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[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King” amount=”3500.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Parisian Victorian Maiden by Hamilton King This is a fabulous, turn of-the-last-century, large pastel on tinted artist’s paper by the prolific American illustrator Hamilton King. In this portrait a Parisian Victorian beauty in a large plumed hat stylishly traverses through […]

Parisian Victorian Maiden

Artist: Hamilton King

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1900s, Edwardian, french, Hamilton King, Norman Platnick, paris, pastel, victorian
Added to Gallery: September 9, 2020

Reading Victorian Maiden with Kitten with Hamilton King This is a fabulous, dated 1901, large format pastel on tinted artist paper by the prolific American illustrator Hamilton King. In this portrait a bookish Victorian beauty in a large plumed hat catches up on her reading with a little kitten at her side. The pastel is […]

Reading Victorian Maiden with Kitten

Artist: Hamilton King

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: cat, Edwardian, Hamilton King, Norman Platnick, pastel, victorian
Added to Gallery: July 26, 2020

Victorian Cover Art by Archie Gunn This is a large format and racy (for the times) Victorian cover illustration for the long-running weekly periodical Truth Magazine. Created by illustrator Archie Gunn, this appeared as the cover for the January 13, 1894 edition with a title of “How Those Girls Love One Another”. Two girlfriends are […]

How Those Girls Love One Another

Artist: Archie Gunn

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, Archie Gunn, Calendar, Cover Art, gouache, Norman Platnick, original illustration, Truth Magazine, victorian, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

Maiden illustration by Carle Blenner This original oil on canvas painting by the German – American portrait artist and illustrator Carle Blenner shows a flushed and erotically charged image of a brunette Victorian maiden. This work is beautifully executed–the subject’s gaze is mesmerizing, her skin tones are spectacular, and we love the stylish hair pin […]

Lovely Maiden Looking Over Her Shoulder

Artist: Carle J. Blenner

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Calendar, Carle J. Blenner, Edwardian, Norman Platnick, oil painting, victorian
Added to Gallery: June 17, 2020

Original Victorian artwork by Arthur John Elsley. An early offering from the artist who would become famous for his idyllic genre scenes.

Maiden with Lamb

Artist: Arthur John Elsley

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1880s, Arthur John Elsley, Edwardian, illustration, lamb, victorian
Added to Gallery: September 24, 2018

    On offer is a spectacularly erotic French pre-pin up portrait of a Victorian redheaded maiden in very low cut gown by Henri Rondel. The artist was known for his sumptuous portraiture that juxtaposed the refined faces of French beauties with states of shocking undress. This example was acquired by the Osborne Art Company […]

Provocative Pre-Pin-Up Redheaded Beauty

Artist: Henri Rondel

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: art nouveau, erotic, french, Osborne Calendar Co, victorian
Added to Gallery: July 11, 2018

A richly layered painting by the renowned early 20th century American Illustrator Arthur Ignatius Keller, depicting the climactic romantic scene from Emerson Hough’s bestselling 1909 novel 54-40 or Fight. Keller was a prominent artist whose work was sought after by many of the leading authors of the day. He was known for his mastery of light, texture and feeling, and this rare frontispiece painting displays his stunning prowess and talent.

54-40 Or Fight

Artist: Arthur Keller

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, Arthur Keller, Emerson Hough, fine art, illustration, original interior illustration, romantic, victorian
Added to Gallery: May 3, 2018

Willy Müller-Gera (1887-1981) was a German artist and illustrator whose work is visible in museums across Europe. Müller-Gera is known for his etchings and landscapes of the pastoral German countryside as well as apocalyptic renderings such as this work. Titled Faun this is an unusual finely detailed artwork in a modernist, art deco, avant-garde aesthetic. Nicely framed in a period art deco antique frame and ready to enjoy.

Faun

Artist: Willy Müller-Gera

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, avant-garde, faun, german, modernist, nymph, seduction, victorian, Willy Müller-Gera
Added to Gallery: June 19, 2017

A moving and large Victorian era interior illustration presumably for the old LIFE magazine. An original grisaillle illustration by noted American illustrator C. Clyde Squires (1883-1970).

Victorian Mourning Interior Scene

Artist: C. Clyde Squires

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1910s, american, C. Clyde Squires, LIFE, mourning, original interior illustration, victorian
Added to Gallery: March 13, 2016

Henry Hutt created this whimsical Victorian winter scene painting for publication in Century magazine.  The image shows three demure maidens delighting in the gentle fall of snowflakes in an unexpected Christmas blizzard. The Chicago based illustrator was known at the turn of the 20th century for his trend-setting images “depicting the stylish, up-to-date female.” In 1908 Century compiled eighty of the artist’s most […]

Snowflakes

Artist: Henry Hutt

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: art nouveau, arts & crafts, Century magazine, christmas, Golden Age, Henry Hutt, original illustration art, victorian
Added to Gallery: February 5, 2016

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