Etienne Ret

Etienne Ret Mixed Media Portrait of a Newsboy C.1974

1974

Samuel Seeberger Portrait of Louise Marie de France after Jean-Marc Nattier Oil on wood panel No visible signature 11.5 x 15.5 unframed, 15.5 x 19.5 framed

19th century male portrait, painting Oil on canvas No visible signature, 25 x 30 unframed

19th century French Portrait of Matron Oil on Aluminum No visible signature 10 x 12.5 unframed, 15.5 x 18 framed

Paul Schouten (1860-1922) Portrait painting of elderly gentleman with beard Oil on board 9 x 12 unframed

19th century female portrait, painting No visible signature Oil on canvas 23.25 x 30 unframed

Monumental mid-19th century oil portrait of two siblings Stunning museum quality original oil painting of a brother and sister with marbles...

'Sailors in the Port of Nice', mixed media - gouache, pastel and oil on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The Port of Nice is one of the key hubs of Nice and, in fact, of the...

Condition: This painting is in great condition. Provenance: Direct from the artist. Artist Statment: This country has always felt to me like an out of control experiment. A fiction ...

Condition: This painting is in great condition. Provenance: Direct from the artist. Artist Statment: This country has always felt to me like an out of control experiment. A fiction ...

Artist Statment: This country has always felt to me like an out-of-control experiment. A fiction that became a manifestation. As a people we seem to embrace a superficial fantasy of ...

Gold & Despair is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece "The Woman In Gold", also known as The Mona Lisa of Austria. Having admired the symbolic art of Klimt since my working days as a fine art restorer at Vienna’s prestigious Conservation Institute (Bundesdenkmalamt) in the 1980’s, I conceived the idea to recreate the jewel of his gilded period with an interpretive lens on the looming darkness of the Holocaust and World War II. As a native of Austria, Salzburg, I have developed an appreciation for Klimt’s art, and Art Nouveau in general. For the last thirty years, I have lived in New York City and worked as a fine art restorer, conservator, and painter as well as in the healing arts. Klimt had executed The Woman in Gold in the span of four years (1903-1907). My own creative process during 2014-2017, reflects my diligent care and thoroughness in rendering the original painting. In 2014, I started with the preparation of the canvas using Klimt’s original size of 54 x 54 inches (167 x 167 cm). For gesso, I used the traditional method of rabbit skin glue and chalk. For the painting, I used oil paints and genuine 23.5 karat gold in various shades, as well as silver leaves, to magnify the brilliant sheen of Klimt’s gold...

Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...