Lucien Leclercq

A new horse! French rural equestrian scene, country life, antique oil

circa 1920

A gorgeous novecento animalier painting, depicting a curious colt and.a white rabbit, by Gaetano Jerace (1860-1940) Gaetano Jerace was born in Polistena in Calabrian into a dynasty of artists: his brothers Francesco (1894-1937) and Vincenzo (1862-1947) also became painters. Gaetano moved to Naples as a young man, where a attended the Academy of Fine Arts, studying with Francesco Lojacono...

A stunning and atmospheric painting by Marius Petit (1882-1960). It dates from the 1920s, the height of the art deco period. Glorious, scintillating and beautifully coloured; it is a...

Godefroy de Hagemann (1820-1877) was a member of the Hanover dynasty, of German Princes. His full name was Godefroy Auguste Christian Volfgann baron de Hagemann, or Godefroy de Hagem...

An charming 19th century dog painting depicting a mother dogue and her exuberant topsy turvy pups by the farmhouse barns or cowsheds , with a young child given them a fuss! Dating from ca 1860-70, the oil on canvas is unsigned, but bears on the verso a rather special stamp from colour and artists supplies merchant Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922). Paul Durand-Ruel is known as the legendary art dealer who launched, almost single handedly, the Impressionist movement. He represented Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir in his Paris, London and New York Galleries. Like his father Jean Marie Durand, Durand Ruel had started as both a merchant of art supplies, and dealer. Often, these two activities overlapped, as he would supply cash strapped artists who left paintings as security. Paul Durand Ruel was one of the first to discover Barbizon artist...

I liked the title "After the storm" for this painting, which the artist had noted on the back of the painting, although he later changed it to "Day of the storm". It's the juxtaposi...

Notre Dame Cathedral by Maurice Falliès (French, 1883-1965), an artist who specialised in Paris street scenes. His work was recently shown at the Musée...

Charming impressionistic painting with allegorical theme of pale horse coming to shore by Cash Arthur Bond (American, 1876 - 1952), circa 1900. Signed "C.A. Bond" lower left corner. ...

"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...

Juan Soler (1951) - San Fermin - Oil on board Oil measures 60x90 cm. Frameless. He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing. A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes. Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro Palmero...

Frame size 49x59 cm.

Suchitra Bhosle's "I Will Bring You Good Luck" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts white and orange koi fish mingling and surfacing in the shallow blue water of a koi ...

An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...