present one. ‐ A copy from the Roderic O’Conor sale (1956), bought by Pierre Fabius, sold by us to a Private collection, France (in March … Continue reading “Armand Seguin”
Charles Laval
established artist. They then jointly decided to look for inspiration overseas, and travelled together to Panama and Martinique in 1887. Specialists wholly agree that the Martinique works by Laval were in a way ahead of those by Gauguin, like his Femme de la Martinique (Musée d’Orsay). Gauguin was literally fascinated by the Laval works, as … Continue reading “Charles Laval”
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M.
Designed by the painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, this wonderful and very impressive sheet is a very rare survival version of one of his most famous composition that he executed in a painting and a watercolor after 1872. The first painting, A Halt (1872), an oil panel commissioned by Ernest Gambart was destroyed in a fire … Continue reading “Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M.”
William de Degouve de Nuncques
This is one of the largest and most powerful pastels ever seen from William Degouve de Nuncques. The symbolist content is so vigorous that it belongs to the heart of the Belgian Symbolist movement, without equivalent about the subject. Being born into a wealthy, aristocratic family, Degouve de Nuncques was able to indulge his interests … Continue reading “William de Degouve de Nuncques”
Marc Mouclier
Marc Mouclier arrived in Paris around 1884 and started frequenting the Ecole des Beaux-arts and the Académie Julian where he met artists such as Ker-Xavier Roussel, Pierre Bonnard, Louis Valtat and Edouard Vuillard, who introduced him to the Nabis’s circle. In 1889, Mouclier exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Champs-Elysées a portrait … Continue reading “Marc Mouclier”
Edouard Vuillard
A surprising drawing by Edouard Vuillard of the singer and actress, Félicia Mallet. The artist wrote with a large brush in China ink the name of the famous performer in the lower part of his composition. Almost unreadable, the text matches the overall drawing, realized with large brush strokes in a very lively manner. Most … Continue reading “Edouard Vuillard”
Benjamin Ulmann
This beautiful watercolor by Benjamin Ulmann, still in pristine condition, is a smaller version of a large oil on canvas (154x89cm) that the artist had just made in 1878 and was bought by the French State at the Salon for the Musée Guéret. At this time, Benjamin Ulmann was an acclaimed and institutionalized painter: he … Continue reading “Benjamin Ulmann”
George Le Brun
It is always a rare moment when a work by George Le Brun appears on the market. The artist is one of these confidential symbolist masters who died young and who left behind a small number of works, strongly looked after by collectors and curators worldwide. Le Brun is known as “Le Peintre des Fagnes”, … Continue reading “George Le Brun”
Fernand Khnopff
The present sheet is a delightful composition and study by Fernand Khnopff for his forthcoming illustrations of the L’Idée de Justice by Henri Carton de Wiart and to be published only later, in 1909. This opus was the only large one to be intended as a planche hors-texte, unlike the other fifteen little vignettes he … Continue reading “Fernand Khnopff”
Jean Joachim Supéry, dit Jean Joachim
As the son of the sculptor Joseph-Louis Supéry (1867-1944), Jean Joachim got his training, from a very young age, in the workshop of his father in Malakoff, in the suburbs of Paris, before going to finish his artistic education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Between the two WW’s, he acquired a strong reputation as … Continue reading “Jean Joachim Supéry, dit Jean Joachim”
Charles-Victor Guilloux
Beautiful and symbolist oil on paper by Charles Guilloux, which faithfully abides to the name of “painter of light” awarded to the artist. It is one of the best examples of the artist’s prowess to render luminous atmospheres with a remarkable economy of means and limited to one shade of color. From 1892, he limited … Continue reading “Charles-Victor Guilloux”
George Minne
The present Small Kneeling Youth is certainly the best marble copy ever made of this famous and key step in the history of sculpture, at the end of the 19th century. On top of that, the provenance is by far one of the best for a piece of Art Nouveau and Wiener Werkstätte: Adolphe Stoclet … Continue reading “George Minne”
Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpãna
Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpãna was born in Piteşti (Romania) in 1886 into an ethnically German family. In 1904 he went to Berlin to attend the Royal Academy of Arts, studying under Erich Hancke, Arthur Kampf and Anton von Werner. At this time, he was influenced by German expressionism as well as impressionism and the Wiener Secession. As … Continue reading “Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpãna”
