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Egg Tapping On Easter Sunday By Hubert Ritzenhofen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hubert Ritzenhofen
1879-1961 German
Egg Tapping on Easter Sunday
Signed and dated "H. Ritzenhofen 05" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This grand domestic tableau was painted by estee...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Connoisseur By Georges Croegaert
By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
The Connoisseur
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right)
Oil on panel
A Cardinal peers through a magnifying glass at gilded treasures in...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle By Edouard Léon Cortès
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edouard Léon Cortès
1882-1969 French
Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle
Signed “Edouard Cortès” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
French Post-Impressionist artist Edouard Léon Cortès captures on...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Return Of Columbus In Chains To Cadiz By Emanuel Leutze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emanuel Leutze
1816-1868 American
Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz
Signed E. Leutze / Philadelphia (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Painted by the artist in 1842, this masterpiec...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone By George Frederic Watts
By George Frederic Watts
Located in New Orleans, LA
George Frederic Watts
1817-1904 British
Portrait of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Oil on canvas
This exceptional portrait captures the stately likeness of the famed “Gra...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gondolas, Venetian Canal By Jane Peterson
By Jane Peterson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jane Peterson
1876–1965 American
Gondolas, Venetian Canal
Signed “Jane Peterson” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This remarkable painting, Gondolas, Venetian Canal, by the esteemed A...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cutty Sark Entering the River Thames by John Steven Dews
By John Steven Dews
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Steven Dews
b.1949 British
Cutty Sark Entering the River Thames
Signed "J Steven Dews" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
John Steven Dews demonstrates his skill for capturing the splendor of the historic clipper ship in this oil on canvas. Entitled Cutty Sark Entering the River Thames, the work brings vividly to life the historic clipper ship Cutty Sark as it returns home after a long journey. The majesty and grace of the historic vessel are perfectly realized in the present work, enhanced by Dew's mastery over composition and attention to detail. With his tranquil palette of light blues, whites and yellows, the artist imbues his canvas with the same sense of serenity that is felt at the end of a long journey.
Built in 1869, the Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship owned by the Jock Willis Shipping Line...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fleurs Dans Un Vase Avec Partition Musicale By Paul Gauguin
By Paul Gauguin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul Gauguin
1848-1903 French
Fleurs dans un vase avec partition musicale
(Flowers in vase with musical score)
Signed “P. Gauguin 74/76” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Early works b...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Petite Swan By Ramon Dilley
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ramon Dilley
1933 - Spanish
La Petite Swan
Signed “Dilley 91” (lower right)
Signed and titled “Ramon Dilley / La Petite Swan” (en verso)
Oil on board laid on canvas
This captivat...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Soleil Levant, Vallée De La Dordogne By William Didier-Pouget
By William Didier-Pouget
Located in New Orleans, LA
William Didier-Pouget
1864-1959 French
Soleil levant, vallée de la Dordogne (Sunrise, Dordogne Valley)
Signed "Didier-Pouget" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
The majesty of the Frenc...
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Élégantes À Deauville By Ramon Dilley
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ramon Dilley
1933 - Spanish
Élégantes à Deauville
Signed “Dilley 91” (lower right)
Signed and titled “Ramon Dilley / Elegantes a Deauville” (en verso)
Oil on board laid on canvas
...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
The Tent By Charles Walter Simpson
By Charles Walter Simpson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Walter Simpson, RBA, RI, ROI
1885-1971 British
The Tent
Signed "Charles Simpson" (lower right) Oil on canvas
The sunny warmth of a leisurely day on the beach radiates fro...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Boats In St. Tropez By Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New Orleans, LA
Yvonne Canu
1921-2008 French
Fishing Boats in St. Tropez
Signed "CANU" on lower right boat
Oil on canvas
The picturesque French Riviera is presented in French Post-Impressionist ...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract With Stripes By Frank Sinatra
By Frank Sinatra
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frank Sinatra
1915-1998 American
Abstract with Stripes
Signed and dated "Sinatra '88"(lower right)
Oil on canvas
Widely considered the greatest American singer of pop music of th...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paysage Du Mont Alban, Nice By Henri Matisse
By Henri Matisse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henri Matisse
1869-1954 French
Grand paysage, Mont Alban
Signed “Henri - Matisse” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Hailing from a pivotal moment in the artist’s artistic development, G...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Petite Mendiante By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William Bouguereau
French 1825-1905
Petite Mendiante
(Little Beggar)
Signed “W. Bouguereau 1880” (center left)
Oil on canvas
William Bouguereau's faithful images of young women a...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ as a Gardener by Edouard Manet
By Édouard Manet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edouard Manet
1832-1883 French
Christ as a Gardener
Oil on canvas
Beloved for his invaluable role in the development of the Impressionist movement, Edouard Manet's artworks are foundational to the canon of art history. The revolutionary artist's rare religious works, while lesser-known, are some of the most intimate paintings he ever produced, offering insight into the artist’s fascination with the idea of humanity’s beautiful and transcendent relationship with suffering. Begun in 1856, Christ as a Gardener is one of his earliest renderings of Christ and offers a view into nascent motifs that would later define Manet’s monumental legacy. In the painting, Christ’s profile is turned toward the viewer, though his face is turned to the bottom left of the frame and his downturned eyes avert the viewer's gaze. His brown robes contrast the warm light of his halo and the dramatic sky behind him.
