Charles Cheriff Galleries Paintings

Charming oil painting, dating from around 1900 and likely originating from Belgium or France. The work depicts a tender domestic scene with a mother cat and her kittens. Two kittens ...

A very lovely pair of late 19th century painted decorative wall panels, Italian circa 1900. Charming romantic scenes painted on dense paper. These panels will be a delightful ornam...

Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) a very fine and charming oil on canvas "Spring Beauties", depicting three young maidens picking flowers by a lake. The three young girls sitting, kneeling and laying on a grassy area of the forest, her wicker basket filled with the freshly picked flowers, the middle one wearing a bonnet and a straw-hat laying on the ground behind with butterflies flying by, within a gilt-wood and gesso carved frame. Signed (l/r): H. Zatzka. Circa: 1890-1900's, Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) was a well known and regarded Austrian fantasy artist whose most popular and valuable works depicted figures of young maidens with angels, floral and other cheerful and warm scenes, including Orientalist themes. In the past thirty years alone, the high quality and detail of his beautiful paintings has caught the attention of International collectors and art dealers alike, creating a highly sought after market and demand for his instantly recognizable body of work. In the late 19th and early 20th century, many of Zazka's charming works were photographed for commercial and collectable postcards. Though no information about his works being exhibited in museums is currently available, most of Zatzka's paintings are in private collections and, in the past century, very few of them have become available on the open market. At the young age of eighteen Zatzka joined Austria's Academy of Fine Arts under the leadership of Professor Blaas. For his fine early works, in 1880 he received The Golden Fügermedal award. Zatzka, like many other artists of the era, traveled around Europe working and selling his art and, in one of his many trips to Italy, he developed a special interest in Religious themes, decorating churches with frescos as well as painting several religious scenes of Madonna's and Child, Saints, Angels and others. In 1885 Zatzka was commissioned to paint "The Naiad of Baden" a ceiling fresco at Kurhaus Baden. Most of Zatzka's income came from his work in religious art and special church commissions. Numerous leading art dealers from around the world that specialize in late 19th and early 20th century European genre paintings have come to the conclusion that the painter signing his works Bernard Zatzka, Joseph Bernard or J. Bernard is almost certainly the artist Hans Zatzka. The consensus seems quite plausible when comparing works known to have been executed by Hans Zatzka together with similar works displaying the signature; Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard or Bernard Zatzka. Lohengrin refers to the knight of the swan, hero of German versions of a legend widely known in variant forms from the European Middle Ages onward. It seems to bear some relation to the northern European folktale of “The Seven Swans,” but its actual origin is uncertain. It is also a character in German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans...

A French 19th century hand painted porcelain pair of plaques in pendant Full-length portraits of young women in period costumes in the woods Both signed lower left Bourgeot Napoléon ...

Fabulous large-scale Mid-Century Modern landscape oil painting. We love the size and subject matter of this gem of a painting from the Mi...

Very fine early 19th century landscape painting, oil on cobber. In the style of Casper David Friedrich. Measures: H 16, W 24 cm. H 6.2, W 9.4 in.    

Vintage original French acrylic painting by Cobelle. Very colorful piece depicting Horse drawn carriages, fountains & beautiful gardens.

Beautiful colors extra large framed oil on canvas painting by Thomas circa 1970s, frame its original shows some wear but looks good.

Vintage seascape oil painting with fishing boats. Beautifully textured oil painting depicting fishing boats resting along a rugged shoreline under a moody sky. The artist's expressiv...

Pair of French Restauration style rectangular reverse glass paintings representing baskets of flowers on a white background, one of peonies one of roses. The whole ensemble has a fir...

Porcelain plaque painted with Orientalist figure by K.P.M. German, circa 1900 Measures: Frame: Height 38cm, width 32cm, depth 6cm Plaque: Height 22cm, width 17cm, depth 0.5cm T...

English orientalist school; late 19th - early 20th century. "Slave market". Oil on canvas. Presents stamps on the back. Measurements: 26,5 x 36 cm; 27 x 37 cm (frame). The orien...