GentlemanCollector.comIlluminated Manuscript by the Spanish ForgerFor more information on this item, click through to GentlemanCollector.com Reference No.: 6Date:  More »

GentlemanCollector.comIlluminated Manuscript by the Spanish ForgerFor more information on this item, click through to GentlemanCollector.com Reference No.: 6Date: 1900Category: Paintings, Prints, Photos, and DrawingsLocation of Origin: Europe / EnglandPrice: 8000Medium/Materials: Illuminated Manuscript on VellumDimensions: Image - 6in (w) x 9in (h). Frame - 13in (w) x 15in (h)Description: The image is of a man with a lute playing to a woman in a tower as another woman emerges from a door in tower below. The image includes numerous desirable elements of medieval scenes, including: a beautiful female in fine costume, noble men engaged in a courtly encounters, and castles perched on promontories.Provenance: Additional Information: The name "Spanish Forger" derives from the fact that the majority of this artist's paintings and illuminated manuscripts were originally attributed to the painter and illuminator Jorge Inglis, who was active in Spain but may have been English. The identity of the Spanish Forger remains unknown, although he is believed to have worked in Paris around 1900. He did not simply copy other images, but created original compositions in a distinctive style that romanticized medieval life with figures commonly have high cheek bones small pursed lips and often tilt their heads at a slight angle. These images were avidly collected by institutions and private collectors alike and were exposed as forgeries around 1930, and in 1978 the Pierpont Morgan Library published a catalogue of his work (W. Voelkle with R. Wieck The Spanish Forger 1978 this leaf no L50). Now they are increasingly sold collected and even exhibited as his forgeries.   « Less

ORR oval gold leaf wood picture frame, with black & white female portrait photo. aged, excellent, 9" x 7" x 1.5" . Label mark, from ORR custom frame shop in San Diego. A  More »

ORR oval gold leaf wood picture frame, with black & white female portrait photo. aged, excellent, 9" x 7" x 1.5" . Label mark, from ORR custom frame shop in San Diego. A novelty and historical art !   « Less

Antique Portrait Painting Artwork, Victorian Lady Portrait Painting, Is Well Worth Every Penny! This is an exceptional antique portrait painting done in watercolors.  More »

Antique Portrait Painting Artwork, Victorian Lady Portrait Painting, Is Well Worth Every Penny! This is an exceptional antique portrait painting done in watercolors. Framed in the original antique wooden oval frame. Around the frame, there is metal detailing of roses. This is most likely a portrait painting of someone's family member of her time. Original glass cover. Wire hanger. Frame Measures: 15 3/4in. L by 13 3/4in. W. Overall great condition, especially for her age. One scratch above her shoulder about 3/4 of an inch. One nick on frame top upper left   « Less

OFF THE MARKET AT THIS TIME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Signed by Charles Allen Winter, Arabian Night, etched pastel portrait composition tile, (1869-1942), inscribed reverse.  More »

OFF THE MARKET AT THIS TIME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Signed by Charles Allen Winter, Arabian Night, etched pastel portrait composition tile, (1869-1942), inscribed reverse. Hand written, anon - Arthur Wiesenberger - Noor-ed-deen Botein. In ornamental composition wood, olive contrast glass covered frame. excellent aged, 14" h. x 12" w. Charles Allen Winter, of Cincinnati has museum references. His style Landscape, method illustration, painting - medium oil - pastel -. The subject- city scape, city views, coastal, figure - genere- landscape, marine, new york city view.   « Less

Portrait of a photographer M. Sherling, signed up right,oil/canvas, 17x23 inches, ( 23x27 framed) circa 1921. Another variant (now in State Russian Museum, SPB) is  More »