As with all of Manet’s work, this image is rich with symbolism. A partial self-portrait, as seen in the similar facial hair and iconic appearance of a paintbrush-like garden tool, the painting renders the biblical scene of Mary Magdalene mistaking the risen Christ for a gardener with personal intimacy. As the biblical tale relays, when Mary Magdalene recognizes Christ, she reaches out to him; he replies, “Touch me not.” The highly charged relationship between the Christ figure and the viewer, standing in as Mary Magdalene, is further emphasized by Christ’s hand that appears to reach out for contact. Through this extension of touch, Christ’s presence is tangible, reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel. This intimate initiation of human connection directly contrasts Christ’s biblical words, “Touch me not.”
Scholars have attributed this rejection, both in gaze and through words, to Manet’s conviction that Christ, as a human, embodied a spirit of renunciation and rejection of his earthly existence. Christ’s distant expression suggests a willingness to be elsewhere — an expression that Manet will later use in his most distinguished works of art.
Manet would go on to expand his view of Christ as a timeless embodiment of absolute commitment and suffering with his monumental Salon paintings...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Au Bord Du Ruisseau By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905 French
Au Bord du Ruisseau
Signed and dated “W-Bouguereau-1888” (upper left)
Oil on Canvas
“Bouguereau’s paintings of children allowed for th...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sommermorgen by Andreas Jawlensky
By Andreas Jawlensky
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andreas Jawlensky
1902-1984 Russian
Sommermorgen
(Summer Morning)
Signed "Andreas Jawlensky" (lower left)
Oil on masonite
The son of the Russian modernist Alexej Jawlensky...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
La Récolte Du Blé By H.Claude Pissarro
By Hughes Claude Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hugues Claude Pissarro
b.1935 French
La Récolte du Blé
(The Wheat Harvest)
Signed “H. Claude Pissarro” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
French artist H. Claude Pissarro captures a pict...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Napoléon before the Battle of Moscow
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emperor Napoléon I was and remains one of the most legendary military and political figures in history, having held, for a brief period, the fate of the Western world in his hands. Composed by the French painter Joseph Franque...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Day On The Beach By Dorothea Sharp
By Dorothea Sharp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dorothea Sharp
1874-1955 British
A Day on the Beach
Signed "Dorothea Sharp" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
British painter Dorothea Sharp captures the joyful spirit of childhood in t...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Falaises By Willy Schlobach
By Willy Schlobach
Located in New Orleans, LA
Willy Schlobach
1864-1951 Belgian
Les falaises
(The Cliffs)
Oil on canvas
Signed with artist’s monogram “W.S.” (lower right)
This coastal landscape showcases the bold palette and...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La loge by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Gabriel Domergue
1889-1962 French
La loge
Signed (bottom right)
Oil on panel
Jean-Gabriel Domergue presents an elegantly seductive woman seated in a l...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Devant Le Restaurant De La Paix By Kees Van Dongen
By Kees van Dongen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kees van Dongen
1877-1968 Dutch-French
Devant le Restaurant de la Paix
(In front of Restaurant de la Paix)
Oil on canvas
Signed "Van Dongen” (lower right)
This dazzling work of a...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Buissons Ardents By André Brasilier
By André Brasilier
Located in New Orleans, LA
André Brasilier
b. 1929 French
Les buisson ardents
Signed “André Brasilier” (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed "Pour Alexis. Mai 1982" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
Swirling w...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Au Bord De La Rivière By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841-1919 French
Au bord de la rivière
(Along the River)
Oil on canvas
"Renoir may be the only great painter who has never painted a sad picture."
