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Period: Early 20th Century
Antique Scottish Highland Loch Scene Oval Oil Painting in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch
Scottish School, early 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 7 x 8.5 inches
board: 6 x 7.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and s...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Alfred De Breanski Jr. “Invergary Castle Loch Oich” Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Alfred de Breanski Jr, oil on canvas, "Invergary Castle, Loch Oich", Grazing sheep in the foreground and cattle in the background. A beautiful lake and mountain landscape with meadows, trees and snow capped peaks. The colors are vibrant.
Signed: A De Breanski B/L. Titled and signed verso.
Painting size: 18 inches x 24 inches
Framed size: 24.25 inches x 30.75 inches
Condition: Very Good with brilliant colors and no damage or restoration. Original frame with restorations.
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Category
Barbizon School Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paint
Three Nudes in a Garden
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Three Nudes in a Garden
Graphite, c. 1928-1933
Initialed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Illustrated: Elliott & Wooden, Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches, Fige 9, page 32 (see photo)
A...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Graphite
Figure - Original Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by an anonymous french artist of the 20th Century.
Aged with cutaways on the margins.
The artwork represents the study of...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
La Dame Queteuse
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
La Dame Queteuse
Ink on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below)
10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm.)
Provenance: Vente G...
Category
Surrealist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Ink, Paper
Standing Nude in Profile - Pencil Drawing Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Profile is an original artwork realized by an Anonymous French artist in the first years of the XX century.
Pencil on paper. Passepartout included. Good conditions except fo...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Pencil
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) - Manhattan Mary IV: serigraph Broadway musical
By Erté
Located in London, GB
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (1892-1990)
'Manhattan Mary IV'
Serigraph (Silk screen print)
(Artist's Proof IL/L)
Signed in pencil
70 x 56cm (sheet) 41.5 x 3...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Paul Schürch (1886-1939) - Romantic Landscape Drawing 1917 Solothurn Switzerland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Paul Schürch
(Swiss, ∗ 14.2.1886 Wangen b. Olten, † 11.12.1939 Bern)
Romantic Landscape in area of Solothurn, Switzerland
• Charcoal/Pencil drawing delicately heightened in various...
Category
Naturalistic Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Laid Paper, Pencil
Macaroni, from Bauhaus I Portfolio
By Irene Bayer
Located in Dallas, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio
Ed. 33/70
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jens Sørensen, Bakken, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Jens Sørensen (1887-1953) depicts a lively scene at Bakken, the world’s oldest amusement park.
Jens Sørensen was predominantly ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Nocturnal Landscape - Full Moon Over Point Lobos, Carmel
Located in Soquel, CA
Full Moon Over Point Lobos, Carmel Early 20th Century Nocturnal Oil on Linen Seascape Painting
Rich and moody nocturnal seascape of iconic Carmel's Point Lobos by Charles Henry Harm...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Miniature Landscape Called Birch Trees Reflected in a Stream by Oskar Bergman
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present this rare miniature landscape by the artist Oskar Bergman. Measuring just 5.5 x 4 cm, this exquisite piece comes with its original frame and gold passepar...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Stormy Day in Finnskogen, 1906 (Swedish title: Ovädersdag i Finnskogen, 1906)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) Sweden
Stormy Day in Finnskogen, 1906
(Swedish title: Ovädersdag i Finnskogen, 1906)
ink drawing
unframed: 12 x 15 cm (4.72 x 5.91 inches)
framed: 22 x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Separe - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Separe is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.22 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Ve...
Category
Expressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Eugenio Bonivento called ZENO (Venetian Master) - Early 20th century painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Eugenio Bonivento, called ZENO (Chioggia 1880 - Milan 1956) - Venice, view of the Grand Canal.
71 x 100 cm without frame, 97 x 126 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Chinese 'chanab' offering box with gilt and lacquered decor 19th century
Located in Gavere, BE
A Chinese 'chanab' offering box with gilt and lacquered decor for the Straits or Peranakan market, 19th century
The chanab was placed in the centre of each Straits Chinese family’s ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
Category
Surrealist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Masturbating Woman Surrounded by Black
Located in Chicago, IL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated in the plate by the artist in middle right: ...
Category
Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper
Le Pont Neuf - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board riverscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. This beautiful pointillist piece, painted in predominantly blue a...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Moonlit River Landscape - Early 20th Century English Antique Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful early 20th century oil on board depicting a moonlit river landscape, by Northern English artist Fred Balshaw.
