Conrad KIESEL (after), Japonist portrait of a woman wearing a kimono, circa 1880

This portrait of a woman in red chalk was executed by Armand Point in 1905. A lover of Italy from 1893 onwards, Armand Point (1861-1932) was notably influenced by the Florentine Pri...

Léopold-Franz Kowalsky (1856–1931) was a French painter renowned for his portraits of young women and idyllic rural scenes. A student of Henri Lehmann, he entered the École des Beaux...

This statue, titled Young Girl with a Conch, was cast by the Ducel Foundry after a work by Pierre Loison in the mid-19th century. The sculptor Pierre Loison (or Loyson) (1816-1886) began his career as an apprentice to a clog maker. Noticed for his talent, he was able to study sculpture in the studio of David d’Angers and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He received numerous official commissions and exhibited in nearly every Salon from 1845 until 1886, the year of his death, as well as at the 1855 Universal Exhibition. The Ducel Foundry was founded in 1800 in Touraine. It was successively managed by three generations of the Ducel family: Jacques, Jean-Jacques, and Jacques-Gustave. The company had a store in Paris and gained recognition by participating in various international exhibitions held in the second half of the 19th century. It was purchased by the Val d’Osne Foundry in 1878. This sculpture depicts a young girl seated on a rock by the water’s edge. She may represent a naiad, a deity associated with rivers and springs. Her posture conveys movement, as if she is about to enter the water: her face and torso lean forward, she holds onto the rock with her left hand, and in her right hand, she grasps a conch shell, which could emit a jet of water. A drapery covers her waist, and both legs extend toward the water. The statue bears an inscription on the base indicating its origin: “JJ DUCEL...

An artist who died young, Joseph Frugoni is a rare sculptor. His production is divided fairly equally between copies of antiquity and original creations. Signed "Frugoni" with the me...

A Gorgeous 19th Century KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed by the Artist Wagner Wien .n C. Kiesel. The beauty is seen in a beautiful orange and white kimono...

Title: Japanese Lady in Traditional Kimono – Plate VI, Section VIII Description: A stunning lithograph showcasing a Japanese lady dressed in an elaborately...

Edward John Gregory (1850-1909) Edward John Gregory (1850-1909) A seated girl in Oriental costume signed 'E J Gregory' and dated 1896 l.l., watercolour 34 x 48cm Framed Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, Oil Paintings and Watercolour Drawings by the late Edward John Gregory, RA, 1910, no.194. Gregory was born in Southampton, the son of a ship’s engineer and grandson of John Gregory, engineer-in-chief on Sir John Franklin’s last Arctic expedition...

This sophisticated signed painting by Karin Schaefers represents a refined intersection of European impressionism and Japanese iconography. A seated wom...