Automotive mascots from the turn of the last century. All of these with a little color to them to go with the nickel plate and chrome. Selections from one of Bonham’s catalogues from a few months back.
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Decorative plant motifs, Band 1 of “Japanische Pflanzen-Ornamente”. A portfolio of prints that came out in 1890, probably somewhere in Germany though it doesn’t say. Collections of the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau.
Paintings of interiors with people who may not have been that dressed up. Belgian. David de Noter, artist. Living from 1818 to 1892, he was the son of artist Jean Baptiste de Noter. Exhibited at the Salon de Paris and the Brussels Salon.
Make your garden look ancient even if your house is brand new. Follies taken from “Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture,” which came out in 1816 and was written by H. Repton with the help of his son J. Adey Repton, F.A.S. Collections of the University of Wisconsin.
Landscapes, some with deserts and some with trees. A few people and animals. German. Painted by Friedrich Otto Georgi who lived from 1819 to 1874. Must have gone on a couple of painting trips judging by the locations painted.
Images of an Australia that isn’t coming back taken from George French Angas’ “South Australia Illustrated” which was published in London in 1847. Collections of the State Library of South Australia.
Egypt in a golden light from just a bit back painted by Swiss artist Johann Jakob Frey. Living from 1813 to 1865, Frey studied and painted in Italy. In 1842 he participated in the expedition of Karl Richard Lepsius to Egypt, Nubia and a part of Sudan and brought back many sketches that he created paintings from. These are some of them.
Pochoir prints from the 1929 work “Dessins. 20 Planches en Couleurs.” Published by A. Calavas in Paris, it consists of a portfolio with loose prints by various artists.
Off to the American countryside with American painter Marvin Cone. Living from 1891 to 1965, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. A life long friend of artist Grant Wood.
“Intervale” (Cloud Painting). 1934. Oil on canvas. Signed “Marvin Cone” on the lower left. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2002-2020 LiveAuctioneers and Hindman Auctions & Private Sales, Chicago. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/89625595_marvin-cone-american-1891-1964-interval-cloud
People out and about and having fun outdoors. If you look long enough, maybe you can go on the picnic too. American. Gifford Reynolds Beal, artist. Living from 1879 to 1956, he studied with William Merritt Chase.
