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Attributed to Markus Dinkel – Antique Watercolor Portrait of Girl from Zug – Zuger Trachtenmädchen

Attributed to Markus Dinkel – Antique Watercolor Portrait of Girl from Zug – Zuger Trachtenmädchen

Markus Dinkel ((Eicken 1762 – 1832. Bern) was a portraitist specialized in Swiss costumes. He is one of the so called Schweitzer Kleinmeister (the Swiss Little Masters), 18th and 19th Century artists who specialized in depictions of Swiss landscapes and traditional country lifestyles for Europe’s emerging bourgeoisie.

August 19 2010 | Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, Bedroom/Bath, Featured Fine Art, Fine Art, Paintings, Ski Chalet / Alpine Decor, Switzerland, Switzerland, Watercolor | Read More »

Vinzenz Daxelhofer (Dax) – “Reisen” (Traveling) – Mixed Media on Board

Vinzenz Daxelhofer (Dax) – “Reisen” (Traveling) – Mixed Media on Board

Mixed media on Board entitled “Reisen” (Traveling)
Dated 1989 on the reverse.
127 X 123 cm
Swiss artist Vinzenz Daxelhofer, known as Dax, was born in Bern in 1938.   He studied architecture at the ETH in Zürich, and painting with the Swiss artist Max von Mühlenen in Bern.  Early in his career (1965-1971), he  worked primarily as an [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in 20th Century, Featured Fine Art, Fine Art, Mixed Media, Paintings, Switzerland | Read More »

Canal Scene in Venice – Franco dei Rossi

Canal Scene in Venice – Franco dei Rossi

View of a Canal in Venice
Soft blues and rose tones in shimmering summer sunlight.
A native of Venice, Italy, Franco Dei Rossi trained at the Accademia art school in Venice and developed a signature style of soft-focus impressionist cityscapes of Venice.
Oil on Canvas mounted on wood.  Signed lower right
70 X 59 cm

May 24 2009 | Posted in 20th Century, Featured Fine Art, Fine Art, Italy, Living / Dining Room, Oil, Paintings, Post-Impressionist, cityscapes | Read More »

Hermann Scherer – Woodcut – Expressionist Hillside

Hermann Scherer – Woodcut – Expressionist Hillside

Woodcut Posthumously Printed from the Original Woodcuts and Artist’s Paper Stock. Limited Edition of 70.
Scherer was a founding member of the “Rot-Blau” group that formed around Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Davos in the early 20th Century and is considered one of the leading sculptors of the expressionist movement.

March 21 2009 | Posted in 20th Century, Expressionism, Featured Fine Art, Ski Chalet / Alpine Decor | Read More »

Lowell Nesbitt – Blue Iris

Lowell Nesbitt – Blue Iris

This original painting is a fine example of Lowell Nesbitt’s work. Like the work of the famous American painter Georgia O’Keefe, Nesbitt’s paintings explore the strong sexual symbolism of flowers.

March 20 2009 | Posted in 20th Century, Featured Fine Art, Fine Art, Oil, Paintings | Read More »

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