Excellent quality and very atmospheric work. Signed with initials lower right and presented in a painted frame. Sold at Sotheby's, London in 1993.
Artist: Fred Balshaw (English, 1860-1936)
Title: Moonlit River Landscape
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches (37 x 47 cm) including the frame
Provenance: Sothebys, 15 June 1993, Lot 1209
Fred Balshaw was a prolific and versatile genre painter of landscapes, figures and portraits who was born in 1860 in Bolton, Lancashire, the son of Joseph and Sarah, nee Haslam. He appeared on the 1881 census as living in Little Bolton and was described as a general clerk in the county court. In the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses he was still in Bolton, but his occupation was given as artist.
In 1884 he was a founder member of the Blackpool Sketching Club and a member of the Fylde Art Society and Sketching Club, becoming its Honorary Secretary in 1926. He was also President of Blackpool Art Society in 1930.
Balshaw was a regular exhibitor between 1888 and 1914, mostly in the North of England, including Manchester, Rochdale and Bolton, where his painting A Fylde Farm was shown in 1908. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy.
The Lytham St Annes Art Society archive file for 1923 shows Balshaw exhibiting 10 artworks in their 7th Annual Exhibition. The 1925 Annual Exhibition records that he exhibited nine works and also details a contribution by Mrs Balshaw entitled 'A Bazaar Costume Portrait'.
Bolton Library and Museum Services stated that:
'From 1897 Bolton Council began to buy a small number of works by contemporary British artists (often from the North West) usually from summer exhibitions of “modern paintings” held at Mere Hall...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Lovely Antique European Cathedral Garden Oil Painting, Unsigned, ca 1920
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although seemingly unsigned, this European Cathedral setting was painted by a well-trained artist. It dates to around 1920, about one hundred years ago. The summer scene is a back garden to a large cathedral and probably in Italy. Often, European churches and cathedrals have contemplative gardens that are off to the side or behind the grand edifices that are usually busy with people. This seems to be the case in this painting. A single statue with a backdrop of cypress trees provides a calm respite along a winding path to the historic church beyond. The artist chose this space to paint a reflective scene while still showing off some of the grandeur of the church and likely cathedral beyond. The Renaissance or Baroque buildings are very nicely rendered in a somewhat Impressionist manner. The overall composition with its vertical format is quite unique and alluring. It could certainly remind the viewer of similar scenes that were witnessed on past trips to Europe.
The painting is oil on canvas and measures 12 1/2” x 18”. It has a wood gold frame with simple architectural lines that seem to frame it nicely, without being fancy or overbearing. Overall framed dimensions are 16” x 21 1/2”. The painting is in very good condition with no apparent repairs or damage. There is a small vertical mark below the statue, but that isn’t too noticeable, as is the vague vertical streak in the bottom lower right on the paint surface. That may be a thin varnish drip from years ago. The frame is generally in good condition with very minor discolorations in a few spots. All in all, the paintIng presents very well as an antique from Europe...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
20th century English pencil nude study of a torso
Located in Woodbury, CT
Ernest Procter
Wonderful classical drawing of a nude torso.
Ernest Procter ARA was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of the famous British artist Dod Procte...
Category
Academic Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Early Evening Light
Located in Milford, NH
A fine winter landscape by American artist George Gardner Symons (1863-1930). Symons was born in Chicago, IL, studied at the Chicago Art Institute where he became a close, life-long friend of William Wendt. They painted together in California and then in Cornwall, England in 1898. He also studied in Paris, Munich, and London, and joined a colony of artists at St. Ives, adopted the plein-air techniques of Julius Olsson, Adrian Stokes, and Rudolph Hellwag. He worked in Chicago as a commercial artist, and about 1903 returned to California with Wendt and built a studio in Laguna Beach and became active in western art societies including the California Art Club. He returned often, but maintained his primary studio in Brooklyn, New York, and also did a lot of painting in Colrain, Massachusetts. He painted entirely out-of-doors, frequently working in Arizona, doing desert landscape and the Grand Canyon views, but he is best known for his New England snow scenes, especially of the Berkshire Mountains...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Girl on a Swing" 1960s Mexican Folk Art Landscape with Birds and Flowers
Located in Denver, CO
Mexican folk artist Martin Saldana (1874-1965) painted colorful outdoor landscapes based on his memories of his childhood ranch in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Whimsical images of animal...
