Landscapes / Seascapes

This stunning seascape from the second half of the 19th century European school showcases a seaside scene featuring a castle, sailing ship, and various individuals. Although it has some craquelures and a slightly yellowed varnish, the painting is beautifully executed and overall in great condition. An unlabeled cleaning and restoration was completed in September 1982 by a Port Elizabeth, South Africa professional.

Artist: Unknown. 
Unsigned.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Good condition.
Dimensions: 44 x 61 cm. / 17 1/4 x 24 in.
Frame: 62 x 79 cm. / 24 1/2 x 31 in. Very good condition. 
Provenance: Sweden.

This oil painting landscape by Arne Lidqvist showcases a peaceful rural setting featuring two elegant white swans in flight over a serene beach. Created around 1960, the piece is expertly executed on canvas and signed by the talented artist in the bottom left corner.

John Arne Lidqvist was a Swedish painter, visual artist and draughtsman. He was born in Fässberg on 27 December 1919 and studied fine art in Gothenburg. He specialised in painting mammals and birds in movement and at rest, well composed and harmoniously coloured.

Arne Lidqvist died on 29 January 1975 in Mölndal, aged 55.

Artist: Arne Lidqvist (1919-1975).
Signed in the lower left.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 38 x 55 cm. / 15 x 21 1/2 in.
Frame: 53 x 70 cm. / 21 x 27 1/2 in. Gilt wood frame, very good condition.
Provenance: Sweden.

This post-impressionist landscape oil painting depicts an old farm in Brittany and is signed by the artist in the lower left corner. It was created around 1930.

According to historical records, Yves Pierre Bertrand Py, a talented French artist, was born on March 20th, 1895 in Belfort (Cher). Despite starting his studies in the classics, Py's passion for drawing and painting led him to abandon his formal education and focus solely on his artwork. Falsifying his age, he gained entry into the prestigious National School of Fine Arts in Paris.

Bertrand Py's frequent galleries at the Louvre Museum and sketches of masters like Rembrandt, Velazquez and Vermeer have honed his skills, resulting in a unique neo-realism style with influences from post-impressionism. Influenced and driven by both French and British art movements of the early 20th century, Bertrand Py noted a penchant for portraiture, landscape and still life.

He began exhibiting his work at the age of 25 at the Salon of French Artists and in 1929 became a member of the Salon d’Automne. 

Bertand Py died on October 2, 1973 in Bry-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).

Sources: Archives de France.

Artiste: Bertrand Py (1895-1973).
Signed in the lower left corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 38 x 55 cm. / 15 x 21 1/2 in.
Frame: 45 x 62 cm. / 17 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. Very good condition.
Origin: France.

This stunning seascape, created around 1880, transports the viewer to a bustling seaport, likely located in Northern France or Normandy. It serves as a captivating depiction of the lively maritime atmosphere during that era, featuring a myriad of boats that animate the scene. In the foreground, a quay is accompanied by a steamship, while several sailing vessels and smaller boats with sailors complete the composition. The painting, executed in oil on canvas and signed in the lower right, is in very good condition, framed in gilt wood.

John Darcy Morell was a British painter and journalist. He was born on 23 December 1854 in Hampstead, London. We have no information about his artistic training, but he exhibited various seascapes between 1877 and 1880 at the Royal Academy, Suffolk Street Exhibitions, Grosvenor Gallery and other galleries. He lived between London, Calais (Pas-de-Calais) and Colombes, near Paris, where he died on 15 October 1929.

Sources: A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from 1760 to 1893; England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915; Archives Hauts-de-Seine. 

Artist: Darcy Morell (1854-1929).
Signed in the lower right.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 48 x 74 cm. / 19 x 29 in.
Frame: 60 x 87 cm. / 23 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. Very good condition.
Provenance: Sweden.

A post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting a Paris street in winter, by Georges Pacouil. Signed and dated 1946 in the lower left and presented in a 19th century gilded frame.

Georges Louis Abdon Pacouil was born in Paris on March 24, 1903 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on March 26, 1997.  A student at the Bernard-Palissy School and above all a student of the pointillist painter Hippolyte Petitjean (1854-1929).

