19th Century French School

Amazonamachy: A Classical plaster figural frieze relief

Follower of Jacob de Wit 1695-1754 Venus and Cupid Oil on panel Image size: 7 ¾ inches x 11 ¾ inches Gilt frame A charming example of trompe-l'œil,...

Circle of Henri-Gaudier-Breska 1891-1915 Reclining Figure Carved marble Height 5 inches Born Henri Alphonse Séraphin Marie Gaudier near Orléans in France, Gaudier-Brzeska started using his hyphenated name in 1910 when he met the Polish writer Sophie Brzeska. They moved to London together in January 1911 and adopted their new names and the identity of brother and sister in order to make their cohabitation respectable. Gaudier-Brzeska started to establish himself as a sculptor in 1912. Initially influenced heavily by Rodin, he later assimilated more influences from the modernist movement of cubism and from examples of non-European art he saw in London’s museums. He met the sculptor Jacob Epstein in June 1912, who further encouraged him to break with classical Greek tradition. While working from 25 Winthorpe Road in 1913–14, Gaudier-Brzeska became increasingly involved in London’s avant-garde art scene. He exhibited at the London Salon in July 1913, where he met the poet and arts patron Ezra Pound. Pound described Brzeska as ‘like a well-made young wolf or some soft-moving, bright-eyed wild thing’. Gaudier-Brzeska subsequently became associated with the vorticist movement led by Wyndham Lewis, contributing two important articles to Lewis’s magazine Blast and signing his name against the vorticist manifesto. He was also a founding member of the London Group, which formed when the all-male Camden Arts Group joined with independent artists to challenge the dominance of the Royal Academy of Arts. Other founding members included Walter Sickert, Robert Bevan and Spencer Gore...

European School 16th Century Carved Frame Fruit wood Remnant's of pigment can be found on the carving.

Pen and brown ink and brown and grey washes on paper Signed top middle Image size: 10 x 3 3/4 inches (25.5 x 8 cm) The sketch is a useful example of Bigari's work in the late-Baroqu...

An antique neoclassical style plaster cast panel depicting a procession of classical figures, dating to the early 20th century. In a large landscape form, this handcrafted plaque sh...

A long, rectangular vintage French wall mount Hellenistic relief molded in plaster from the Athenian Agora depicting the senate and ancient Greek warriors, in good condition. Not rec...

A remarkable large-scale plaster relief sculpture cast after the marble reliefs Luca della Robbia carved for the Cantoria Frieze of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence in 1431–1438 title...

An antique wall relief in white Statuario marble of rectangular shape featuring a mythological scene, in good condition. Minor fading, scratches du...