Fall 2011 European Auction Season: Works on Canvas

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(?) Wallner - Ruckenakt in sommerlich Obstbaumwiese

French School, 19th Century - Male Nude

Ludwig von Hofmann (1861-1945) Three Graces (pastels on paper) - 1928

Spanish School - Copy of Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Young St. John

Rudolf Fredrich Von (1835) Nackter Knabe ... Naked Boy

Paul Mathias Padua (1903-1981) Erotic Scene

Moriz Melzer (1877-1966) Untitled

M. Luijsen (French ?) Chained man in Loincloth

Jugendstil Kunstler - Zwei Akt in Landschaft

H. Betzold (1891-1955) ... Jesus on the Cross

Unidentified German Artist - Mythological Scene

Joseph Heilmar - Young Boy in the Grass

Hans Reiser (1951- ) The Four Seasons

German School - Count Palatine Siegfried kneels before his wife Genevieve of Brabant with Son

Eric Curry (1903-1971) Sitting Female Nude

Eduard Bischoff (1890-1974) Penitent Mary Magdalene

Bildnismaler um 1800 - Josef mit Jesuknabe

Fall 2011 European Auction Season: Works on Paper

German Auction Houses keep adding beautiful works to their catalogs and I will post them as I have time. Here is the next series:
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18th Century European School - Male Nude with Staff

Anton Engelhard (1872-1936) Standing Male Nude

Cornelis Bos (1506-1564) Venus in der Schmiede des Vulkan - 1546

F. Diem (Graphiker 19-20 Cent) - Male Nude Nude Studies (Framed drawings above)

Franc Muller-Munster (geb 1867) - Reiter mit 2 Pferden am Meer

18th Century German School - Herkules sitzend

Gustav Jager (1808-1876) Verklarung Christi. Aktstudien um 1846

Jacob Matham (1571-1631) Die Allianz von Venus mit Bacchus und Ceres - Eros und Anteros

L'Amour clair-voyant. Amor mit Pfeil und Bogen

19th Century German School - Standing Male Nude

Monnogrammist "AJD" - Female Nude

Emil Orlik (1870-1932) - Herrin und Dienerin od. Bei der Toillette - 1927

Otto Gebler (1838-1917) Standing Male Nude

Unknown German Artist, 19th Century: Nach Raffael Manneraktstudien

Unknown Early 19th Century German Artist: Johannesknabe (Young St. John the Baptist) ca. 1800

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This morning a German Auction House put this beautiful 19th Century painting in their current catalog. I thought I would post it separately since it would get lost in the many postings I will be making shortly regarding the Fall/Winter Auction season. The depiction of young St. John is an iconographic image you see repeated throughout the history of western art. I would love to join the bidding but the auction house insists it is too large to ship to the states (it is smaller than the last painting I had shipped from Europe.... go figure). I will keep nagging them and perhaps they can sort out the details. Regardless, it is a beautiful depiction of the young saint.
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Caption: Young St. John The Baptist

Artist: Unknown

Material: Oils on canvas

Dated: circa 1800-1830

Ludwig Koch (1866-1934) Zentaurenkampf - Centaur Fight, ca.1900

Last week I programmed an automatic bid on eBay Austria for a drawing I thought would be beyond my low bid but fortunately it worked out that I won the auction. I love Greek mythological characters, especially any half human - half animal characters in the Greek Pantheon of gods, like Pan and of course the Centaur. When I saw this magical drawing I was impressed with the skill of the artist. Ludwig Koch was primarily known as a horse and historical warfare painter. From 1883 to 1891 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and was a student of Siegmund L'Allemand and August Eisenmenger. He specialized in accounts of Austrian Military History. In 1891 he exhibited at Vienna's annual exhibition. His equestrian works are the largest portion of his genre paintings.
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Caption: Fighting Centaurs

Artist: Ludwig Koch (1866-1934)

Material: Pen and Ink Drawing on paper

Dated: Undated, ca. 1900

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Here are but a few examples of Koch's other works:

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Fall Auction Season 2011: Additional Academic Works On Paper

Francisco Zuccarelli (1702-1788) Standing Male Nude

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Beautiful Academic works keep popping up on European Auction sites. It seems as though this Fall Auction season is specifically aimed at the collector of academic nudes because the more auction houses I visit the more beautiful works I discover. I have captured a variety of available works for your enjoyment below:
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Emile Levy (1826-1890) Etude de Cherubins

Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) Male Nude Study

Samuel Bottschild (1641-1706) Sitting Male Nude

19th Century Italian school, Male Nude Study

M. Schaffner (?), Male Nude Study

M. Schaffner (?), Male Nude Study

Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816)

R. Niess (?), Allegory of the Privations of War

A. Schrimpf (?), Standing Male Nude , ca. 1892

Joseph Klieber (1773-1850) Amor with Turtle Dove

John Michael Voltz (1794-1858) In Paradise

Johann Jacob Nuesch (1845-1895) Weiblicher Ruckenakt mit Zierkrug

Hans Makart (1840-1884) Allegorical Scene

Friedrich Rehberg (1758-1835) Male Nude

19th Century french School, Portrait of a Youth

Francois Joseph Heim (1787-1865) Male Nude, ca. 1820

18th Century Italian School.... Creation of Adam

Constant Louis Antoine Lorichon (1824 Paris - ?) Sitting Male Nude

Italian School: Three Servants Swapping An Oxcart Wheel