Category
Folk Art Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Place Pigalle - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Elie Pavil
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by Russian-born post impressionist painter Elie Anatole Pavil. The piece, painted in a predominantly blue and yellow tones, depic...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Hulda in a Room at Ruds Säteri
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) Sweden
Hulda in a Room at Ruds Säteri
mixed media on paper
unframed 27 x 22.5 cm (10.63 x 8.86 inches)
framed 38 x 33.5 cm (14.96 x 13.19 inches)
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
En bouche qui fut fraîche, goût de fiel (In the mouth that was once fresh, ...
Located in Fairlawn, OH
En bouche qui fut fraîche, goût de fiel (In the mouth that was once fresh, the taste of bitterness)
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette and burnishing over heliogravure, 1922
Unsigned as ...
Category
French School Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Aquatint
Elegant dans le miroir - Post Impressionist Nude Oil by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas nude by French post impressionist painter Jean Gabriel Domergue. The work depicts a brunette lady wearing only a gold silk skirt turned away from the a...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vigilance Loyalty Devotion - Large Edwardian Oil Painting Society Beauty & Dogs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vigilance, Loyalty, and Devotion’ by Arthur Wardle R.B.C. R.I. (1864-1949).
The painting – which depicts a young Edwardian beauty with parasol surrounded by poppies and three faith...
Category
English School Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
L'estacade du quai de Southampton - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil - Jean Dufy
By Jean Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated post impressionist riverscape oil on canvas by French painter Jean Dufy. The piece depicts a view of a steam boat sailing on the estuary of the River Seine in Le Hav...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Couronne de Marguerite - French Belle Epoque Portrait Oil Painting Paris Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ by Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane (1857-1942).
The painting – which depicts a young French beauty wearing a crown of daisies – is signed by the artist and ...
Category
French School Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bethy at 4, Elizabeth Wallen, Portrait of a little Girl with a Doll
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Merton Grenhagen (American, 1878-1941)
Signed: Merton Grenhagen (Lower, Left)
" Portrait of Bethy at 4 ", 1927
(Study of Elizabeth Wallen)
Oil on Canvas
35" x 29"
Housed in a 5"...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Along the River" 20th Century American Colorful Oil Painting of Landscape Trees
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful depiction of a colorful landscape with puffed trees by the country side. For this beautiful depiction, we find distinct elements that are unique to the earlier works of O...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist: "Arabian Horsemen" dated 1903 André Chaumière
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Fantasia of Arabian Horsemen" dated 1903
André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX)
Oil on canvas
Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique
20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset Over the Field, Original Oil Painting by Swedish Artist Elias Erdtman
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting called "Sunset over the Field" by Elias Erdtman captures the serene beauty of lonely tree standing proudly in the foreground against a backdrop of a lush green meadow, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Early 20th Century Carmel Point Lobos and Monastery Beach Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, vibrant early 20th century seascape painting of Point Lobos looking toward Monastery Beach, Carmel by Rinaldo Cuneo (American, 1877-1939). Signed "Cuneo" lower right. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image, 11"H x 12"W.
Dubbed “The Painter of San Francisco." Well received at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. Born in San Francisco, California and raised in the North Beach area, Rinaldo Cuneo was a painter of landscape, still lifes, city views and muralist who, commissioned by the Federal Art Project adminstrators, painted murals in Coit Tower in San Francisco in 1934. His studio and cottage in San Francisco, later in his career, had a panoramic view of the bay from Telegraph Hill.
His family were painters including two of his brothers, Cyrus and Egisto Cuneo, and several family members were founders of the Tivoli Opera Company in San Francisco.
He served in the Spanish-American War and then studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Arthur Mathews and Gottardo...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Spanish landscape oil on board painting Spain painter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) - Spanish landscape - Oil on board
Oil mesures 11.5x19 cm.
Frame measures 22x28 cm.
Photographer and artist from Lleida trained at the "Círcu...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Lions
By Geza Vastagh
Located in Houston, TX
Vastagh, Geza (1866-1919) Well listed Hungarian artist. Unsigned 22 x 28. Oil on canvas, depicting a lion and lioness, one of his favourite subjects.
Expert's report on hand, circa ...
Category
Realist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Pebble Beach Surf Seascape by Abel Warshawsky
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Pebble Beach Surf Seascape by Abel Warshawsky
Significant and period early 20th century Plein Air seascape painting of crashing surf at Pebble Beach by listed Ca...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine (Cerisiers en Fleurs sur la Seine)"
Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Pastel on paper, circa 1920s
Signed l.l.
