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Intriguing 1930 Self Portrait of Hungarian Artist Mihaly Erdelyi with Two Women

Intriguing 1930 Self Portrait of Hungarian Artist Mihaly Erdelyi with Two Women

Striking art deco self portrait of the Hungarian artist Mihaly Erdelyi with the figures of two women in the background.

June 28 2010 | Posted in 20th Century, Art Deco, Oil, Paintings, Portraits | Read More »

Alexandre-Louis d’ Albert-Durade: Portraits of Henri and Pierre Albert Rigot

Alexandre-Louis d’ Albert-Durade: Portraits of Henri and Pierre Albert Rigot

Alexandre-Louis d’ Albert-Durade
(Swiss, 1804-1886)
Alexandre-Louis d’Albert Durade was a Genevan portraitist who also served as the Director fo the Athénée Museum.  Among his best known works is a portrait of the British novelist George Eliot, who stayed with the artist during her travels through continental Europe in the mid-19th Century.
Portraits of the brothers Henri [...]

June 8 2010 | Posted in 19th Century, Oil, Portraits, Switzerland | Read More »

Gabrielle Debillement-Chardon – Portrait of a Young Woman

Gabrielle Debillement-Chardon – Portrait of a Young Woman

Portrait of a young woman with a blue headband bedecked with flowers. Dated July 1946. The French artist Gabrielle Debillement-Chardon (1860? – 1957) specialized in miniatures and paintings of beautiful young women. She was also the author of a book on the art of painting miniatures on ivory.

February 11 2010 | Posted in 20th Century, Bedroom/Bath, Drawings, Fine Art, France, Portraits | Read More »

Verena Broger – Portrait of a Swiss Peasant from Appenzell

Verena Broger – Portrait of a Swiss Peasant from Appenzell

Charming portrait of a Swiss peasant smoking a pipe by the Swiss folk art artist Verena Broger.

January 18 2010 | Posted in 20th Century, Fine Art, Folk Art, Naive Art, Oil, Paintings, Portraits, Ski Chalet / Alpine Decor, Switzerland, Switzerland | Read More »

Portrait of a Swiss Farmer Smoking a Pipe

Portrait of a Swiss Farmer Smoking a Pipe

Beautiful early 20th Century watercolor of a Swiss farmer in profile smoking a pipe as he leans on a fence. We do not know the author of the work. It is signed A.J.M. lower right. Dimensions: 22 X 25 cm.

April 30 2009 | Posted in 20th Century, Fine Art, Paintings, Portraits, Ski Chalet / Alpine Decor, Switzerland, Watercolor | Read More »

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