LOUIS XVI SECRETAIRE

FRENCH C 1780-90, MAHOGANY
 
Width: 38" / 98 cm, Height 56" / 144 cm,
Depth 17" / 44 cm (when closed), Depth (when opened) 34" / 88 cm 
 
HG 7704                                                                                                    £2,300

PAIR OF LOUIS XVI LUSTRES
FRENCH c. 1800
Gilt bronze, cut crystals and marble

Width: 48 ¾” / 124 cm, Depth: 15” / 38 cm, Height: 61” / 155 cm

HG 7648                                                                                              £1,900
 

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Jørgen Hansen (1862-1937)
"Bedouins Riding Camels in the Holy Land"
Danish School 
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1929
23 ½” x 19” / 60 cm x 48 cm (canvas size)

Jørgen Hansen (1862-1937) was born in the countryside outside Fåborg, Denmark.
He studied in 1882 at the Technical School in Copenhagen as well as and in 1883-85 at the Royal Academy.
In 1885 Hansen studied at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler in Copenhagen where his teacher was the painter Peder Severin Krøyer.
He became greatly influenced in his work by Krøyer’s French style of painting with use of bright light and strong colours.
Hansen conducted long study-trips abroad and the first was in 1887-88 to Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Varna by the Black Sea,
Athens, Rhodes, Cyprus, Constantinople, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt. He returned via Naples, Rome, Florence and Switzerland.
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The second trip in 1889 to 1890 was to Madeira, Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Paraguay. He did many sketches and drawings during his trips
which he later used for his paintings. He finally settled in Esbjerg in 1891 where he taught drawing at the State School.
Hansen was also the principal of the Esbjerg Technical School for 25 years. Hansen painted the altar piece in Næsbjerg Church,
decorations in Esbjerg Townhall 1892, and many other buildings including Frederiksborg Royal Palace.
Exhibitions:
At the Danish Royal Academy, Christiansborg in 1885, 1888 and 1889, one-mans show in Esbjerg in 1929.

​Museums and Public Collections:
Esbjerg Museum
Literature: Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon,
Svend Rindholt: J.H., den lille maler, 1945

HG 7662                          £1,200
 

KEN WALCH (born 1927)
Australian Farm at Dusk
Frame size: 124.5 cm x 91.5 cm

Walch was born in Wimbledon in 1927. After school he moved to Australia in the early 1950’s and won a place at the
National Gallery Art School in Melbourne where he studied under Murray Griffin until 1953 when he returned to England.
He then enrolled at St Martins School of Art where his principal tutor was the colourist, Fredrick Gore.
Gore introduced him to English post impressionism and the use of colour to emphasise the emotional aspects of painting.
Walch took a diploma in Art Teaching and taught in various schools until his retirement.

Exhibitions:
Ken Walch has exhibited in London at The Royal Academy and the Federation of Painters and Sculptors.
His work has also been exhibited in Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong and Ireland, with paintings in private collections throughout the world.

MB 211                         £1,900

JAN BOHUMIL POSPISIL (1898-1968)
 
 “DROTTNINGHOLM PALACE”

Czech-Swedish School, mid-20th century, oil on canvas.
Studied in a Prague art school in 1931-33, and at the Academy of Prague in 1933-38.
Pospisil received the title of professor at the Academy.
He made study trips to Italy and Dalmatia before moving to Sweden in 1946.
 
Exhibitions: One-man shows in Prague (1939), in Ragusa, Moravská, Ostrava.
In Sweden in Höganäs, Karlstad and Åmål.
 
Represented in the National Museum in Prague.

44 ½” x 32” / 113 cm x 82 cm

Stock no. MB 208                              £1,900
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