Circa 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (u...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera /// French Impressionist Etching Figurative Lady Man
By Tony Minartz
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Tony Minartz (French, 1873-1944)
Title: "L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera"
Portfolio: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1903
Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne, Paris, France
Framing: Not framed, but matted with 100% cotton rag matting from Holland, gold filet from Italy, and foam board backing. All archival
Matted size: 17" x 14.5"
Sheet size: 12" x 9"
Image size: 9" x 7.25"
Condition: In excellent condition
Notes:
Printed in one color: bistre.
This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community.
Biography:
Tony Minartz, pseudonym of Antoine Guillaume, born 8 April 1873 to Cannes and died in that city on 13 December 1944 Is a painter, draftsman , illustrator and engraver French.
Painter autodidact , Tony Minartz starts to become known in 1896 by exhibiting paintings at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts , and then decorates the Pompadour theater of painted panels for fashion shows " Grand Guignol ", directed by L. Darthenay. In 1903, Henri Béraldi , with whom he worked, praised him in The Journal of ancient and modern art, writing that "it was thirty years ago," and he has received advice from Paul Renouard to be formed the technique of etching ; Béraldi adds that his favorite subjects are "Paris at night Paris at night, always." Minartz also gives them some high-remarkable in The Journal of ancient and modern art until 1910: balls, cafe concerts, Parisian in their most beautiful dresses, but also music-halls, music halls, restaurants, large and small theaters, are the preferred settings of his compositions.
Its fertile period seems to end in 1914. In addition to the National Salon, Minartz exhibited in Paris at the gallery Bartholomew (1903), the Independent Living (1905, 1906) and the gallery Devambez (1909) and received the Academic Palms . He occasionally collaborates with periodic illustrated as The Almanac Sports (Ollendorff, 1899), or satirical as Gil Blas...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Intaglio, Laid Paper, Etching
"At the edge of the pond" by Cesar Bolle - oil on canvas 70x105 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life, Flowers in a Vase, Swedish Modernism. Oil on Canvas 1925
By Jules Schyl
Located in Stockholm, SE
A colorful still life painting of flowers in vase on a table by Jules Schyl, (1893 Copenhagen - 1977 Malmö). Signed and dated "Schyl XXV"...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The vocal lesson
Located in PARIS, FR
"The vocal lesson"
Pierrot's Getting His Cats To Sing
by Ernest Wante (1872-1960)
Sculpture in bronze with a dark brown patina
Signed "E. Wante" on the b...
Category
Other Art Style Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
Across the River by Sir David Murray
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir David Murray, R.A., H.R.S.A., R.S.W., R.I.
1849-1933 • Scottish
Across the River
Signed and dated D. Murray 1907 (lower left)
Signed and inscribed “Across the River/by David M...
Category
Academic Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
George Pearse Ennis (American, 1884-1936)
"Forging a Gun Tube #1...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
How They Met Themselves By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent
1856-1925 American
How They Met Themselves
Bronze
John Singer Sargent was among the most successful artists of his era. By the late 19th century, he was the m...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
Cubist Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938)
Portrait of Gabriele Varese (in Italian uniform), 1919
oil on canvas mounted on panel
116 x 90 cm
stamp signature
Exhibited:
Solo exhibition, Stockholm, Nov-Dec 1917;
The Royal Academy Stockholm 1973;
Åmells Konsthandel – En internationell kubist, Stockholm & London 2008
Hälsinglands Museum 2011
Millesgården – Dick Beer – Impressionist & Kubist, 2012
Provenance:
Within the family Beer until today
Dick Beer was born in 1893 in London as Richard Beer, the youngest of five brothers. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a watercolourist who was born in Stockholm and had left Sweden at the age of 17. John Beer instructed his sons in drawing and painting, among other things. A number of sketchbooks bear testimony to the boys’ talent.
Dick Beer’s parents died in 1906 and 1907. Barely 15 years old, Beer arrived in Sweden as an orphan. First he lived with relatives and finally he ended up at Reverend Laurell in Västergötland.
Dick Beer began his artistic studies at the Althin School of Painting in Stockholm in 1908 and continued at the Royal Academy of Arts in the autumn of 1910, but in September 1912 he broke off his studies and travelled to Paris. He rented a studio and enrolled at the Colarossi and Grande Chaumière academies.
In the summer of 1913, Dick Beer travelled to Pont-Aven in Bretagne in order to paint. In September the same year, he held his first solo exhibition in Stockholm which he gave the French title Exposition des tableaux de Bretagne et autour de Paris. The exhibition proved a success. Many of the paintings were executed in a light palette in a style inspired by the impressionists.