- Octave ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Leda And The Swan By Workshop Of Bartholomaeus Spranger
Located in New Orleans, LA
Workshop of Bartholomaeus Spranger
16th Century Flemish
Leda and the Swan
Oil on panel
Retelling one of the most legendary Greco-Roman mythological tales, this exceptional oil on...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
French School Courting Pastoral Scenes, 18th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
French School
18th Century
Pastoral Scenes
Oil on canvas
A delightful pair of 18th-century pastoral scenes, this charming set of oil paintings depicts two quintessential tableaus ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vases Aux Chrysanthèmes By Auguste Herbin
By Auguste Herbin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Auguste Herbin
1882-1960 French
Vases aux chrysanthèmes
Signed 'Herbin' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This bold and vivid still life was composed by French painter Auguste Herbin, ...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bouquet De Roses Dans Un Vase De Cuivre By Achille Laugé
By Achille Laugé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Achille Laugé
1861-1944 French
Bouquet de roses dans un vase de cuivre
(Bouquet of roses in a copper vase)
Signed "A. Laugé" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This delightful floral w...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Orientala By Reuven Rubin
By Reuven Rubin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Reuven Rubin
Israeli | 1893-1974
Orientala
Signed “Reuven Rubin"
Oil on canvas
A striking and unique work rendered in a breathtaking jewel-toned palette, Orientala by Rueven Rubin...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Danseuse By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
1851-1932 | French
Danseuse
Signed “Pierre Carrier-Belleuse” (lower right)
Pastel on canvas
Strikingly elegant, this extraordinary pastel by French impress...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Canvas
Henry Bowles Howard, 12th Earl Of Suffolk And 5th Earl Of Berkshire
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
1723-1792 | British
Sir Henry Bowles Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire
Oil on canvas
Sir Joshua Reynolds is unequivocally considered the most important English portraitist of the 18th century who was instrumental in adapting the Grand Manner style in the portrait genre. In fact, when the Royal Academy was founded in 1768, Reynolds was elected its first President, setting the precedent of quality for which all other portraitists would strive.
Reynolds's portrait of Henry Bowles Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, showcases his genius in the genre and mastery over the medium. Reynolds’s portrait of the Earl expertly invokes classical values with strong lighting, rich colors and expert attention to detail to help underscore the prominence and revered echelon of the sitter. Howard was an esteemed British politician and Knight of the Garter. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1771 to 1779, and he played a key role in utilizing mercenaries during the American Revolution and safeguarding Sweden's independence.
The portrait employs Reynolds's signature style to render Howard rightfully as a gentleman of distinction. Captured seated in a stately library, the Earl appears learned and austere as he places one hand upon a stack of important documents and looks wistfully into the distance. Reynolds makes these compositional choices decisively, as the seated position gives Howard a weighty appearance of importance and the semi-profile turn captures his countenance at an attractive angle that highlights his strong, masculine features. The work draws on the classical conventions of Greek and Roman art and the Italian Renaissance masters, anchoring the nobleman in a history of refinement. Everything from his strong yet welcoming expression to his pale face enlivened by a rush of blood to the cheeks presents the picture of a strong, vital and powerful leader.
As the first president of the Royal Academy in London, Reynolds’s commissions raised the status of an artist in Britain during the Romantic period and also established the portrait as an esteemed high art genre that garnered equal import to the history paintings that reigned supreme in decades prior. Today, Reynolds’s works grace the walls of the most important museums in the world, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery in London, among others.
Circa 1770
Canvas: 50 1/2" high x 40 1/4" wide
Framed: 61" high x 52 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" deep
Provenance:
Sir Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire, 1739-1779
His mother, Lady Mary Howard, née Finch, Lady Andover, d. 1803
Acquired by descent to her daughter, Frances, and her husband Richard Bagot (later Howard)
Acquired by descent to their daughter, Mary (1784-1877), and her husband Col. Fulke Greville Upton (later Howard), d. 1846
Acquired by descent to Lieutenant Colonel H.R.G. Howard
Sale, Christie's, London, March 24, 1961, no. 29
Julius Weitzner, London and New York
Sale, Paris, Musée Galliéra, December 7, 1965, no. 165
Newhouse Galleries, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, Texas, 1966
Walsh Family Art Trust
Private collection, Oregon
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
Exhibited:
British Institution, London, 1844, no. 130, loaned by the Hon. Fulke Greville Howard.
South Kensington, "Second special exhibition of National Portraits," 1867, no. 478, lent by the Hon. Mrs. Greville.
Agnew's, London, 1903, no. 17.
Literature:
Algernon Graves and W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., vol. 3 (London, 1899), p. 945.
