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belle epoque

This large and luminous original watercolor painting by the famous Belgian painter Frantz Charlet dates to the turn of the 20th centuty and features a serene pastoral mother and child figural scene. Charlet, a student of the Acadeémie de Bruxelles and l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, known for his portraiture, landscape and genre work. Along with a group of ten colleagues, Charlet founded Les XX in October 1883.

Tranquility

Artist: Frantz Charlet
Price:  Sold

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Tagged With: 1890s, 1900s, beaux arts, belle epoque, Frantz Charlet, french, pastoral
Added to Gallery: May 3, 2018

A large original pen & ink illustration by the important Belle Epoque era poster and book illustrator Louis Rhead. This likely was done for Harper’s or Century Magazine. A great large rendering in the Art Nouveau manner and a rare surviving original illustration work by the great New York based prolific and gifted illustrator and artist.

Art Nouveau Maiden in February

Artist: Louis Rhead
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, american, art nouveau, belle epoque, Louis Rhead, maiden, new york city, original illustration art, winter
Added to Gallery: December 4, 2017

A pair of interior illustrations in pen & ink by Louis Rhead, from the 1924 edition of Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge. The drawings are on 2 separate sheets of watercolor paper which were mounted on one illustration board by Rhead. Works are nicely matted and framed in a period dark oak quarter sawn mission oak frame.

Pair from Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Artist: Louis Rhead
Price:  $950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art nouveau, belle epoque, Louis Rhead, original interior illustration, poster design
Added to Gallery: December 4, 2017

A bewitching and highly detailed pen and ink rendering by Louis Rhead used in the 1915 book publication of Lorna Doone. Caption Reads ” Lorna and John Ridd before Sir Ensor Doone…. Fools you are be fools forever, said Sir Ensor Doone, at last.” Beautifully matted and framed in an antique period fine wood gilt lined frame.

Lorna & John Ridd Before Sir Ensor Doone

Artist: Louis Rhead
Price:  $950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, belle epoque, Louis Rhead, new york city, original interior illustration, poster design
Added to Gallery: December 4, 2017

This is an intriguing topical French magazine illustration depicting a decadent French woman enjoying five different forms of illumination as she goes through various stages of undress. Providing commentary on the onset of modernity in fin-de-siècle France through the metaphor illustrated mistress of the house who is seen with a broadening smile and increasingly confident demeanor as she lives with the at the time shockingly new conveniences, this is a bold and striking illustration by the controversial French cartoonist Gil Baer.

Fin De Siecle, Illuminated

Artist: Gil Baer
Price:  $950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, belle epoque, boudoir, cartoon, fin-de-siecle, french, Gil Baer, illustration, original illustration art, risque, satirical, Thomas Edison
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2017

A stunning early 1900’s vintage James Arthur Studios, L. Goddard style, mixed media illustration. This work was used as a calendar for the American Art Works Calendar Company; Coshocton Ohio. Verso tag seems to read Drickley Studios and is titled Girl With Basket of Flowers. A lovely Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque maiden who is delightful and colorful and rendered with great detail and skill. A rare surviving original calendar-used illustration from the early era of glamour art.

Girl with Basket of Flowers

Artist: Unidentified
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, American Art Works, art nouveau, belle epoque, flowers, maiden, original calendar art
Added to Gallery: December 10, 2016

A delicately rendered high society Belle Epoque turn of the century Venice Italy gondola scene . Most likely an interior illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, as Wright was a weekly contributor there. Wright was born in 1872 and a member of the National Academy. He founded an artistic community in Westport, CT, and his works are in numerous museums and galleries . He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, Davenports, the Artists Bluebook and The Illlustrator in America by Walt Reed.

Gondola in Venice

Artist: George Hand Wright
Price:  $1,950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, belle epoque, George Hand Wright, gondola, original interior illustration, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: April 29, 2016

A rare surviving pastel by the prolific and inventive early pin-up artist James Ross Bryson. Bryson defined Art Nouveau feminine beauty with his Edwardian views of corseted and lavishly attired, erotic, and bold anti-Victorian maidens. A staff artist for the Thos. D Murphy calendar co., his work also appeared on postcards, advertisements, and magazine covers. Bryson’s strong use of color, and stylized depictions of feminine glamour were heavily influential on art deco pastel artists like Rolf Armstrong, Earl Moran and Zoe Mozert.

Edwardian Beauty in Green

Artist: J. Ross Bryson
Price:  $7,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1900s, art nouveau, belle epoque, Edwardian, J. Ross Bryson, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up
Added to Gallery: March 11, 2016

Evoking Little Red Riding Hood with an ominous mood and maiden in brightly colored cape, this art nouveau winter-scape shows a determined maiden walking through a snow covered forest, a masterful example from belle époque artist extraordinaire Louis Rhead. Though Rhead, like many of the popular illustrators of the period, did illustrate a version of the […]

A Bountiful Harvest

Artist: Louis Rhead
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, belle epoque, Louis Rhead, maiden, poster design, winter
Added to Gallery: June 29, 2014

A large, Victorian era, original watercolor on illustration board by frequent LIFE Magazine illustrator, Charles Howard Johnson. This was most likely an interior, 2-page, color plate illustration for Truth Magazine. A stylized Belle Epoque, old world gondola scene. Nicely framed in a large, period, gesso wood frame.

Victorian Moon

Artist: Charles Howard Johnson
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, american, belle epoque, Charles Howard Johnson, fantasy, gondola, moon, seduction, Truth Magazine, victorian
Added to Gallery: May 4, 2009

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