Oil on wood panel, 8" x 10" and 16" x 18" in the custom gilt frame. Signed lower left and dated '82.. Biography courtesy of askart.com:Born September 1, 1823, in Nimjegen, Holland, Arnold Wydeveld became a still life and genre painter known primarily for fruit and floral still lifes. He also did numerous depictions of fish from the 1870s.
His original Dutch name was Arnoldus. His parents were Evert Andries van Weydevelt and Hendrina Emmerik. He had a brother Henri, whose son Hendrikus Theod... Click for details
Oil on canvas, each approx. 4" diameter image size, framed: 9" x 7"--one with initials of artist, note Provenance: bearing original labels for Arthur Ackermann and Son, INc., NY "Original oil painting by J. N. Sartorius
Oil on canvas, approx. 43" x 53"--by family descent in the Selby-Lowndes family, Provenance: sold previously as a Gilbert Jackson at Christie's London, July 1982. 58" x 65" framed.
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20" x 30" image size and 26" x 36" in the frame. Titled "Adam and Eve"
Bio from Owen Gallery: Arthur Bowen Davies, the fourth of five children, was born in Utica, New York. His first formal art training was at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1880s. By the end of the decade, Davies moved to New York City and began exhibiting his artwork.
He was one of eight artists included in the landmark exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery in 1908. The show w... Click for details
Watercolor on paper laid down, signed and dated "Roma '71" 10 3/4" x 14 1/4" image size and the frame is about 14" x 18"
Biography:
Cesare Auguste Detti,(1847-1914)
Cesare Auguste Detti was born on Spolete, Italy December 28, 1847 and died in Paris May 19, 1914. He is considered a historical and genre painter from the Italian school. He developed a worldwide reputation for his brilliant 19th century costume paintings.
Detti received his formal education at the l’Academie de Saint-Luc... Click for details