David Mannings...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still Life With Flowers By Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
By Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
1636-1699 French
Still Life with Flowers on a Carved Stone Ledge
Oil on canvas
Impeccable detail and luminous color breathe life into this floral still lif...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monastery Complex With Statue Of Maria By Rubaldo Merello
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rubaldo Merello
1872 - 1922 | Italian
Monastery Complex with Statue of Maria
Signed “Merello R.“ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Rubaldo Merello was a prolific turn-of-the-century art...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Riviera Scene By Sir Winston Churchill
By Winston Churchill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Winston Churchill
1874-1965 | British
Riviera Scene
Signed en verso "Riviera Scene / W.S.C." Oil on canvas board
Immediately recognizable as one of the most important statesme...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Afternoon Repose By Gustave Léonard De Jonghe
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gustave Léonard de Jonghe
1829-1893 | Flemish
Afternoon Repose
(The Artist's Studio — Antibes)
Signed “Gustave De Jonghe” (lower right)
Oil on canv...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Horatio Nelson Attributed To Lemuel Abbott
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Lemuel Abbott
1760-1803 | English
Portrait of Horatio Nelson
Oil on canvas
This previously unknown portrait is an important discovery in British Naval history. In Admiral Lord Nelson's illustrious and well-studied life, there existed a "silent period" spanning 16 years during which no known portraits of Nelson existed. The discovery of this 1790 portrait, rendered just before his reentry into the Navy, is a significant development for Nelson scholars, adding new insight into the leader's life prior to his legendary command as Admiral of the British Navy.
Almost certainly painted by Lemuel Abbott, the official portraitist of Admiral Nelson, the rendering depicts the naval titan in casual dress. This is one of the two final depictions of Nelson before he acquired the war-inflicted injuries that marked his later years. In 1790, Britain was at peace, and Lord Nelson found himself residing in Burnham Thorpe with his newlywed wife, Frances. Having served with great distinction in South America and the West Indies, he garnered much local acclaim. Yet, the uncertainty of returning to the sea weighed heavily on his mind. At the age of thirty, he lived the life of a country gentleman managing his estate. Only one other much smaller portrait of Nelson in civilian attire exists, a much smaller rendering from 1800 currently held at the National Portrait Gallery.
Compelling and atmospheric, the oil on canvas offers viewers a rare glimpse into the visage of a youthful and resolute Nelson, a man driven by an unwavering desire to forge his reputation in the art of naval warfare. This portrait had long been believed by the Nelson family to portray Edmund Nelson, Horatio Nelson's father. When connoisseur Jeremy Knight acquired this treasure directly from the Nelson family, he postulated that the work actually depicted the famed Admiral and not his father, as it was painted around 1790, and the elder Edmund Nelson would have been 68 years old at that time. Knight then hired the renowned Nelson scholar Martin Downer, the former Sotheby's expert and author of the bestselling books Nelson's Purse and Nelson's Lost Jewel, to confirm his hunch. It has now been confirmed by Martin Downer that this portrait is the missing...
Category
18th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Veuve Rusée By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La Veuve Rusée
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Gouache on paper
La Veuve Rusée, first performed in 1748 in Venice, is a comedy cente...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Only A Nickel, Joe by John George Brown
By John George Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
John George Brown
1831-1913 British-American
Only A Nickel, Joe
Signed "Copyright / J.G. Brown N.A." (lower left)
Oil on canvas
A young shoeshine boy ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boulevard Magenta, Place De La République By Edouard Léon Cortès
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edouard Léon Cortès
1882-1969 | French
Boulevard Magenta, Place de la République
Signed “Edouard Cortès” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Celebrated as the “Parisian Poet of Painting,”...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blumenstilleben (Still Life With Flowers) By Alexej Von Jawlensky
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alexej von Jawlensky
Russian | 1864-1941
Blumenstilleben (Still Life with Flowers)
Signed ‘a. jawlensky.’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas board
This stunning floral still life is the ...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Coast Scene Near Lympne By Sir Winston Churchill
By Winston Churchill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Winston Churchill
1874-1965 | British
Coast Scene near Lympne
Oil on canvas
Immediately recognizable as one of the most important statesmen in world history, Sir Winston Churchill also pursued the art of painting for more than 40 years. A particularly fine piece from the statesman’s oeuvre, this masterpiece entitled Coast Scene near Lympne is rendered in fluid brushstrokes and a vivid array of hues.
