Portraits
Portraits
£12,950
'The Enchantress' by Nathaniel Sichel (1843-1907).
The painting - which depicts a dark-haired beauty wearing a crown of holly - is signed by the artist and hangs in a superb quality carved and gilded Orientalist frame. In Celtic mythology holly is the ruler of the darker half of the calendar year known as the White Realm, in other words winter. The holly berry is also a potent Pagan symbol of feminine sexuality.
- For a comprehensive account of the life and work of Nathaniel Sichel visit the News & Articles page.
Artists:
Nathaniel Sichel 1843-1907
£28,950
'Perdu dans la Poésie’ by Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)
The painting - which depicts a young Parisian society beauty reading beside an open window – is signed by the artist and presented in a fine quality gold leaf frame.
- A detailed look of the life and career of Alfred Stevens is now available at the News & Articles page of the Academy Fine Paintings website.
Artists:
Alfred Stevens 1823-1906
£29,950
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is listed and illustrated in the Catalogue Raisonné of the complete works of Jacques-Émile Blanche, a copy of which will be included in the sale. Wanda Zielinska sat for Blanche on several occasions between 1889 and 1897. Nicknamed Pouponne, she grew up to be a talented violinist.
- For a comprehensive account of the life and work of Jacques-Émile Blanche visit the News & Articles page.
Artists:
Jacques-Émile Blanche 1861-1942
£5,950
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ by Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane (1857-1942).
The painting – which depicts a young Parisienne wearing a crown of daisies – is signed by the artist and dated 1915. It hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Édouard Cabane studied in Paris with Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1838-1912) at the Académie Julian. He made his debut at the Salon in 1876 and ten years later won the first of three medals of distinction.
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ (the Daisy Crown) is typical of Cabane's portraiture which frequently features the diaphanous young women of the new century. His style might be described as a harmonious blend of the Academicism of Bouguereau and the freer bravura technique of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), with an added dash of melting sfumato for good measure.
Cabane also exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 and regularly showed his paintings at the Société des Artistes Français, to which organisation he was elected a full member in 1901.
Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition it can be for its age, having been professionally cleaned, conserved, and re-varnished. Clients should also note that fully insured international shipping is complimentary.
Dimensions: (framed) 52cm x 60cm (20½” x 23½”)
Dimensions: (canvas only) 39cm x 47cm (15½” x 18½”)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
Presentation: Fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Condition: Very good. Newly professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.
Artists:
Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane 1857-1942
£9,950
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915).
The painting – which depicts an English mediaeval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her love for Launcelot – is signed by the artist and dated 1891.
Norman Prescott-Davies studied at the Royal College of Art, Lambeth School of Art, and at Heatherley's. He then worked in London as a portrait and figure painter, especially in miniature, a discipline that well-suited his eye for detail and painstaking precision. Prescott-Davies’ technical exactitude and occasional choice of Arthurian subjects has prompted comparisons to the Pre-Raphaelite painters of a generation earlier, but the artist is more accurately placed with the ‘Olympian School’ of late 19th century painters of ancient Pompeian subjects such Lord Leighton and Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema.
Norman Prescott-Davies was elected Associate of the Royal College of Art in 1891, and a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1893 and of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1912. Today, works by Prescott-Davies are in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery and the Williamson Gallery & Museum in Liverpool.
Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition it can be for its age, having been professionally cleaned, conserved, and re-varnished. Clients should also note that tracked and signed for international shipping is complimentary.
Dimensions: (framed) 51cm x 64cm (20” x 26¼”)
Dimensions: (canvas only) 38cm x 51cm (15” x 20”)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
Presentation: Fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Condition: Very good. Professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.
Artists:
Norman Prescott-Davies RBA RCA 1861-1915
£9,950
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910).
The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition it can be for its age, having been professionally cleaned, conserved, and re-varnished. Clients should also note that tracked and signed for international shipping is complimentary.
Étienne-Adolphe Piot moved to Paris whilst still in his teens to study with the influential French artist and teacher, Léon Cogniet (1794-1880). Cogniet’s studio at this time would have been a thrilling place, populated by burgeoning talents such as Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911), and Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883), all of whom – with Piot – would become some of the greatest painters of the female form in the history of art.
Piot’s particular genius lay in his masterfully drawn and beautifully lit depictions of the female face, most frequently set against a dark background. As illustrated in the current work, his rendering of the human hand was as good as any artist of the period.
During his long career, in addition to the Paris Salon, Piot exhibited at the Goupil Gallery, the Exposition de Bordeaux, the National Academy of Design in New York, and the prestigious Exposition Universelle of 1889. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Société des Artistes Français.
Dimensions: (framed) 64cm x 72cm (25¼” x 28¼”)
Dimensions: (canvas only) 46cm x 56cm (18” x 22”)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Provenance: Circa 1990; with Haynes Fine Art of Broadway. Thence in private UK collection.
Presentation: Fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Condition: Very good. Professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.
Artists:
Étienne Adolphe Piot 1831-1910
Portraits
'The Enchantress' by Nathaniel Sichel (1843-1907).
The painting - which depicts a dark-haired beauty wearing a crown of holly - is signed by the artist and hangs in a superb quality carved and gilded Orientalist frame. In Celtic
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Artists:
Nathaniel Sichel 1843-1907
£12,950
'Perdu dans la Poésie’ by Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)
The painting - which depicts a young Parisian society beauty reading beside an open window – is signed by the artist and presented in a fine quality gold leaf frame.
A detailed
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Artists:
Alfred Stevens 1823-1906
£28,950
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is listed and illustrated in the Catalogue Raisonné of
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Artists:
Jacques-Émile Blanche 1861-1942
£29,950
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ by Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane (1857-1942).
The painting – which depicts a young Parisienne wearing a crown of daisies – is signed by the artist and dated 1915. It hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf
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Artists:
Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane 1857-1942
£5,950
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915).
The painting – which depicts an English mediaeval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her love for Launcelot – is signed by the artist and dat
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Artists:
Norman Prescott-Davies RBA RCA 1861-1915
£9,950
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910).
The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition
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Artists:
Étienne Adolphe Piot 1831-1910
£9,950