In 1914, Dick Beer undertook an extensive study trip to Italy, Tunis, Morocco and Spain, which resulted in canvases overflowing with colours and light. When the French army mobilised, he volunteered and was enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. In 1915 Dick Beer sustained severe head injuries in a grenade attack, which resulted in deafness and a nervous condition that would plague him for the rest of his life. Two of his brothers died the following year, fighting for the English army.
Dick Beer was hospitalised and convalesced at Château de Rochefort. Here he started painting again, in an impressionist style, a painting dominated by blue and green hues.
In 1918, Dick Beer married Ruth Öhrling, a dentist, and their son John was born later in the year. During this time, Beer began experimenting with cubist painting and created several large compositions, including the painting “The Arab Café”.
In the years that followed, Dick Beer was based in Paris, where he often moved house. He was instructed by André Lhote, who encouraged his students to work freely in the studio and provided them with individual critique. Beer often travelled to Bretagne or Provence. His artist friends came from all over Europe and included Amedeo Modigliani. Dick Beer exhibited fairly regularly in Paris between 1919 and 1934 and made a name for himself in French artist circles.
In the summers, Ruth regularly rented a house in the countryside, often at Lake Mälaren. She kept a large house with many models and friends and there was a lot of painting and discussions. In 1933, the couple divorced but Ruth still loved Dick and continued to support him financially for the rest of his life.
Dick Beer also exhibited in Sweden, albeit irregularly due to his failing health. In the 1920s and 1930s, Beer continued to pursue an expressionist painting with intense colours and unexpected perspectives, but eventually he veered towards more naturalistic forms, including a large number of nudes. He also painted several portraits of artists, politicians and writers.
In 1938, Dick Beer sojourned in Arles. The budding photographer Christer Strömholm...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Vintage Chinese Lithograph Advertisement Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
This commercial advertisement poster from 1930s Shanghai melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Large companies often presented posters such as this to their clients to commemorate the Chinese New Year. This poster depicts a young woman luxuriously...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Clio by Studio of Romanelli
Located in New Orleans, LA
Studio of Raffaello Romanelli
Early 20th Century Italian
Clio
Inscribed "Executé sous la Direction du Prof. Romanelli" (on base)
Marble
Clio, the muse of history from Greek mytho...
Category
Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Marble
Yangliuqing Longevity New Year Painting, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
Category
Folk Art Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Ink, Pigment, Paper
Charles Clair, Sheep Feeding In A Barn
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by French artist Charles Clair (1860-1930) depicts numerous sheep feeding in a stone barn.
Hailing from the picturesque rural area of Mars-sur-A...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stable Yard with Chestnut Horse and Dog Large beautiful Oil in Gold Frame
By Herbert St John Jones
Located in ludlow, GB
Herbert St John Jones, British artist, 1872-1939.
Born in 1872 in Shrewsbury, St John Jones moved to Nantwich, Cheshire, as a young child, and lived ther...
Category
Naturalistic Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Lincoln Velocity - Original Vintage Advertising on Paper - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Lincoln Vélocité is a beautiful double-sided sheet of original color illustrations realized at the beginning of XX century. A wonderful original French automobile advertisement for a...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Illustration Board
'La musique et les roses' by Dietz Edzard, (Bremen 1893 – 1963 Paris)
By Dietz Edzard
Located in Bruges, BE
Dietz Edzard
Bremen 1893 – 1963 Paris
German Painter
'La musique et les roses'
Signature: signed lower left ‘D Edzard’
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: ima...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant
English School, circa 1900
after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896)
oil painting on board, framed
board: 13 x 10 i...
Category
Pre-Raphaelite Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Une Escale au Brasil (A Stopover in Brazil)
Located in New York, NY
Charles Dufresne (1876-1938), Une Escale au Brasil (A Stopover in Brazil), etching and drypoint, c. 1920, signed in pencil lower right margin and inscribed “epreuve de artist” lower ...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Sale and Marketing Kiosk for P Cigarettes (Bauhaus) (20% OFF + Free Shipping)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Herbert Bayer
Sale and Marketing Kiosk for P Cigarettes (Verkauf- und Werbekiosk, Zigarettenmarke P ), 1924
Offset Lithograph
Year: 1994
Size: 33.2 × 23.2 inches
Publisher: Bauhaus A...
Category
Bauhaus Early 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
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