"Orpheus Over the Globe, " Important Mural Study for 1939-1940 NY World's Fair

This warm and vivid painting -- probably made in response to the opening salvos of World War II -- depicts the mythological Eros figure, with wings outspread, placing his arm on an i...

Large and arresting, this stylized depiction of the great hunter in Greek mythology, Actaeon, resting on a slab of marble with his bow and quiver of arrows, was painted by Leon Dusso...

Monumental and extraordinary, this ambitious verre eglomise or reverse-painted Art Deco glass mural entitled "Harvest Ritual" is, to our knowledge, the finest painting of its kind cr...

A remarkable statement of hope and resilience, this vivid and colorful depiction of a nude Adam seated amidst a profusion of flora and fauna was painted in the midst of World War II ...

Grande huile sur toile, "décor de théâtre" vers 1930. La toile se sépare du cadre, quelques coupures, prévoir une restauration.

Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Study for decorative panel Pencil and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard Measures: 62.5 x 74 x 5 cm (with frame) 50.5 x 62 (without the frame) Signed in the circle lower right Born near Glasgow in Scotland, Walter Shirlaw settled with his family in New York in 1841, when he was two or three years old. As a young boy, he took night classes at the National Academy of Design, and first exhibited his work there in 1861. The first years of his career were spent as an engraver at the American Bank-Note Company, while at the same time attempting to establish himself as a painter. He later moved to Chicago, where he continued to work as an banknote engraver and also taught art at the Chicago Academy of Design. In 1870, at the relatively late age of thirty-two, Shirlaw travelled to Europe to study. Prevented from settling in Paris by the Franco-Prussian War, he instead studied in Munich, where he joined the small group of American painters working in the city, including Frank Duveneck and William Merrit Chase...

Framed Symbolist painting, France, 1940s. Original Symbolist composition depicting a dreamlike universe populated by organic, vegetal, and imaginary forms. Executed in a subtle pale...

"Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne" after Annibale Carracci's model. Modeled alabaster The classical deities Bacchus and Ariadne have been represented in a chariot, accompanied by a pr...