Catalog: Fine Art (148)

Breton, Jules Adolphe Aime’ Louis, French,(attribution - school of),1827-1906. Gleaners at Sunset, Oil on canvas, 46" by 52" in frame 54" by 62"

Fernand Leger, French,1881-1955.Fernand Léger was born in 1881, the same year both Picasso and Braque were born, in Normandy; his father was a substantial cattle grazer.

Lucien Neuquelman, French, 1909-1988. This painting is oil on canvas, signed lower left. It is 20" by 24" in a very beautiful french frame from the 1930's. In excellent condition, this is a perfect example of Neuquelman's work in his most vibrant pointalist style. Provenance: Private NY/Miami Collection, Purchased from Art World International, Private European Collection. Neu

C. Holloway,Chicago & Texas, 1859-1941 Attrib. This stunning impressionist painting is 8"h by 10"win an lovely gold leaf frame outer dimensions 12 3/4"h by 14 3/4"w, signed lower Right C - Holloway. On the reverse is a gallery sticker from the Struder Photo Co, San Antonio, Texas

Frantesek Kupka, 1871-1957, Opocno. Bohemia, Czech, and died in France. This stunning early mordernist painting is an early and an extremely fine example of Kupka's painting. It is approximately 17"H by 13"w in a 4" frame. It is signed clearly lower right and the entire painting and signature under black light looks good with no in painting. Kupka attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Prague at 17 years old and the Beaux Arts in Vienna. He moved to Paris in 1895 and also won the Prix de Rome. He lived in Putreau and was also a Professor for Academie Beaux Arts de Prague for Czech art students in Paris. He was in many exhibitions and after 1910 he remained faithful to the Modernist style he is known for. This painting is from his earliest modernist period. He is held in great regard with artists such as Delauney and Picabia. Kupka's works are represented in many museums: Museum of Modern Art, Chicago Art Institute, Los Angeles, Guggenheim, Paris Museum of Modern Art, etc and his paintings sell for up to 1 Million. He has a very long listing in Benezit and has been the subject of many articles and books. A Czech painter and graphic artist, he was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement. In 1887 he began training as an artist at the Prague academy under Frantisek Sequens, who had been strongly influenced by the Nazarener School. In 1891 the artist transferred to the academy in Vienna, where he worked under Professor Eisenmenger until 1893. In 1894 Kupka traveled to London and Scandinavia, settling in Paris, France in 1895. He worked as an illustrator of books and posters and created satirical drawings for newspapers and magazines. In 1905 Kupka moved to Puteaux in the suburbs, where he got acquainted with Jacques Villon, who introduced him to a circle of painters in 1910/11, including Marcel Duchamp, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger, Francis Picabia and others. Through their discussions of Cubism, Futurism and the relationship between painting and music, Kupka's work became increasingly abstract, reflecting his theories of motion, color, and orphism. In 1909, he had exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne, with the submitted work marking a break in his representational style. In 1912, Kupka exhibited his abstract pictures, which are associated with Orphism because of their proximity to music. In 1918 Frantisek Kupka accepted a post as guest professor in Prague and in 1931 he co-founded the group 'Abstraction-Création' with Hans Arp, Jean Hélion, Auguste Herbin, Georges Valmier and Georges Vantongerloo, becoming a member of the group's board. In 1936, his work was included in the exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and in an important show with another Czech painter, Alphonse Mucha, at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. Kupka spent the Second World War in Beaugency, returning to Puteaux immediately after the liberation. In 1946 at the occasion of his 75th birthday the artist's first major retrospective was shown in Prague. In 1955 Kupka participated in documenta I in Kassel, Germany.He died in Puteaux on July 21, 1957 and a year later a large-scale retrospective exhibition took place at the 'Musée d'Art Moderne' in Paris, which dedicated an entire room to Frantisek Kupka.

Francoise Boucher Attr or School of : Cupids in Landscape: Pair 18th C French. This pair of oils on canvas is lovely in the quality of painting and the charming subject matter. Each panel is 28"w by 64"h. They had hinges on them as a standing screen but were later used as hanging panels. They are from a prominent french family who brought them to the USA.

Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem, French, 1821-1911. This oil on wood panel, signed lower left,is a high quality and exquisitely painted example of Ziem's Venice scenes. It is 8.5" h by 6.5 w in a simple frame with outer dimensions of 11" h by 8" w. This piece is from a private collection and housed in a simple frame.

Frank Weston Benson, Salem, Massachusetts, 1862-1951. This gorgeous outdoor scene is about 14" by 20" sighted from the front, signed, in excellent condition,& from a private collection, and no auction records.

Francois Gall, Hungarian/French, 1912-1987 "Le Petit Dejeuner" is a beautiful oil on canvas signed F. Gall (lower right) 20 x 17 1/2 inches, good condition, circa 1940-50. It is Gall at his very best and was in the private collection of Frederic Stern of the Gering Galleries on Wilshire Blvd, Beverly hills, CA.

Diego Rivera, Mexican, 1886-1957, Title Flower market, Medium Lithograph, Year of Work 1930-1930, Size Height 10.8 in.; Width 16.1 in. / Height 27.4 cm.; Width 40.9 cm. Edition 45/100, Found./Pub. Weyhe Gallery, pub.

