Additional Auction Finds April 2012

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I have culled out more auction lots for you from European auction sources.
The European auction scene is running at full steam this Spring and prices are still strong. Enjoy.
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Carl Theodor von Piloty (1826-1886) Standing Nude Boy

Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886-1930) Kneeling Nude Boy

Unknown German Artist .... Nude Child ... circa 1900

Academic Nude Female... Unknown Artist .... circa 1900

Alexander Frenz (1861-1941) Portrait of a Young Girl

Alexis Mossa (1844-1926) The Martyrdom of St. Etienne

Italian school... attrib Camillo Procaccini (1561-1629) The Baptism of Christ

Bonaventura Genelli (1798-1868) Prometheus vom adler

Charles Alphonse Achille Gumery (1827-1871) Faun Holding A Baby Goat

Christoph Fuchs (1749-1814) Hercules u. Deianira

Italian School of Andrea Sirani (18th Century)

Unknown (?) ... Faun Pouring Wine

Unknown Artist - Late 19th Century - Nude Female With Raised Arm

Franz Becker-Tempelburg - circa 1876 - Kinder unter bluhendem Kirschbaum

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) L'Acquiolo

Georg Wolf (1882-1962) Nude Boy

19th Century Academic Nude

Hans Latt (1859-1930) Junge mit Ziegenbock

Jean Antonin Carles (1851-1919) Stehender Bacchus mit Panther

Unknown Artists . mid-19th Century... Adacemic Nudes (Above)

Louis Georges Brillouin (1817-1893)

Josef Louka (1879-1967)

Paul Decker (1685-1742)

Pietro De Petri .. Crucifixion of Peter

Copy of Annibale de Lotto's ... Nude Boy With Crab

Willy Spatz (1861-1831) Tanz Zweier Blumenbekranzter Satyrkinder

Monogrammed.... Adam & Eve

Antique Drawing Instruments

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I found a listing on eBay France this morning for a couple of 19th century drawing instruments that I thought I would post for you. They are charcoal holders any espiring artist would have been proud to own. I would grab them, but the seller only takes local checks on a French bank.
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Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945): Female Nude - Intaglio Print

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This is an interesting find from a European Auction House. If you know the work of Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), then you will immediately recognize how unique this intaglio print of an academic nude is. I find her graphic works, although superb in their execution, foreboding and depressive to the point of the contemplation of suicide on the part of the viewer (I may be exaggerating slightly, maybe just wounding yourself, requiring a few stitches). She seems to have been affected by something in her life that brought up an immense amount of angst. Her works are beautiful but I am not sure I could stand having one of her prints hanging on my walls. I do not think in all the books I have browsed, many including her works, that I have ever seen an example of an academic nude done by her. As you can see, she was blessed with a great amount of artistic talent.
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Auction Finds - European Auction Sites - April 2012

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I have culled some nice academic works for you from European auction sites (below). Most are anonymous works but worthy of posting.
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17th century Italian school

19th century French school ... Sleeping male nude

Jean-Michel Merceir (1786-1874) ... Standing Male Nude in Heroic Pose

Late 18th - Early 19th century Academic study

19th century French Academy

19th century French School (above two drawings)

19th century French school - Standing Male Nude

Unknown artist - 19th century .. Mythological scene with Nude Boy

Yvette Dreanna (?)- Nude Youth with Flute

Pierre Delorme (1783-1859) Standing Male Nude

Jean Didier-Tourne (1882-1967): Christ Healing a Sick Child

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One of my favorite Parisian sellers on eBay France listed this interesting under-drawing on canvas this week. The religious subject matter was intended as a depiction of Christ healing the sick, but obviously the painting never made it beyond the preliminary drawing stage (been there, seen that). I love working drawings and I think a working drawing like this says so much about the artist and his native artistic abilities. Unfortunately, I have not been able to turn up much biographical information on the artist, but the drawing itself is well worth a second admiring look.
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Heinrich Linde-Walther (1868-1939): Academic Study of a Nude Boy

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Self Portrait of the artist

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Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg, DE, introduced this beautiful Impressionistic Academic study of a nude boy by the well known German artist Heinrich Linde-Walther (1868-1939) in their recent auction catalog. I am not a big fan of Impressionism, (taxes my attention deficit disorder too much --- ooh, look over there... shiny!) but this painting really drew in my artistic eye, especially in the very competent way the artist has used color with that beautiful brushwork. Heinrich Eduard Linde-Walther was the brother of another well known German artist, Herman Linde. Linde-Walther studied at the Munich Academy and later at the Academie Julian in Paris. He was later a Professor at the Art Academy Lubeck.

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Here is a small sampling of his mature works:

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