Henry R. Rittenberg

Meditation, Oil, Figurative, Nude, Impressionist, Early 20th Century

"Nude with Cat" by R. Walker is a charming portrait of a woman and cat posed by a window.

"Reclining Nude" by Gustave Durand is a beautiful, classical French nude in the tradition of Carolus-Duran and the Académie Julian.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1921, artist Norman Rubington studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he participated in a number of group exhibitions and his first solo show at the Salon d'Automne in 1948, which received high acclaim. Following his studies, he returned to the States and exhibited in a series of shows in Boston, New York and San Francisco. Rubington was awarded a grant from the Tiffany Foundation, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Prix de Rome prize and was a fellow of the McDowell Art Colony in New Hampshire. Rubington exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Paris, City Center, New York, Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston, Berman Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, American Academy, Rome, Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C., Art Institute of Chicago, American Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Rome Art Club, and Museo Berera, Milan. Rubington's work is held in numerous private and public collections including permanent collections of the J.H. Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, Obelisk Gallery, London, Court Gallery, Copenhagen, Grace Cathedral...

Painter and teacher, Thomas Fogarty, Jr., taught at the Art Students League in Manhattan for many years and exhibited his oil and pastel landscapes and still lifes at the Whitney Museum of American Art and many New York galleries. Fogarty began his teaching career at the Pratt Institute and Rutgers University, before joining the faculty at the Art Students League, where he taught painting, composition and life drawing. Fogarty was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. Both the artist and his father, Thomas Fogarty, Sr., were beloved teachers at the Art Students League and influenced generations of American painters, including Norman Rockwell. In “Draped Nude,” Fogarty’s vibrant use of color and soft, sensitive brushwork reminds the viewer of Pierre Bonnard’s interiors or early Picasso...

The Artists Model French Impressionist, circa 1900's oil on canvas, unframed indistinctly signed with initials to the corner canvas: 51.5 x 35.5 inches Provenance: private collection...

Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Farewell Year: circa 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm) Frame Size: 23 x 15 inches

A nude portrait of a demure young lady seated on an antique couch in a library setting by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed with monogram "MWZ" top right, and on verso. Unframed. Image, 24"H x 12"L. Ziegler studied at Cincinnati Art Academy, Minneapolis Art...

Baes Emile Brussels 1879 – 1953 Paris Belgian Painter Female Nude Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 65 x 54 cm Biography: Baes Emile was b...