Paintings, Prints & Sculptures
I will be posting a variety of paintings including oils, acrylics and watercolours. There will be more affordable prints and some sculptures posted here. Paintings will mostly be framed and prices will reflect the framing visible in the pictures.
#1119 Barry Owen Jones was a founder of the Coach House Gallery and a book designer and illustrator. He has works in private and public collections around the world. these etchings sell for 120 British Pounds, when available at the Coach House Gallery which is equivalent to about $210 Canadian. This particular one appears to be sold out.
#1120 This print was published in Canadian Scenery, London 1840-42. Bartlett lived from 1809 to 1854 and was a prolific illustrator. He is the illustrator of early 19th century Canada. This print has been hand coloured. The framed size is 32 x 35 cm. You can find other Bartlett prints here. You will note my price is about half of what they go for unframed – and this is framed. Would make a great gift for an Ottawa resident.
#1050 The scene is Via della Terra, Rovereto, Italy. On the back it is marked “unique piece engraved in relief and hand finished on precious metal.” Wonderful gift!
#1065 Titi Kwok is a well known artist in Malaysia. To learn about him you can visit his site. These two paintings are older examples of his work picturing a fishing village. They use traditional and modern techniques including Chinese brush painting. The price here is less than the cost of framing. There is some wear on the frames. The size, including the frame, is 36 cm square. Price is for both framed paintings.
#1093 These are two original watercolours of Quebec scenes. Quebec has long had a street where artists sell their work outside. I suspect these were sold there. Many artists selling their work on the street have since become famous. I cannot identify the artists as perhaps the signatures are hidden in the framing. The notes on the back date the framing to 1981. They measure 45.5 x 21.5 cm each.
#1095 The provenance behind this print is interesting. the back states that it was a gift from the president of the Canadian Teacher’s Federation, Jessie Norris, to John Robbins and his wife. Jessie Norris originally from Montreal, was President during the late 1930s so this would have been a new etching at the time. These were turbulent years for the Canadian Teachers’ Federation and she had headed an organization that was folded into the Federation in the1930s. She was pushed out herself later.
The recipient of the gift, Robbins, apparently was a geographer and a significant force in humanities organizations in Canada. He was instrumental to the founding of the Humanities Research Council of Canada in 1943 and he became Secretary Treasurer. This organization later became the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences which promotes research and teaching for the advancement of an inclusive, democratic and prosperous society.
I know little about the artist, Bouvray except that he or she produced a number of prints from scenes of France in the 1930s and had a considerable following in North America. The back identifies this print with the title “Bruges” which is a city in the Flemish part of Belgium. The city has many canals and has scenes like this. It is hard to tell if this chateau survived the second world war which came not long after it this print was made.
#1367 L’Opinion publique was a French language periodical in Canada in the 1800s that reproduced art prints. Read about these periodicals in Canada. The advent of these graphic newspapers came with a move from steel to wood engraving at high resolution. Large newspapers of the day competed to provide illustrations that could be kept. Illustrations were sold in black and white or were hand tinted like this one as an added value. While many of these are no more, these are often the sources of 19th century prints you see today.
This print, of the Notre Dame Basilica in Old Montréal was published in Vol. 1, no 19 (12 mai 1870), p. 149. The illustration as it appeared in black and white is listed in the Quebec archives here. It is well framed in wood and glass using archival material. The print itself is an original from the time, hand tinted and not a later copy. It measures 39 x 36.5 cm.
#1368 L’Opinion publique was a French language periodical in Canada in the 1800s that reproduced art prints. Read about these periodicals in Canada. The advent of these graphic newspapers came with a move from steel to wood engraving at high resolution. Large newspapers of the day competed to provide illustrations that could be kept. Illustrations were sold in black and white or were hand tinted like this one as an added value. While many of these are no more, these are often the sources of 19th century prints you see today.
This print, of barges on the river at Montréal was published in Vol. 10, no 29 (17 juillet 1879), p.342. The illustration as it appeared in black and white is listed in the Canadian archives here. It is well framed in wood and glass using archival material. The print itself is an original from the time, hand tinted and not a later copy. It measures 37 x 39 cm.
#1368 The Illustrated London News was a periodical in the 1800s that reproduced art prints. The advent of these graphic newspapers came with a move from steel to wood engraving at high resolution. Large newspapers of the day competed to provide illustrations that could be kept. Illustrations were sold in black and white or were hand tinted like this one as an added value. While many of these are no more, these are often the sources of 19th century prints you see today.
This print, was published on October 13, 1860 as a part of the coverage of the visit of the Prince of Wales (Later Edward the VI) to Canada that year. The illustration as it appeared in black and white is listed in the Wiki here. It is well framed in wood and glass using archival material. The print itself is an original from the time, hand tinted and not a later copy. It measures 45.5 x 25 cm.
#1370 Rudolph Ackermann was a well known print maker established in London on the Strand in the early 19th century. He had moved to England in 1787 and set up a coach-making shop in 1792. In 1796 he opened a drawing school and started selling art supplies and old master paintings.