Charles Courtney Curran,N.A., 1861-1942, New York, NY. Woman with Rhododendrons. This lovely painting is oil on canvas, 22" H by 18" W in a lovely period frame. It was painted circa 1913-1916. Excellent Provenance: Private Collection,Connecticut; Private Collection, Ocala, Florida, Private Collection, Long Island, New York, Alexander Gallery, NY, NY. Curran studied briefly at the Cincinnati Academy of Design, and moved to New York City in 1881. There he studied at the National Academy of Design, under Walter Satterlee, and the Art Students League. At age 23, he had his first public exhibition at the Academy. He was elected an Associate of the Academy in 1886 and a full Academician in 1888. He received the Academy’s Third Hallgarten Prize in 1889. From 1889 to 1891, Curran studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he studied with Benjamin Constant and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. He won an award at the Paris Salon of 1890. He also won prizes at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, the Paris Exposition of 1900, and the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, of which he was the Assistant Director. In 1903, Curran was invited by artist Frederick Dellenbaugh to come to Cragsmoor, New York, an art center in the Hudson River Valley. Seven years later, Curran established a studio there. He would spend the next thirty years dividing his time between Cragsmoor and New York City. During this time, he taught at the Pratt Institute, the Cooper Union and the National Academy. Curran is best known for his paintings of female figures posed within picturesque vistas of the Cragsmoor area, and usually rendered in an impressionist style. The “new” women of these paintings embodied health and vigor. He also painted genre scenes, portraits and landscapes, as well as a series of views of the Imperial Temples of Peking. His paintings sell for up to $222,500 at auction and substantially more at private galleries.

Claude Charles Buck, Santa Cruz, California, 1890-1974. This stunning jewel is Claude Buck at his usual dreamy best. It is oil on board of a beautiful nude with long flowing red hair sitting outside in a dreamy landscape. It is 7" H by 6" W. It is oil on board and initialed "CB" His painting go for up to $25,000 and he is listed in Davenport and Who was Who in American Art.

Claude Charles Buck, Santa Cruz, California, 1890-1974. This stunning jewel is Claude Buck at his usual dreamy best. It is oil on board of a beautiful red haired mother and child in a landscape with a crescent moon and flowers. It is 9 1/2" H" by 7 3/8" W in the original American frame with overall dimensions of 15 1/2" H by 13 3/8" W. It is oil on board. Provenance: Private MidWest Collection, Leslie Hindman Auction, Private Illinois Collection. His painting go for up to $25,000 and he is listed in Davenport and Who was Who in American Art.

George Inness N.A.,attributed, New York, New Jersey, 1825-1894. This golden glowing American Impressionist painting, "Landscape in Monclair, NJ " by Inness is 18" by 24" in a French style frame. It is signed G. Inness lower right. It is in good condition with evidence of small craquelure which has been restored and has been relined. Inness is considered to be one of the important Impressionist Painters in the Hudson River School. His paintings sell for up to $2 million. Inness is listed in Boswell, Dawdy, Fieldings, Hughes, Mallett, Samuels, and Who was Who in American Art. As with any artist worthy of the title, George Inness is not easily summed up. Often associated with the Hudson River School, he was, in fact, aesthetically in opposition to the large, detailed canvases which characterized the work of such painters as Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), two major representative painters of that group. Others see him as a transplanted member of the French Barbizon School, more in tune with their less grandiose, more intimate landscapes of homely, domesticated scenes of rural France. Still others as the title of this exhibition* indicates see him as a visionary theorist, painting dreamy landscapes fraught with symbolic messages and meanings. And, like any artist, these and many other attempts at pigeonholing might well fit part of the man and his work.

Isaac Van Oosten, Flemish, 1613-1661,Attribution. Stunning Flemish/Dutch, 16-17th C. Oil on copper. This piece is in excellent condition. The in-frame dimensions are 38" W x 30" H while the painting itself measures 28 1/4" W x 20 1/4" H. The amazing frame is from the 19th Century and showcases the beauty of the piece. The subject matter is Venus (in her Half Shell chariot pulled by doves) finding Adonis dead after the hunt she begged him not to go on.

Joseph (Jusepe) Ribera, Spanish, 1588-1656. This exquisite portrait of a boy brings to mind Caravaggio. It is oil on canvas and signed faintly with the Monogram J R lower right. It is in good condition, has been relined long ago, and is 34.2cm H by 23.1cm H. It is in an antique frame with outer dimensions of 47.3cm W by 36.8cm H. Paintings by ribera sell for up to 4.5 Million USD.

Ralph Albert Blakelock,N.A. New York & California, 1847-1919. This stunning jewel like painting by Blakelock is typical of his better paintings. It is 8"W by 10"H in a 5" 19th C original frame. It is signed lower right (black lites well) and has an old auction sticker verso. It comes from an important private collection in Raleigh, VA.

Jasper Cropsey, N.A. Hastings on Hudson, NY, 1823-1900. This watercolor on paper is a beautiful example of his sensitive paintings It is 14" W by 9" H in a nice modern frame. It is signed lower right and comes from an important private collection. His paintings sell for up to $600,000.