Portrait of a photographer M. Sherling, signed up right,oil/canvas, 17x23 inches, ( 23x27 framed) circa 1921. Another variant (now in State Russian Museum, SPB) is illustrated in “Portrays”, text by E. Zamiatin, M. Kuzmin, M. Babenchikov.Petropolis, Peterburg,1922. . Exhibited: “Faces of Russia”, February 2007, West Palm Beach International Art Fair, USA (illustrated on page 28 of the catalog). In American ats&crafts hand carved and guilt frame by Foster Brothers, Boston. More Russian antiques at www.Russianartsalon.com BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST Georges Annenkov was an Academy Award-nominated Russian-French artist, active in Russia, France, Germany, and Italy, also known as Yuri Annenkov in the 'Silver Age' of Russian art. He was born Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov on July 18, 1889, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka province, Russian Empire (now Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia), where his father, Pavel Annenkov, was serving his sentence in Siberian exile for his anti-Tsar activities. The Annenkovs belonged to Russian cultural elite, and were in the opposition to the Tsar's rule. Annenkov's grand uncle, also named Pavel Annenkov, was among the leading intellectuals of his time, he was the publisher of Alexander Pushkin. In 1892, Annenkov's father was forgiven by the Tsar, and young Annenkov with his parents returned to their ancestral home in St. Petersburg. There he attended the private gymnasium of Stolbtsov, then studied at the Law School of St. Petersburg University, but did not graduate. In 1909, Annenkov applied to the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, but was not accepted, because his anti-Tsar caricatures were published in Russian liberal magazines. In the 1900s, Annenkov met the famous Russian artist Ilya Repin, who was a neighbor of the Annenkovs in the St. Petersburg suburb of Kuokkala. Repin's art made a strong impression on young Annenkov, albeit he became interested in a more experimental and avant-garde movements. In 1909-1911, in St. Petersburg, he studied at the Stieglitz School of Art, and attended the drawing class of Saveli Seidenberg, where his classmate was Marc Chagall. In 1911 - 1913 Annenkov lived in Paris and studied painting with Symbolist artists Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. In the summer of 1912 he lived on the Atlantic coast of France, in Bretagne, there he made a series of drawings of fish and plants for the Department of Zoology at Sorbonne University. In 1913, Annenkov participated with his two paintings in the show at 'Salon des Independents', then he traveled and worked in France and Switzerland. Over the course of his artistic development, Annenkov absorbed a range of influences, from Russian Folk-style Lubok and Cubism of Pablo Picasso to Nabism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, and other Avant-garde movements, and created his own style called New Synthetism. Annenkov In 1914, when the First World War broke, he was back in St. Petersburg, Russia. There Annenkov worked for art magazines, and took part in several art shows. He made stage design for several stage productions at the Theatre of Komissarzkhevskoy, and also worked with the director Nikolai Yevreinov and his Theatre Krivoe Zerkalo (aka.. The Curved Mirror) in St. Petersburg. By 1917 Annenkov joined the Mir Iskusstva group of artists, where he met such leaders of Russian art as Alexandre Benois, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Yevgeni Lansere among others. During 1910s - 1920s, Annenkov was active as a book illustrator for such writers and poets as Alexander Blok, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Kuzmin, and Yevgeni Zamyatin among others. In 1918 Annenkov created his well known illustrations for "The Twelve" by Aleksandr Blok. After the Communist Revolution of 1917, Annenkov followed his democratic and liberal instincts and became associated with non-Bolshevik leaders, such as Leon Trotsky, Maxim Gorky, and Anatoli Lunacharsky. In 1918 - 1921, Annenkov made several large-scale, experimental and most avant-garde street decorations for mass shows and outdoor performances in St. Petersburg, Russia. On May 1, 1920, he staged an outdoor mystery show titled 'Liberated Labour Anthem' for the May Day Parade. That show started a tradition of grand-scale Soviet parades and street shows, for which Annenkov made the original designs, working with the group of such artists as Dobuzhinsky, Maslovsky, Kugel, and Shchuko. In the fall of 1920, Annenkov designed and directed a massive show 'Revolutionary Takeower of the Winter Palace' at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg. At that time, Annenkov invested his experimental ideas in such innovative stage productions as 'Gaz' by G.Keiser (1920) and 'The Mutiny of the Machines' by A. Tolstoy (1924) at Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg. Annenkov's design for 'The Mutiny of the Machines' was involving several consecutive stage sets with large-scale moving mechanisms symbolizing the domination of industrial technology over human life. Annenkov was among organizers of 'Segodnya' publishing house in St. Petersburg. In 1922, he published a book of his original portraits of eighty leading cultural and political figures of Russia of that time, such as Anna Akhmatova, Fedor Sologub, Yevgeni Zamyatin, Maxim Gorky, Boris Pasternak, and Leon Trotsky, V.I. Lenin, and Aleksandr Kerensky among many others. Annenkov's portraits show his mastery of blending several styles for better representation of complex, multi-faceted personalities of his famous sitters. In 1923 Annenkov collaborated with Kornei Chukovsky on the popular children books series, of which "Moidodyr" with illustrations by Yuri Annenkov had over 30 re-printings, and became one of the best known Russian books for children. In the summer of 1924, Annenkov emigrated from the Soviet Union together with his wife, actress and ballerina Elena (Helen) Galperi. He took part in the 1924 Venice art show, then worked in Berlin, Germany, and exhibited his art in several shows across Europe. Eventually he settled in Paris, France. He also made set designs for about 60 stage productions of operas, ballets, and dramas, in collaboration with such directors as George Balanchine, Léonide Massine, Bronislava Njinska, Michael Chekhov and Serge Lifar. He also made numerous portraits of such cultural figures as Maurice Ravel and Jean Cocteau, among others. In the 1930s Annenkov became involved in film productions. He first collaborated with such film directors as F.W. Murnau and Viktor Tourjansky. Georges Annenkov is best known for his costumes for Madame de... (1953), for which he earned an Academy Award-nomination for Best Costume Design, shared with Rosine Delamare. Annenkov's costumes and set designers had won him much critical acclaim, especially his costumes for Gérard Philipe in Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19), Les (1958) and Chartreuse de Parme, La (1948), among other films. Among his works for television was his lavish design for 'The Cherry Orchard', a 1959 WD production of the eponymous play by Anton Chekhov. From 1945 - 1955 Annenkov was president of the French Syndicate of Cinema Technicians. Annenkov's witty and bitter-sweet memoirs were published in Russian and French and had success among intellectuals in Europe. His book 'Journal of my meetings' (1966) was translated in several languages, albeit the book was banned in the Soviet Union, until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Georges Annenkov died of natural causes, aged 83, on July 12, 1974, in Paris, France, and was laid to rest in the Russian Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, in Paris, France. Georges (Yuri) Annenkov was married to Russian ballerina Elena (Helen) Annenkov (nee Galperi), who was also his Muse and inspirational model for numerous drawings, oil portraits, and design ideas for cinema. Annenkov's works are now in permanent collections of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, and in private collections and galleries across the world.   « Less

