Current European Auction Finds: April 2011

Here are the remainder of the artworks currently listed in German Auction Houses. I am cross-eyed from stitching these things back together so I will come back later and make the appropriate attributions regarding the artists. Enjoy:
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Wilhelm Bormann (1855-1938) Nackter Knabe

(?) Female Nude

Ferdinand Wagner (1819-1881) Standing Female Nude

(?) The Kiss

Istvan Szonyi (1894-1960) Two Female Nudes, 1919

Walter Sebastian Resch (1889-1962) Weiblicher Akt auf Ziegenbock

Robert Philippi (1877-1959) Der Heilige Sebastian

Peter Breuer (1856-1930) Venus and Amor

Paul Oestreicher (1874-1936) Nude Boy

Max Pietschmann (1865-1952) Badende Jungen am Bach

Mark Weinberger Vedres (1870-1961) Flotespielender Jungling um 1910

Ludovico Carracci (1554-1619) Liegender Christus

Alfred Leithauser (1898-1979) Girl in Bath Tub

Chr Hensen (?) Jungling mit Wanderstab

Josephine Stott-Scheidegg (?) Venus and Amor (?)

Johannes Gotz (1865-1934) Nude Youth with Falcon

Hugo Boettinger (1880-1934) Female Nude

Gustav Wust (1873-1939) (?)

Unknown German Painter (early 20th Cent.) Cupid with Bow

Fritz Erler (1868-1940) Die Jagdgottin Diana

Daniel Friedemann Fuchs (?) Uommo Atlantico

Unknown Artist, Bronze, Marathon Runner, 1933

Arthur Kampf (1864-1950) Semi-Nude Female

Alexander Frenz (1861-1941) Geburt der Venus

Adolf Hengeler (1863-1927) Wassermann mit zwei Madchenakten am Strand

J. Mund (?): Venus and Cupid / (?) Schilling : Female Nude in the Dunes

Caption: Female Nude in Dunes
Artist: Schilling (?)
Material: Pastels on Paper
Dated: ca 1930-40

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Yesterday and this morning I went to my favorite German Auction House and culled out some of the current figurative offerings. I will list a few of these individually (below and above) because of their uniqueness (to my eye) and the rest as a group. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find much biographical information on J. Mund and Schilling (?) but these artworks certainly caught my eye. The auction title on the painting (below) is listed in the description below the photograph but I suspect, based upon the subject matter, that it depicts "Venus and Cupid." A nicely done modern reinterpretation of a classic subject. The female nude above is in one of my favorite mediums: pastels. I love how beautifully flesh tones can be rendered in pastels.

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Caption: Female Nude holding an Orange with Standing Nude Boy (Venus and Cupid?)
Artist: J. Mund
Material: Oils on Canvas
Dated: ca 1900

Heinrich Carl Baucke (1875-1915): The Victorious Boxer

Heinrich Carl Baucke (1875-1915) was a well known German artist who specialized in a Neo-Baroque style. This particular bronze is currently listed on a German Auction House Site and is titled "The Victorious Boxer." I have also seen it listed as "Der Sieger" (The Winner). It really is a beautiful celebration of the male youth in bronze.
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Here are a few more examples of the above bronze and a few additional works by Baucke:

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Gladiator

Death of Abel

Okay, I give up! What the Heck is this all about?

I know this is a bit off topic but I will admit I am completely stumped as to what the artist intended in the subject matter on this one. This painting is currently listed on an English Auction House site and at first I had a good laugh at the erotic meaning of the boy with that in-your-face pleased look on his face and the obvious phallic shape of that object protruding between his legs but then I just sat here trying to figure out what the heck was going on. What are they harvesting? My knowledge of how hops are grown on trellis' and the contents of the frame the kid is sitting on tells me they are sorting hops for making beer, although it could be a harvest of coca leaves and the boy is on a post consumption high and he is just happy as punch to see the artist with his own personalized sign of appreciation. What is the boy sitting on that protrudes in such an erotic fashion between his legs? Why is he posed in such an erotic defiant fashion? The artist has left us with an erotic mystery. Indeed, this painting obviously asks more questions than it answers. I can die happy now because I have seen it all.
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Caption: Female and Boy Harvesting Crops

Artist: Signature illegible
Medium: Oils on Canvas

Dated: circa 1918

Figurative Works at the City Art Gallery, Birmingham, England: Works on Paper

Last night I was surfing the satellite channels and found nothing worth my time and then I switched over to my Roku for Internet streaming. Netflix was having problems loading so I switched over to the Amazon Prime programs. I discovered a series called Sister Windy's Odyssey. The final 30 minute episode had Sister Wendy visiting the City Gallery in Birmingham, England. After I watched the episode I did an Internet search and found the Gallery to be a fascinating resource for figurative works, especially the Pre-Raphaelites. City Gallery, Birmingham, England is the largest local authority Museum service in England with over 500,000 objects and is the home of the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. I culled through a search of their database and found the below listed works. (Please note: These works are copyrighted by the museum and are listed here for educational purposes only. Please respect their copy right). Enjoy:
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William Holman Hunt - Pen and Ink drawing - Female Nude

William Holman Hunt - May Morning on Magdalen Tower, Male Nude

Sir Edward John Poynter - Study of Male Nude

Sir Edward John Poynter - Male Nude Study - 1880-90

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Nude Study for Perseus Slaying the Sea-Monster

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Nude Studies for Perseus Slaying the Sea-Monster

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - The Garden of Pan

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for The Fates

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for St. Matthew the Evangelist

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for St. Christopher

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for the Stoning of St. Stephen

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for Lovers - 1865

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - St. George

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for St. George Slaying the Dragon

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Male Nude Study

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study of a Man Hugging a Tree

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study of the Angel

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for Cophetua

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Nude Studies

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for St. Christopher

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Study for the Executioner

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - St George Series - Female Nude Study

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Phyllis and Demophoon

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Male Nudes - Study of Two Soldiers 1865-66

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1895 - Study for the Three Graces

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Nude Study

Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1865 - Study for Circe

Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1865 - Study For Circe 2

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Nude Study

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1865-66 Male Nude - Study of St. George

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1865-66 - Male Nude - Study of St. George

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1865-66 - Male Nude - Study of St. George

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1865-66 Male Nude - Study of St. George

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1865-66 Male Nude - Study for St. George

Sir Edward Burne-Jones - 1865- Female Nude with Harp

Simeon Solomon - 1871 - Dawn

Henry Wallis - Seated Male Nude

Henry Wallis - 1854-1890

Henry Wallis - Standing Male with a Club

Henry Wallis - 1850-60 Male Nude Study

Frederick Sandys - Male Nude Studies

Frederick Sandys - 1850-55 - Studies of Male Nudes

Ford Madox Brown - Male Nude Standing with Staff

Ford Madox Brown - 1847 - Male Nude Posed with Arms Folded over Chest

Ford Madox Brown - 1847 - Male Nude Study

Ford Madox Brown - 1847 - Academic Nude Study posed as a Sculptor

Ford Madox Brown - 1845 - Nude Studies for Figures of Byron, Burns, and Shakespere

Edward Reginald Frampton - Flora of the Alps - 1918

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Female Nude Study - St. Elizabeth

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Female Nude - Study for Virgin