Daniel Ridgway Knight

The Island, DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT - American Impressionist, Realism, Landscape,

La Plage d'Arromanches, Oil on canvas by H. Claude Pissarro Oil on canvas 130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches) Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Executed in May 1992 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist. Artist biography Hugues Claude Pissarro, also known professionally as H. Claude Pissarro, is the grandson of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and son of Paulémile Pissarro. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine and enveloped in an artistic environment, he inevitably spent his childhood and youth with brushes in hand. Carrying on the family tradition established by Camille Pissarro, H. Claude’s father frequently took his son on painting excursions, often accompanied by his numerous artistic friends which proved formative for him. Initially taught by his father, Hugues first exhibited his work at the age of fourteen. He subsequently studied art in Paris at prestigious establishments, in particular the École Normale Supérieure, a unique French institution dedicated to the pursuit of achievement and excellence to which only the academic elite have access. He also studied art restoration under Henri Linard, head of the laboratory at the Musée du Louvre. It was inevitable that this educational background would lead him to become a professor of art for much of his professional life and in 1963 he accepted an official invitation to teach art in Monaco. Throughout his teaching career he remained a prolific artist, exhibiting on several occasions in Paris and London. As with many of his family predecessors the scope of his work and talent is wide-ranging: from engraver, lithographer, publisher and landscape painter to portraitist. He was even commissioned in 1959 to paint a portrait of President...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE La Falaise de Sainte-Honorine by Hugues dit Pomié Pissarro (1935) Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm (39 ¼ x 31 inches) Si...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Marée Basse - Arromanches by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935) Oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (2 5⅝ x 21 ¼ inches) Si...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Un Chien une Chaise et les Gamins-Terrasse by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (B. 1935) Oil on...

*THIS PRICE INCLUDES 5% IMPORT DUTY APPLICABLE IF THE WORK REMAINS IN THE UK ONLY. Bords du Loing by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) Oil on canvas 46.1 x 55.7 cm (18¹/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches) S...

Petite Marine Grise by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935) Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 ¼ x 28 ¾ inches) Signed lower right, Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié Titled, signed and dated on rev...

Bright and sunny Santa Cruz, California figurative seascape of a Catamaran launch at Twin Lakes beach by Claire Paye-Gililland (American, 1940-2020), circa ...

Down River from the Pont Vecchio Bridge is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of the...

Born in Philadelphia John Hamilton was known for portraits, figure paintings and illustrations. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Christian Schuessel and Thomas Eakins and then traveled to Europe where he studied in Paris with Jean-Léon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He lived abroad, mostly in London, for many years, although he maintained a Philadelphia address. He was the official painter to the English Prime Minister, William...

Artist: Cornelius van Fulpen– American (1905 - 1987) Title: Silence Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 19.5 x 23.75 inches Framed size: 25.5 x 29.75 inches Signature: Signed, da...

An early twentieth-century, American School oil showing a view of a sailor caulking the seams of a substantial wooden sailing ship with a view beyond towards red-tiled houses beneath...

Tranquil seascape with a large flock of migrating Redhead ducks in flight by California artist Dan Findlay (American, 20th Century). Signed "Dan Findlay" lower right. Presented in a ...