In 1816 he began to publish lithographs. In 1832 he handed the business on to his sons who became Ackermann & Co. They traded at 106 the Strand until 1861. This family owned business still exists. Having a print from the early years of the family’s print making business is possible with this one made in 1840. The two Ackermann prints on this site are from their nautical series published October 1, 1840. The print with frame measures 42.5 x 34.5.
#1371 Rudolph Ackermann was a well known print maker established in London on the Strand in the early 19th century. He had moved to England in 1787 and set up a coach-making shop in 1792. In 1796 he opened a drawing school and started selling art supplies and old master paintings.
In 1816 he began to publish lithographs. In 1832 he handed the business on to his sons who became Ackermann & Co. They traded at 106 the Strand until 1861. This family owned business still exists. Having a print from the early years of the family’s print making business is possible with this one made in 1840. The two Ackermann prints on this site are from their nautical series published October 1, 1840. The print with frame measures 42.5 x 34.5.
#1561 The print is of a Mughal painting, Royal Horse and Runner, from the 16th century. The original is in the collection of the Met. This print was made mid century. It measures 61 x 47 framed.
#1096 This print was published by Henry Overton Other attributions are Pierre-David Morier and Bowles and son. Close examination of the print which is behind glass under magnification shows the laid paper and overpainting of the colour on the black and white print as was done at the time. This is not a modern reproduction. Similar prints by Bowles and Overton have been sold for 350 British Pounds (roughly $700).
The scene is Schloss Charlottenburg palace. The print was made during the time of Fredrick the Great and much construction was adding more to the palace than what is seen here. As well there has been damage and rebuilding so it does not look the same today as it did then. You can see the wiki about this amazing building. The print measures 55 x 43 cm.
#1097 This is the second of my antique Bowles prints. This print was published by Henry Overton Other attributions are Pierre-David Morier and Bowles and son. Close examination of the print which is behind glass under magnification shows the laid paper and overpainting of the colour on the black and white print as was done at the time. This is not a modern reproduction. Similar prints by Bowles and Overton have been sold for 350 British Pounds (roughly $700).
The scene is of the Tuileries Palace (Thuillieres). This was the palace normally the French monarchs stayed in from the time of Henry IV to Napoleon the III. It was destroyed by revolutionaries in 1871 and the Louvre nearby was just barely saved having lost a major gallery, the Richelieu Library. The print measures 55 x 43 cm.
#1098 This painting is by Florence Wilkins Furst. It is like many of her nautical coastal themes. Florence Wilkins Furst was born in 1885 in Delavan, Wisconsin. She studied at Rockford College in llinois with George Oberteufer, Ivan Olinsky, Violet Oakley, and Lucie Hartrath. She also studied in Paris. She was a member of the Chicago Art Club, the Rockford Art Association, the Studio Guild, the American Artists Professional League, and the National Arts Club, and she exhibited at the Chicago Art Club; Allied Artists of America; Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933; Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida; New York Public Library; Springfield Illinois Museum of Art; and the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.
She won awards at the All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts (gold); the Rockford Art Association in 1936; and the Palm Beach Art League 1939. Her work is found in the State Museum in Springfield, Illionis. She died in 1955 in Freeport, Illinois. The framed size is 40 x 35 cm.
#1118 Artists in Haiti recycle steel from drums previously used to transport oil and other materials into art. This site shows you how they do it. This one is signed by artist, Johnson Augustin. The artwork in this example is intricate and detailed. The subject is a popular one, the tree of life. It measures 43 x 43 cm. The result is a beautiful, unique, hand made piece of wall art.
#1358 This is a fine, signed example of Polish naïve folk art sculpture. This artist is a listed polish artist known for sculptures like this. It measures 10 x 10 x 32 cm.
#1212 This is a museum reproduction quality piece from the Michelangelo Studio in Florence, Italy. You can learn about the artist by going to the site of the Canova museum where the model for this sculpture is kept. This sculpture is called “Dancer With Finger on Chin.” Copies of this sculpture are in museums around the world including in Washington DC and Berlin. There is another sculpture by Canova simple called “Dancer.” The Canadian National Art Gallery has this one in its collection. The size of the one I am offering is 17.5 x 5.5 cm.
#1302 Franc van Oort was born in Soest, Holland, in 1953. From 1972-1975 Franc attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Shortly afterwards, Franc met his future wife Sylvia, whom he followed to Canada, taking printmaking courses at Concordia in Montreal, and depicting new and interesting scenery. Returning to Holland he took a job teaching art at his old high school.
After two years however, he decided that teaching was not his calling, and turned his attention to illustrating, watercolour painting, and etching. Franc and his family, meanwhile augmented with daughter Linda and son Marcel, emigrated to Canada in 1985. Franc spent many years attending craft shows in Ottawa, Kingston, and Toronto, and exhibiting his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries across Ontario. Far from slowing down, Franc continues to add to his oeuvre of over three hundred etchings, remaining as enthusiastic as ever about his art. Please visit his website here.
#1359 Two small well done, vintage Quebec wood carvings measuring 11 x 3 x 2.5 cm. It seems whatever was written on the bottom has rubbed off. Price is for the pair.