Claude Allin Shepperson

Claude Shepperson - Petrushka - Watercolour scene from the Ballets Russes

1915

CLAUD LOVAT FRASER (1890-1921) Fete Galante – Fan Design Signed and dated l.r.: C. LOVAT FRASER FECIT MAR 1918 Watercolour and pencil, shaped Framed 20 by 37.5 cm., 8 by 14 ¾ in. ...

MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS. (British 1882-1972) Costume Design for Geranos Signed l.l.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD, inscribed u.l.: Costume, PHEONIX CEREMONY/ IAN (?) VALO as DAVID, and further i...

GEORGE SHERINGHAM (1884-1937) Visit to the Bazaar Signed; inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour and gold paint on silk 15 by 38 cm., 6 by 15 in. (frame size 34 by 56 cm., 13 ½ by 22 in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by George Sheringham, 1916, no.17. Sheringham was born in London and studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris where he held his first one-man exhibition in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching. His first exhibition of fan designs was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. He illustrated books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...

ROBERT O’RORKE (Born 1945) Orpheus Signed and dated l.r.: Rbt O’Rorke ’93; signed, dated 1993 and inscribed The Dance No.3 on a label attached to the backboard Watercolour on grey ...

Children, illustrations, tales Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the 1905 Art College, where she ...

Warren Chase Merritt "Melodie Arabe" Original Watercolor c.1939 Original watercolor on paper Dimensions 13" wide x 18.5" high The frame measures 20" wide x 26.5" high Signed and ...

Wonderful pair of Italian orientalist signed painting The first artwork Camillo Innocenti Watercolor on paper "The glorious past" Camillo Innocenti (Rome 1871-1961) Watercolor on paper. The back reports title, signature, inscription and date. The work is dated on the back September 16, 1926 Inscribed title: The glorious past, the victorious king, the construction of the temple, the sphinx. The back also reports that the work was given by the artist as a wedding gift in 1955. The second Camillo Innocenti artwork "Victorious Muhammad Ali" Camillo Innocenti (Rome 1871-1961) work on paper, with frame, Victorious Muhammad Ali. Pencil and tempera. Inscription, title, signature, and date on the back. The back reports that the work was given by the artist as a wedding gift in 1955 Thes artworks, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. The paintings are also protected by glass Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Camillo Innocenti (14 June 1871 – 4 January 1961) was an Italian painter born in Rome. Biography[edit] After he studied in Lyceum, after 1889 he joined the studios of Antonio Mancini in Rome and Domenico Morelli in Naples. After a visit to Spain in 1901, he painted local folk subjects from Abruzzo (1904) and Sardinia (1908). At the 1903 Venice Biennale, he displayed his divisionist works with an attention to social topics, alongside Giacomo Balla, Enrico Lionne...

Large, colourful, Mid Century French watercolour of a tablescape by Roger Decaux. Signed bottom left. Roger DECAUX was born in 1919 in Dombasle sur Meurthe in the Lorraine. He studied art in Paris with Gino Severini and Jan Brusselmans...