Month: December 2019

Interiors in glorious detail, painted by Russian Parisian Alexander Serebryakov who was also a decorator. Must be why the details are so well done. Lived from 1907 to 1995. Grand nephew of Alexandre Benois who did much design work for the Ballets Russes.

"Interior of Serge Ivanoff’s studio in Paris." 1944.
“Interior of Serge Ivanoff’s studio in Paris.” 1944. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2019 MCH Group | Curiator. Fair use license. via https://curiator.com/art/alexandre-serebriakoff/interior-of-the-studio-serge-ivanov-in-paris
"Small Dining Room, Château de Sainte Mesme." 1983.
“Small Dining Room, Château de Sainte Mesme.” 1983.© Estate of the artist. Image © 2019 MCH Group | Curiator. Fair use license. via https://curiator.com/art/alexandre-serebriakoff/small-dining-room-chateau-de-ste-mesme
"The Dining Room, Château de Sainte Mesme." No date.
“The Dining Room, Château de Sainte Mesme.” No date. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2019 MCH Group | Curiator. Fair use license. via https://curiator.com/art/alexandre-serebriakoff/the-dining-room-chateau-de-ste-mesme
"Red Room of the Castle of Saint-Meme." 1981.
“Red Room of the Castle of Saint-Meme.” 1981. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2019 MCH Group | Curiator. Fair use license. via https://curiator.com/art/alexandre-serebriakoff/le-salon-rouge-du-chateau-de-sainte-mesme-red-room-of-the-castle-of-sa

Very well dressed princelings, painted by Jean Ranc. Living from 1674 to 1735, he was a French painter who mostly painted portraits. Serving in the French court, after Louis XIV’s grandson became king of Spain he painted there.

"El infante don Felipe de Borbon y Farnesio." 1725.
“El infante don Felipe de Borbon y Farnesio.” 1725. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Cc0 License 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felipe_I_de_Parma_en_su_infancia,_por_Jean_Ranc.JPG
"María Ana Victoria de Borbón, niña." July-December, 1725.
“María Ana Victoria de Borbón, niña.” July-December, 1725. Collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ranc_-_Mar%C3%ADa_Ana_Victoria_de_Borb%C3%B3n.jpg
"Fernando VI of Spain." 18th c.
“Fernando VI of Spain.” ca. 1723. Oil on canvas. Image © 2019. Museo Nacional del Prado. Fair use license. via https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/ferdinand-vi-as-a-boy/fc121d71-6460-48dd-ab1d-5ecd903fa888

More from the top of the world, these in summer. Norwegian. Harald Sohlberg, artist (1869-1935). Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design of Christiania he was a Neo-romantic painter.

"Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress." 1913.
“Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress.” 1913. Collection of Akershus Fortress, Oslo. Image ©2019 Creative Boom Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/painting-norway-celebrates-one-of-the-greatest-masters-of-landscape-painting-in-the-history-of-norwegian-art/
"Flower Meadow in the North." 1906.
“Flower Meadow in the North.” 1906. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Artwork in the public domain due to age. Image ©2019 Creative Boom Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/painting-norway-celebrates-one-of-the-greatest-masters-of-landscape-painting-in-the-history-of-norwegian-art/
"Modne Jorder" (Ripe Fields). No date. Oil on canvas.
“Modne Jorder” (Ripe Fields). No date. Oil on canvas. Signed “Sohlberg” on the lower right. Titled in Norwegian on the back. Image © 2019 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/19th-century-european-paintings-2/harald-sohlberg-modne-jorder-ripe-fields

Mountain pictures that mostly look cold, by Austrian artist Bruno Hess who lived from 1888 to 1949. All of them calling for mittens and snow pants.

"Entrance to the Gesäuse." 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
“Entrance to the Gesäuse.” 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Stamped “The Alps Mirrored over the Centuries in Painting and Prints”on the back. Inscribed”Bruno Hess Gesäuse-Eingang Frau Hess Salzburg Römergasse” in handwriting. Image © 2019 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Fair use license. via https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/4417879/
Panorama of the Zell am See in Salzburg, Starzerhaus auf dem Gundstein. Vintage postcard.
Panorama of the Zell am See in Salzburg, Starzerhaus auf dem Gundstein. Vintage postcard. Image © akpool.co.uk. Fair use license. via https://www.akpool.co.uk/postcards/27290129-kuenstler-postcard-hess-bruno-zell-am-see-in-salzburg-starzerhaus-auf-dem-gundstein-panorama
"In the Sulzkar." 1933. Oil on board.
“In the Sulzkar.” 1933. Oil on board. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-In-the-Sulzkar———/4E72367C754B8DD7

Flower pictures. Austrian, by graphics artist Hugo Noske (1886-1960). All in orange-red.