Original drypoint etching titled ‘Sous le Toit’ (literally Under the Roof, commonly referred to as ‘Attic Room’) by French artist Louis Justin Icart  More »

Original drypoint etching titled ‘Sous le Toit’ (literally Under the Roof, commonly referred to as ‘Attic Room’) by French artist Louis Justin Icart (1888-1950), appropriately signed and numbered. The picture portrays a young woman with curly brown hair who has just risen from sleep standing between a bed and a dresser on which is a clock, lamp and radio; her back to the viewer, she is standing on tip toes in pink high heeled slippers, wearing a very short full slip with one shoulder strap slipped off, peering out a window in the slant ceiling of her attic room. Behind her from the ceiling hangs a rectangular bird cage holding two small birds, also peering out the window.   « Less

Portrait in profile of Canada’s first Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Sir John A. MacDonald (1815-1987), etching on laid paper, 10 3/8” x 14 7/8”, signed and  More »

Portrait in profile of Canada’s first Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Sir John A. MacDonald (1815-1987), etching on laid paper, 10 3/8” x 14 7/8”, signed and inscribed from listed artist Frederick Bourchier Taylor (Canada, 1906-1987) ARCA, RCA, SPE, CSGA, to Craig Fraser, Assistant Crown Attorney, Hamilton, ON, Canada.   « Less

Gelatin silver print portrait of Right Honourable (Daniel) Roland Michener (1900-1991), as Governor General of Canada (1967-1973) and his wife Norah (Willis) Michener  More »

Gelatin silver print portrait of Right Honourable (Daniel) Roland Michener (1900-1991), as Governor General of Canada (1967-1973) and his wife Norah (Willis) Michener (?-1987) taken in front of the portrait of King George V, by renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh (Armenian, Canadian, 1908-2002), appropriately signed, and autographed by Roland Michener and Norah Michener in black felt-top pen.   « Less

Photographic portrait, colored black & white, of Dr. George Frederick Clarke (1883-1974) a dentist, author, historian, archaeologist, sport fisherman, and conservationist,  More »

Photographic portrait, colored black & white, of Dr. George Frederick Clarke (1883-1974) a dentist, author, historian, archaeologist, sport fisherman, and conservationist, taken at Harvey Studio, Woodstock, N. B..   « Less

Adorable watercolour on paper, 6 3/8″ h. x 10″ wide, depicting two young angelic children comfortably resting in bed cozily snuggled under the sheets, by listed  More »

Adorable watercolour on paper, 6 3/8″ h. x 10″ wide, depicting two young angelic children comfortably resting in bed cozily snuggled under the sheets, by listed Irish artist William Gillard (Ireland, b. 1812, fl. 1831-76) signed lower left .   « Less