Neorealist and post-impressionist painter of figures, nudes, landscapes and still lifes, he is attached to the form and structure of nature. His art is similar to that of André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974) or Amédée de La Patellière (1890-1932). Theater decorator between 1920 and 1934, painter and teacher since 1934, he exhibited in many salons since 1931. He was a member of the Salon d'Automne since 1934, and member of the major Parisian and national Salons. Participated in major exhibitions abroad: Balkan, San Francisco, Tunisia, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh. Also he was a former member of the Commission for the Professionalism of Artists and of the Committee of the Society of Independent Artists.

He received numerous distinctions and honours throughout his career: Bernheim Prize, Blumental Prize, First Prize in the Watercolor Competition of the city of Paris (1950), Louis Willaume Prize, Silver Medal of the French Education League (1954), Vermeil Arts-Sciences Medal -Letters (1968), Gold Medal for Youth and Sports (1969), Gold Medal from the General Council of Hauts de Seine (1984).

Some of his paintings are in the National Museum of Modern Art and Center Georges Pompidou, in Paris.

Sources: Benezit; Archives de France.

Artist: Georges Pacouil (1903-1997).
Signed and dated in the lower left.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 38 x 46 cm. / 15 x 18 in.
Frame: 55 x 63 cm. / 21 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. Very good condition.
Origin: France.

This oil on canvas painting, created by renowned post-impressionist artist Georges Pacouil, features a charming country house in the French region of Brittany. It is signed "Georges Pacouil 1945" in the lower left corner and comes with a carved wood frame circa 1900 adorned with delicate leaf and flower details, in good condition with minor signs of wear.

Georges Louis Abdon Pacouil was born in Paris on March 24, 1903 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on March 26, 1997.  A student at the Bernard-Palissy School and above all a student of the pointillist painter Hippolyte Petitjean (1854-1929).

Neorealist and post-impressionist painter of figures, nudes, landscapes and still lifes, he is attached to the form and structure of nature. His art is similar to that of André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974) or Amédée de La Patellière (1890-1932). Theater decorator between 1920 and 1934, painter and teacher since 1934, he exhibited in many salons since 1931. He was a member of the Salon d'Automne since 1934, and member of the major Parisian and national Salons. Participated in major exhibitions abroad: Balkan, San Francisco, Tunisia, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh. Also he was a former member of the Commission for the Professionalism of Artists and of the Committee of the Society of Independent Artists.

He received numerous distinctions and honours throughout his career: Bernheim Prize, Blumental Prize, First Prize in the Watercolor Competition of the city of Paris (1950), Louis Willaume Prize, Silver Medal of the French Education League (1954), Vermeil Arts-Sciences Medal -Letters (1968), Gold Medal for Youth and Sports (1969), Gold Medal from the General Council of Hauts de Seine (1984).

Some of his paintings are in the National Museum of Modern Art and Center Georges Pompidou, in Paris.

Sources: Benezit; Archives de France.

Artist: Georges Pacouil (1903-1997).
Signed and dated in the lower left.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 55,5 x 46,5 cm. / 22 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.
Frame: 67 x 58 cm. / 26 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. Good condition.
Origin: France.

This oil on canvas painting, created by renowned post-impressionist artist Georges Pacouil, features a landscape with a view of the village of Brignogan, a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It is signed and dated 1926 in the lower right corner and entitled on back. Unframed.

Georges Louis Abdon Pacouil was born in Paris on March 24, 1903 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on March 26, 1997.  A student at the Bernard-Palissy School and above all a student of the pointillist painter Hippolyte Petitjean (1854-1929).

Neorealist and post-impressionist painter of figures, nudes, landscapes and still lifes, he is attached to the form and structure of nature. His art is similar to that of André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974) or Amédée de La Patellière (1890-1932). Theater decorator between 1920 and 1934, painter and teacher since 1934, he exhibited in many salons since 1931. He was a member of the Salon d'Automne since 1934, and member of the major Parisian and national Salons. Participated in major exhibitions abroad: Balkan, San Francisco, Tunisia, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh. Also he was a former member of the Commission for the Professionalism of Artists and of the Committee of the Society of Independent Artists.

He received numerous distinctions and honours throughout his career: Bernheim Prize, Blumental Prize, First Prize in the Watercolor Competition of the city of Paris (1950), Louis Willaume Prize, Silver Medal of the French Education League (1954), Vermeil Arts-Sciences Medal -Letters (1968), Gold Medal for Youth and Sports (1969), Gold Medal from the General Council of Hauts de Seine (1984).

Some of his paintings are in the National Museum of Modern Art and Center Georges Pompidou, in Paris.

Sources: Benezit; Archives de France.

Artist: Georges Pacouil (1903-1997).
Signed and dated in the lower right.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 33 x 55 cm. / 13 x 21 3/4 in.
Frame: Unframed
Origin: France.

This oil painting of Godtfred Rump portrays a river landscape, complete with a peaceful path winding through the trees. Signed and dated 1870 in the lower right corner, it is in very good condition with only slight craquelure visible on the upper right side. The piece comes with a gilt wooden frame, featuring a cartouche displaying the artist's name. The frame shows some signs of wear, including various scuffs and abrasions, The frame shows some signs of wear, including various scuffs and abrasions, but itself remains in very good condition. 

Christian Godtfred Rump was one of the most productive Danish painters of his times. He first painted mainly genre and history works but later concentrated on landscapes.

Born in Hillerød on 8 December 1816, Rump moved to Copenhagen when he was 16 and studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He also worked in J.L. Lund's studio where many young painters gained experience in national romanticism.

In 1836, he exhibited a portrait at Charlottenborg but then concentrated for a time on history painting. However, moving with the trends of the times, he soon turned to genre painting with rural motifs. A few years later, possibly influenced by J.Th. Lundbye and P.C. Skovgaard, he found his true vocation, landscape painting. After spending some time in Italy in 1857–58, he became more adept at depicting the effects of light shining through foliage or through the mist, gaining wide recognition for his paintings of forests.

Rump was a member of the Academy from 1866, becoming a professor in 1874.His work is now considered to have been overshadowed by Lundbye and Skovgaard at a time when together with Janus la Cour and Godfred Christensen, his traditional approach was increasingly threatened by modern French trends such as Impressionism.

Godtfred Rump died in his hometown on 25 May 1880 at the age of 63.

Source: Wikipedia.

Artist: Godtfred Rump (1816-1880).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 36 x 56 cm. / 14 1/4 x 22 in.
Frame: 49 x 69 cm / 19 1/4 x 27 in. Very good condition.
Provenance: Sweden.

This impressionist painting by Henri Laigneau beautifully captures a peaceful farm landscape at sunset. Created with oil on canvas, it bears the artist's signature and date of completion in 1912. A stunning and timeless addition to any art collection.

Henri Édouard Laigneau was a French artist born in Rambouillet (Yvelines) on 24 August 1863. He trained in Paris at the Académie Colarossi, which was a ‘free studio’, and took anatomy classes at the École des Beaux-Arts.

He exhibited at the official Salon from 1899, but also very quickly at the more avant-garde Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, and at the Salon des Indépendants from 1910. Very interested in luminous contrasts, the artist mainly painted landscapes and portraits. 

Henri Laigneau inherited a strong Pointillist influence in the style of Pissarro. The viewer is struck by his interest in light and bright colours. This aspect of his work could also be related to the painter Bonnard, a former ‘nabi’. The artist's professionalism is evident in his sense of composition, rigorous drawing and colour construction. Several of his works are kept in public collections, in Niort, Rambouillet and Nancy among others.

Henri Laigneau was very attached to his region, and remained a Rambouillet until his death on 29 January 1947.

Sources: Archives de France. 

Artist: Henri Laigneau (1863-1947).
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. 
Medium: Oil on canvas. 
Condition: Very good condition. 
Dimensions: 38 x 46 cm. / 15 x 18 in. 
Frame: 52 x 60 cm. / 20 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Silver-plated wood, very good condition. 
Origin: France.

Original post-impressionist oil painting representing the French village of Pont-du-Château, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France, as indicated by the artist with a signed annotation on the back. Signed and dated 1969 in the lower left corner. 

Jacques Roland Sokol was a French landscape painter. Of Polish descent, his family settled in France in 1925, coming from Cracow. Born on 3 September 1933 in Loches (Indre-et-Loire), he had a self-taught artistic training, first with his father and from 1947 with Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958). Settled in Senlis (Oise) from 1960, he combined his military career in the air force with painting. He participated regularly in the Salon des Artistes Français as well as in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. Throughout his artistic career, his style evolved from abstraction to impressionism, until he adopted a more sombre style at the end of his life. His work mainly depicts landscapes of Brittany, Provence, Auvergne and Oise.

Jacques Sokol died on 23 January 2023 in Nogent-sur-Oise (Oise), at the age of 89.

Artist: Jacques Sokol (1933-2023).
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas. 
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm. / 18 x 21 1/2 in.
Frame: 59 x 68 cm. / 23 1/4 x 26 3/4 in. Very good condition.
Origin: France.

Original post-impressionist oil painting circa 1965 representing a landscape of Haute Provence with a small village, as indicated by the artist with a signed annotation on the back. Oil on canvas with a Montparnasse-style gilded and sculpted wooden frame.

Jacques Roland Sokol was a French landscape painter. Of Polish descent, his family settled in France in 1925, coming from Cracow. Born on 3 September 1933 in Loches (Indre-et-Loire), he had a self-taught artistic training, first with his father and from 1947 with Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958). Settled in Senlis (Oise) from 1960, he combined his military career in the air force with painting. He participated regularly in the Salon des Artistes Français as well as in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. Throughout his artistic career, his style evolved from abstraction to impressionism, until he adopted a more sombre style at the end of his life. His work mainly depicts landscapes of Brittany, Provence, Auvergne and Oise.

Jacques Sokol died on 23 January 2023 in Nogent-sur-Oise (Oise), at the age of 89.

Artist: Jacques Sokol (1933-2023).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 46 x 65 cm. / 18 x 25 1/2 in.
Frame: 60 x 79 cm. / 23 1/2 x 31 in. Very good condition.
Origin: France.

Stunning post-impressionist oil painting representing a coastal landscape at dawn with sailboats moored at a quay on a rough sea. Signed and dated 1965 in the lower left corner. Oil on canvas with a gilded wooden frame.

Jacques Roland Sokol was a French landscape painter. Of Polish descent, his family settled in France in 1925, coming from Cracow. Born on 3 September 1933 in Loches (Indre-et-Loire), he had a self-taught artistic training, first with his father and from 1947 with Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958). Settled in Senlis (Oise) from 1960, he combined his military career in the air force with painting. He participated regularly in the Salon des Artistes Français as well as in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. Throughout his artistic career, his style evolved from abstraction to impressionism, until he adopted a more sombre style at the end of his life. His work mainly depicts landscapes of Brittany, Provence, Auvergne and Oise.

Jacques Sokol died on 23 January 2023 in Nogent-sur-Oise (Oise), at the age of 89.

Artist: Jacques Sokol (1933-2023).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 50 x 61 cm. / 19 3/4 x 24 in.
Frame: 61 x 71 cm. / 24 x 28 in. Very good condition.
Origin: France.

This post-impressionist oil painting of a French Provence sunset coastal mountain landscape with sailboats, signed and dated by Jacques Sokol in 1965, represents a significant period in the artist's career. Born in 1933 to a Polish family that settled in France, Sokol was primarily self-taught, drawing early influence from his father and later from Mathurin Méheut, a notable French artist. Although Sokol pursued a military career in the French Air Force, his passion for painting flourished alongside his service.

By 1965, Sokol had established himself in Senlis (Oise) and was actively participating in prominent art exhibitions, including the Salon des Artistes Français. His work from this era, like the piece in question, reflects a blend of abstraction and impressionism, showcasing his evolving style. Sokol's landscapes frequently captured the natural beauty of regions like Brittany, Provence, Auvergne, and Oise, characterized by vivid colors and dynamic compositions.

This particular painting, unframed and depicting the serene yet vibrant interaction between land, sea, and sky, is a testament to Sokol's artistic prowess during this phase of his career. His transition towards a darker, more introspective style in later years further emphasizes the unique quality of this 1965 piece. Sokol's contributions to the French art scene continued until his passing in 2023 at the age of 89, leaving behind a legacy celebrated for its depth and diversity.

Artist: Jacques Sokol (1933-2023). 
Signed and dated in the lower left corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 46 x 65 cm. / 18 x 25 1/2 in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.

Coastal landscape scene representing a steamship and other boats in unidentified French port, likely somewhere in the south of the country. Oil on canvas circa 1900, recently restored.  

French landscape painter and woodworker, Jean-Louis Verdié was born on September 28, 1845 in Réalville (Tarn-et-Garonne). He studied art at the drawing school of Montauban and the school of fine arts in Bordeaux. He was a pupil of Louis-Alexandre Cabié (1854-1939), naturalistic painter who worked with Corot and Courbet, and Henri Harpignies (1819-1916), landscape painter and engraver, friend of Corot and very influenced by the school of Barbizon. After his studies, Verdié participated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871. After returning to Bordeaux, he married Elisabeth Bergé in 1873. Years later, he moved to Périgueux (Dordogne) where he painted the largest part of his work in the surrounding countryside. He participated in the Salon Perigoudin between 1898 and 1910 and the Salon of French Artists in Paris between 1898 and 1901, where he won the 2nd Medal in 1900. 

In 1908, he lived with his wife in Auch (Gers) where he died on February 16, 1937 at the age of 92 years. He is buried in the family vault located in the nearby town of Saint-Brès.

NOTE - SOLD WITHOUT FRAME.

Artist: Jean-Louis Verdié (1845-1937).
Signed in the lower left corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition. Restored.
Dimensions: 54 x 81 cm. / 21 ½ x 32 in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.

Mountain landscape representing a surging torrent with figures in the foreground and the Alps in the background. Oil on canvas, recently relined and restored.

Leberecht Lortet (or Lortel) was a French landscape painter, born to French parents in Heidelberg (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) on April 30, 1828. He lived most of his life in Lyon (from 1848 to 1861) and its surroundings, dying on November 6, 1901 in Oullins, Rhône, France.

A pupil of Alexandre Calame in Geneva, Switzerland, Lortet began exhibiting at the Salon in Lyon in 1858 and then took part in the Paris Salon from 1859 to 1870. Like Gabriel Loppé, he specialized in mountain landscapes and found a clientele among the English, who were then discovering the new sport of mountaineering. This prolific artist dedicated his life to painting mountains: snowy peaks, green meadows surrounded by fir trees, and shady lakes. His nickname was “the painter of the Alps”. His paintings are presently on display in museums in Lyon, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Geneva and Bern, as well as in numerous private collections.

Sources: Benezit, Dictionary of Artists; Archives de France; Gérald Schurr & Pierre Cabanne, Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la peinture 1820-1920.

Artist: Leberecht Lortet (1828-1901).
Signed in lower left corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition, relined and restored.
Dimensions: 41 x 65 cm. / 16 x 25 ½ in.
Frame: 60 x 85 cm. / 23 ¾ x 30 ½ in. Sculpted wood, excellent condition.
Origin: France.

This painting depicts a mountain landscape with a stream and various vegetation, including dead tree stumps in the foreground. It is an oil on wood piece, signed by the artist in the lower right corner and also on the back with the name, title, and date of September 1945.

René-Robert Jaeger, also known as Robert Le Veneur, was born on May 26, 1890 in Modenheim, Alsace and passed away on September 22, 1976 in Biot, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. He was a French painter whose works mainly consisted of landscapes and still lifes, characterized by a striking contrast of bright colors.

Note: There are numerous works by this artist on the Internet which are erroneously attributed to Robert-August Jaeger (1896-1983) with whom he is not related, although there are certain similarities in his style.

Source: Archives de France.

Artist: Robert Jaeger(1890-1976).
Signed Le Veneur in the lower right.
Medium: Oil on wood.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm. / 10 1/4 x 8 in.
Frame: 32 x 26 cm. / 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Very good condition. 
Provenance: Sweden.