A rare 17th/18th century European oil, of a Classical Figure on copper. Wonderful late renaissance period colours with 19th century gilt frame. 17.5cm x 14.5cm
18th century English school portrait of a Gentleman Pastel on paper on canvas. Resembling a young Captain Cook. C.1780 Framed – 41cm x 36.5cm
20th century French provincial farmyard oil on canvas. By J P Vezzeos 49 x 57cm I’m strongly considering re colouring the frame, or at least the oak mount, possibly gold touch the plaster frame. Years ago I wrote an article “To Frame or not to Frame” for Period Style Magazine, you can see on my website under Media. I often re frame, re colour existing frame or remove frame completely, as the painting doesn’t need anything to compete with its beauty. Usually on 17th century art. That’s just my personal taste. I was going to colour the oak mount to the same deep warm brown of the farm house. Then see whether to highlight the plaster frame or leave? One customer earlier today said, looks perfect as is! Maybe this has become more of a habit.. Such beautiful greens in this painting. Matching the 18th century English hepplewhite side chair. I often mix English chairs with French tables or vice versa. This just made me think of another story to write soon..
‘Upper reaches of the Avon River Gippsland’ Selling this unusually large 20th century Australian landscape for a friend. Peter Smales 1985 Oil on canvas/linen 75cm x 100cm Smales paintings were usually much smaller than this.
‘Bathers’ Oil by Gustav Michael Pillig Oil on canvas 67x51cm Gustav Michael Pillig 1877 Gelsenkirchen – 1956 Melbourne Studied around 1900 in Stockholm. From 1901 to 1908 at the Royal Academy in Berlin and alternately at the Düsseldorf Academy. Several monuments, including gravestones by his hand in Aachen, Essen, etc. Also the Hugo Schulze monument at the entrance to the miners’ school in Bochum. 1913 moved to Australia, exhibited in Sydney and Melbourne. Died in Melbourne in 1956.
Countryside Landscape Oil by Gustav Michael Pillig Oil on board 29x24cm Gustav Michael Pillig 1877 Gelsenkirchen – 1956 Melbourne Studied around 1900 in Stockholm. From 1901 to 1908 at the Royal Academy in Berlin and alternately at the Düsseldorf Academy. Several monuments, including gravestones by his hand in Aachen, Essen, etc. Also the Hugo Schulze monument at the entrance to the miners’ school in Bochum. 1913 moved to Australia, exhibited in Sydney and Melbourne. Died in Melbourne in 1956.
‘The Gatherer’ Oil on Canvas. 107x101cm A decorative antiqued visual montage of the artists favourite objects. The pretty girl has gathered a pomegranate and auricula flower from the display. Inspired by 18th – 19th century New England naive portraiture art. In foreground Auricula flowers in full bloom A wooden jardinier with overflowing magnolias A delftware blue and white urn and pomegranates. Finished with an antiqued glaze. 107 x 101 cm Oil on canvas 2022 Below, An unusual 19th Century French Fruitwood, Burr Elm and Oak Dough bin Resting on a Wide Kilim Hall Rug. ‘Ardabil’ North East Iran Wide Kilim Hall Rug First half 20th Century In good sound condition 4.8m x 1.36m Unusually large 18th Century blue and white, Dr Wall Worcester jug. I purchased this privately over 30 years ago. I’ve had in my private collection and used in many displays and advertisements over the years. A decorative 19th century English acanthus leaf styled stoneware jug. Unusually large 19th century Masons Ironstone mug (my private collection) Early 19th century English Masons Ironstone jug. Dated 1813.
‘Camille’ oil on canvas board ‘Camille’ – oil on canvas board Mali Moir Not for sale Commissions taken H.75cm W.115cm
‘HER KIND’ – HEIDI YARDLEY ‘Her Kind’ Solo Exhibition 31.08.11 to 24.09.11 Her Kind explores 19th century Spiritualism and its influence on the mystical renaissance of the 1960’s. Yardley’s small monochromatic paintings are reminiscent of the earliest forms of photography and its reproduction in postcard format. Suggestions of paranormal activity refer to the Spirit photography invented by William Mumler in 1860 where unexpected lights and apparitions of presumed ghosts sit alongside the living sitters. However, rather than appearing in Victorian costume Yardley’s figures resemble the free living characters of the 1960’s; the hippies, beats, nudists and New Agers. The paintings draw on print material and cinema of the 1960’s occult revival exemplified in the films of Kenneth Anger and Roman Polanski. Figures and scenes emerge luminous out of the inky sepia coloured oil paint paying homage to the paintings and etchings of the Symbolists such as Eugene Carriere and Fransisco Goya.
Buckmaster – Breaking Fog Stock AA1639 ‘Breaking Fog’ Goulburn River, Molesworth Ernest Buckmaster 1897 – 1968 Oil on canvas 61 cm x 72 cm
Children playing in field Stock AA1635 ‘Children playing in field’ Australian School Oil on canvas 20th Century 91.5 cm x 182 cm
Valerie O’Neill – Melbourne in Winter – 1980s Stock AA1218 ‘Melbourne in Winter’ Oil on Canvas 1980s Valerie Marie Therese O’Neill 14/9/1929 – 8/8/2010 Valerie was born on the 14 September 1929. She grew up in Wright Street, Middle Park, and attended the Brigidine Convent, Kilbride, on Beaconsfield Parade. As a young women she demonstrated prodigious artistic talent and studied under Archie and Amalie Colquhoun, contemporaries of Max Meldrum and later, at the National Gallery School under Sir William Dargie, eight times winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture.