Very Fine and Rare Pair of Night Blue Grisaille Paintings, France, circa 1775

French large Camaïeu Bleu Grisaille painting. The colour is treated in a monochromatic way. Tableau Grisaille painting in shades of Camaïeu blue evoking ...

Late 18th century French Grisaille Painting, oil on canvas. Mythological scene with the Greek God Pan and dancing putto figures with ivory painted an...

Very fine impressionist painting, signed, oil on canvas, circa 1880-1910. Good condition, and original frame. Measures: H. 83 W. 65 cm. H...

Very fine cubustic European painting, oil on canvas, French or German. Unclear signature. Very decorative painting. Measures: H. 56 W. 45 cm. H. 22 W. 17.7 in.

Lovely pair of paintings on wood boards, each representing a colourful pair of parrots, in an oval medallion.

A very fine French parcel-gilt enamel plaque within ormolu frame Late 19th-early 20th century The rectangular plaque depicting a family seated at a theatre balcony, within a pink a...

Fine Danish portrait painting of a girl and boy, unclear signature in monogram and dated "1851". Amazing and charming painting. Measures: H. 60, W. 50 cm. H. 23.6, W. 19.6 in. ...

Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا‎ - Persian: عاشورا‎ - Turkish: Aşure Günü). Signed and inscribed: 'Gordon Coutts/TANGIER' (lower right), circa 1920. Provenance: The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California. Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he then studied and travelled to Glasgow, London, Paris and Rome before settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1891. In 1896 he moved to Sydney, where he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales, before returning back to Europe in 1899. With the climate of northern Europe detrimental to Coutts' poor health, he moved with his wife, Alice Grey, to the United States where he became a frequent exhibitor at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1920 he travelled to Tangiers, Morocco where, dressed as an Arab, he passed from tribe to tribe observing the lifestyle, customs and practices of the the village people and Bedouins. The present work depicts the celebration of Ashura. The day of Ashura is commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims; "A day of pain, pilgrimage and pageantry, it is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This is a period of mourning and cleansing, which marks the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...

This vivid abstract painting captures the dynamic energy of a shipyard through its layered impasto strokes and a rich, moody palette. The artwork explores the chaotic interplay of fo...

Pair of antique French framed floral oil paintings. Well executed pair of antique French floral oil paintings on wood in giltwood frames, ci...