Pictorial Artwork

Crystoleum Portrait of a Lady

Framed crystoleum picture of a fashionable and rather lovely young lady of around the 1890's. Wearing a splendidly extravagant dress with enormous puffed sleeves and a large, wide-brimmed hat trimmed with flowers, she oozes style…

Henri Fantin-Latour Lithograph “La Nuit”

Number 33 of a limited edition lithograph by the acclaimed French artist and lithographer Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), better known simply as Henri Fantin-Latour. For most of his life Fantin-Latour was known as…

A Cannibal’s Day

A series of four amusing art Deco era original paintings by the French artist Th. Andlauer depicting a group of African cannibals progressing their way through a typical day. The first picture shows them in…

Folies Bergère Dancing Girl

Striking oil on panel dating from circa 1940 of a young Folies Bergère dancer. A strongly stylised and atmospheric image showing the nude girl in her stage make-up posing in front of a large fan…

Wartime Workers

Original wartime watercolour by Harry Riley (1895-1966) of a Land Girl and three key workers. An atmospheric picture that illustrates the way paintings can provide powerful propaganda tools when a clever artist captures the mood…

Pen and Ink Nude

Framed pen and ink drawing of a nude woman facing away from the viewer and reaching upwards while standing on tiptoe. This is a pleasing composition, signed indistinctly at lower right and dating from around…

Maidens at the Baths

Super Art Nouveau serigraph signed by the French artist Henri Daudin and dated 1911.   Depicting two young maidens reclining beside a pool in a classical setting. A swan is elegantly gliding past and the…

Portrait by Comte

Undated but undoubtedly Art Nouveau era oil on board portrait of a young lady with long dark brown hair, signed by the artist E. Comte.  She appears to be gazing just past the viewer and…

Nouveau Maiden by Asti

Art Nouveau oil on board of a beautiful, seated and semi-nude young maiden with long flame-red hair and a faraway look. Painted in the late 1800's by the highly regarded Angelo Asti (1847-1903) and in a…

Provocative Pose

Unusual and rather striking erotic print of an original woodblock by the Flemish artist Frans Masareel, produced by France Monogram and dated 1933. The naked, well rounded and voluptuous young lady is seen posing provocatively…

Capercaillie Reverse Glass Painting

Old and original German or Austrian reverse glass painting of a Capercaillie perched on a small branch in the late evening sunlight. The painting technique used was a popular folk art in Germany, Austria and…

1920’s Stocking Girl

Original watercolour dated 1924 of an attractive young lady putting on her stockings and shoes.  She's sitting on the edge of her bed and happily returning the gaze of the viewer. Cleverly painted using a…

A Smile from France

Great little light-hearted print of a young Deco girl happily posing on a chaise-longue wearing – or almost wearing – very little. Signed by the artist S. Meunier who has captured the young lady's smile…

“Sous la Tonnelle”

Another framed Art Deco vintage magazine print, this one by Cyprien Boulet and dating from 1925.  Translating to "Under the Arbour" this looks to have been originally painted in oils. The pretty young lady, in…

“Italienne”

This is a delightful print taken from an original French magazine published in 1945.  We have acquired several of these old magazine prints, varying in age, which are so evocative of the times. These weekly…

The Red Shawl

Another old French magazine print of an elegant young lady posing in her boudoir wearing a very ornate fringed red and white shawl over her long sleeveless dress. Originally painted by the artist H. Richir,…