Leo Primavesi

Art Nouveau Ornament with Women

c. 1898

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Striding Neapolitan, 1896, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: Lower right signed: "Leo Primavesi". Lower right dat...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Heartfelt pleading Neapolitan, 1896, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: monogrammed and dated in the centre left: ...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): The blue hour Violin players studying music, 1899, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Paper Inscription: Lower right monogrammed: "LF"....

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Sewing in Silence, c. 1890, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Date: c. 1890 Keywords: Woman, Portrait, Handicraft, Sew, Lamp,...

Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Study of the garment on a reclining female nude, 19th century, Pencil Technique: White heightened Pencil on Paper Date: 19th century Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Verso: Indication of a female nude study to the left; numbered: 12"" Keywords: Robe study, antique drape...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Portrait of his wife Vera, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Inscription: lower left with estate stamp Date: 2...

Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...

Oscar Wilson. English ( b.1867 - d.1930 ). The Lady of the Lake. Watercolor and Ink on Paper. Signed. Image size 17 inches x 10.2 inches ( 43cm x 26cm ). Frame size 23 inches x 16....

Complex Art Nouveau patterns intertwined with gracefull figures define this work by American Artist and illustrator, teacher and lecturer Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Signed in cartouc...

Four Balinese, 1910 Signed and dated bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 15.6 x 23 cm In ebonized frame with white mount. Literature: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, Zwerftochten op Bali, Amsterdam, 1910, p. 36 WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP (1874-1950) Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way. He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths. In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art...

Market under the Banyan tree, 1937 Signed with initials and dated bottom right Pencil and ink on paper, 28 cm x 34.5 cm Literature: Bruce W. Carpenter, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First ...

Incoming rain, Den Pasar, Bali 1937 Signed with initials, dated and titled, bottom right Black chalk and ink on paper, 42 by 46 cm Literature: Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W.O...