Churchill often leveraged his elite connections to navigate the complex political landscape of the 1920s and 1930s. Many of these invaluable social interactions occurred at the setting of this magnificent landscape painting: the distinguished Port Lympne estate. Owned by Sir Philip Sassoon...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tonnelle Nord-Ouest Au Parc De Marquayrol (La Pergola) By Henri Martin
By Henri Martin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henri Martin
French 1860-1943
Tonnelle nord-ouest au Parc de Marquayrol (La Pergola)
Signed “Henri Martin” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A dazzling display of color and texture, Henri Martin's Tonnelle nord-ouest au Parc de Marquayrol (La Pergola) celebrates the natural beauty of the artist’s sprawling 17th-century estate perched upon a hill overlooking the village of Labastine-du-Vert. The famed Post-Impressionist painter created many impressive works during his illustrious career, but the paintings of his beloved garden at Maquayrol remain among the most cherished by museums and collectors, and this example is among the finest of these compositions.
An Italianate garden lied at the heart of Marquayrol, complete with cypress-lined paths and a circular pool adorned with geraniums. Painted in 1925, Tonnelle nord-ouest au Parc de Marquayrol (La Pergola) takes the viewer behind the walls of Martin’s garden, revealing its pièce de résistance: a stately yet romantic pergola strewn with flowering foliage. A towel lies beneath the luxuriant umbrella of blooms and Martin paints a still-life tableau of a water pitcher, glass and bowl of fruit amidst the dense thickets of plants, juxtaposing peaceful accoutrements of domestic life with the powerful beauty of untamed nature.
Even so, elements of the garden remain elegantly manicured. A warm sill along the top of the bench provides space for a myriad of potted plants to flower in the sunlight. Even the central pergola itself, which so reverently showcases the sheer strength of nature with its profusion of blooms, still carries the touch of the gardener who trains each branch and leaf to fall in the most graceful and beautiful way.
Henri Martin began his artistic studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. In 1879, he moved to Paris to study under Jean Paul Laurens, and his early academic style earned him a medal from the conservative Paris Salon at the age of 23. Shortly after, Martin was awarded a trip to Italy, which profoundly affected his artistic development. While studying the works of the Italian masters Giotto and Masaccio, Martin acquired a new perspective on light, leading him to abandon his classical training and fall under the influence of the not-so-academic Impressionists.
Utilizing and experimenting with various impressionistic techniques, Martin created important and well-received Divisionist, Symbolist and Pointillist paintings. His work was so admired that it earned him the Grand Prize at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. Martin remained an independent artist, refusing numerous contracts from successful Paris dealers...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tu...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
La Valse By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La valse
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 4096 / La Traviata / Acte I / Scenes II et IV / La Valse / Composition origin...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
The Battle Of Copenhagen By John Stevens Dews
By John Steven Dews
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Steven Dews
b.1949 | British
The Bombardment of Copenhagen
Signed "J Steven Dews" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
This masterpiece by John Dues, entitled The Bombardment of Copenh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Salade de Fleurs de Lotus by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Salade de fleurs de lotus
(Lotus Flower Salad)
Inscribed “n°1.497” (en verso)
Gouache on paper
In 1929, Erté embarked on the cr...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Les Filles Final By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Les filles final
(The Final Girls)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed No. 18.340 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
An elaborate de...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Les Travestis By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les travestis (The Transvestites)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté’s costume...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract In Pink, Purple, And White By Frank Sinatra
By Frank Sinatra
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frank Sinatra
1915-1998 | American
Abstract in Pink, Purple, and White by Frank Sinatra
Signed and dated "Sinatra '83"(lower right)
Oil on canvas
Widely considered the greatest Am...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mah-Jongg by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Mah-Jongg
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 363" (en verso)
Gouache and gold on paper
Erté's artful depiction in gold...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Les fleurs by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les Fleurs
(The flowers)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 362" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté masterfully designs an...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Etude De Décor, Don Pasquale By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Etude de décor (Study of decor)
Signed “Erté”(lower right)
Inscribed "Don Pasquale" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté reimagines...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Couronne de laurier by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Couronne de laurier
The Laurel Wreath
Signed "Erté"(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 34.3" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté conceive...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Conte Hindou En Noir By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Conte Hindou en noir
Signed “Erté”(middle right)
Inscribed "Inscribed 1922" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Designed for a 1922 show at the Folies Bergère, Erté draws inspiration from the splendors of India in Conte Hindou (Hindu Story). The central bare-chested figure, adorned with a resplendent jewel-encrusted headpiece and draped in cascading pearl...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Conte Hindou En Blanc By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Conte Hindou en blanc
Signed “Erté”(middle right)
Inscribed "No. 76 / Conte Hindou 1922" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Designed f...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Petit Chinois by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Petit Chinois
Signed “Erté”(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 19" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
This costume was designed for a charact...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Princesse d'Asie by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Princesse d'Asie
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Watercolor and ink on paper
Erté reinvigorated the Orientalist imagery of 19th-centu...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