Still life. No date.
Still life. No date. © Estate of the artist. Image © Galerie Jacobsa. Fair use license. via https://www.jacobsa.de/buy-art-online-our-latest-works/hugo-noske-still-life-2.html?language=en
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“Christmas Cactus.”ca. 1920. Colored woodcut. Signed in pencil on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © The Annex Galleries. Fair use license. via https://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/detail/14821/Hugo-Noske/Christmas-Cactus
Tigerlily. No date. Colored woodblock.
Tigerlily. No date. Colored woodblock. © Estate of the artist. Image © New England Art Exchange. Fair use license. via https://www.neartexchange.com/artist/hugo-noske

Still lifes of fruit by American artist Charles Ethan Porter. Living from 1847 to 1923, he was one of the first African Americans to exhibit at the National Academy of Design in New York City where he had also studied art.

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Untitled. (Bowl of Cherries). ca. 1890. Oil on canvas. Image © Michael Rosenfeld Art. Fair use license. via https://www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/artists/charles-ethan-porter-1847-1923/selected-works/4
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Untitled (cracked watermelon). ca. 1890. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fair use license. via https://hyperallergic.com/527270/the-story-of-charles-ethan-porter-an-african-american-still-life-painter/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20122619%20-%20New%20Little%20Women&utm_content=Daily%20122619%20-%20New%20Little%20Women+CID_432d052f05c19298a02ce78f91785f59&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=The%20Story%20of%20Charles%20Ethan%20Porter%20an%20African%20American%20Still-Life%20Painter
"Still life with Corn." ca. 1880.
“Still life with Corn.” ca. 1880. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fair use license. via https://pixels.com/featured/still-life-with-corn-charles-ethan-porter.html
"Strawberries." 1888.
“Strawberries.” 1888. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/3348368672

Plates of architectural décor used at the Castel Béranger, an Art Nouveau era apartment building built in Paris in the late 1890s. Taken from the 1898 work by Hector Guimard “Le Castel Béranger,” Guimard having been the architect. French. Collections of the Wolfsonian-FIU Rare Books and Special Collections Library in Florida.

"Plan de la mosaique du Vestibule (second corps de batiment)." Plate 28, figures 1-7.
“Plan de la mosaique du Vestibule (second corps de batiment).” Plate 28, figures 1-7. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF048832/00001/40?search=hector+%3dguimard
"Detail de l'encorbellement du bow-window sur grande cour (Second corps de batiment)." Plate 17.
“Detail de l’encorbellement du bow-window sur grande cour (Second corps de batiment).” Plate 17. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF048832/00001/29?search=hector+%3dguimard
"Entree principale de I'immeuble." Plate 4.
“Entree principale de I’immeuble.” Plate 4. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF048832/00001/thumbs?search=hector+%3dguimard

Selected images from the “Majolica box of designs,” a folio in the collections of the Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Majolica design. No date.
Majolica design. No date. Image © The Minton Archive. Fair use license. via http://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_2_109
Design number 28, G23. No date.
Design number 28, G23. No date. Image © The Minton Archive. Fair use license. via http://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_2_109
Design number 79. No date.
Design number 79. No date. Image © The Minton Archive. Fair use license. via http://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_2_109
Design. No date.
Design. No date. Image © The Minton Archive. Fair use license. via http://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_12_1_2_109

Ladies from the 1830’s dressed to kill. French. Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet, artist (1791-1834). Mostly doing portraits, he also liked to sketch various national and military costumes.

La Duchesse de Berry dans son grand salon du pavillon de Marsan au palais des Tuileries , Paris, salon de 1827, Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonnet
“La Duchesse de Berry dans son grand salon du pavillon de Marsan au palais des Tuileries.” 1827. In the public domain due to age. via http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2019/12/two-ladies-two-gentlemen.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&ut
Portrait with a tartan sash, presumably of a Scottish lady. No date.
Portrait with a tartan sash, presumably of a Scottish lady. No date. via http://www.findartinfo.com/english/art-pictures/4/150/0/Painting/page/4522.html
"Queen Victoria when a Girl." Signed and dated 1832.
“Queen Victoria when a Girl.” Signed and dated 1832. Commissioned by King William IV. Image © Royal Collection trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/407006/queen-victoria-1819-1901-when-a-girl

Off to the seaside for a holiday just a wee bit back. English. Ernest Procter, painter. Living from 1885 to 1935, he also did illustrating and taught at the Glasgow School of Art. Married to artist Dod Procter.

"On the Beach at Newlyn." 1919.
“On the Beach at Newlyn.” 1919. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “ERNEST PROCTER. 19” on the lower right. Image © 2019 Sothebys. Fair use license. via http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.81.html/2007/victorian-edwardian-l07132
"Beach Scene." 1925.
“Beach Scene.” 1925. Oil on canvas. Image via wikigallery.org. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_233203/Ernest-Procter/Beach-Scene%2C-c.1925
"Aeroplane Chairs." No date.
“Aeroplane Chairs.” No date. British. Oil on canvas. signed “ERNEST/PROCTER” on the lower right. Signed and inscribed “Aeroplane Chairs/Ernest Procter/Newlyn PZ” on the back. Image © Bonhams 2001-2019. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21769/lot/49/