Hans Thoma(Bernau 1839 – 1924 Karlsruhe) The Rhine Valley near Säckingen, 1881 Oil on canvas, 77.4 x 106 cmSigned with monogram and dated lower left HTh 81 Provenance:Carl von Grunelius, Frankfurt (after 1900, with Grunelius in 1909; see Thode)Düsseldorf art market, 1956Georg Schäfer collection, Schweinfurt (inv. no. 2599) Exhibited:Richard W. Gassen and Bernhard Holeczek, Mythos…
Gustave Doré (Strasbourg 1832 – 1883 Paris) “La Prairie”, Paris, c.1855 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 73 cm.Signed twice lower right (one in red, one in yellow) G. Doré Provenance:– With the artist until 1883, held in his Paris studio; held at the Doré Gallery, London as of 1869– Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of…
Gustave Courbet (Ornans 1819 – 1877 La Tour-de-Peilz) Waves, « Paysage de Mer », Normandy, 1869, Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 65.2 cm Signed lower right G. Courbet. Jean-Jacques Fernier has confirmed Courbet’s authorship and dates the painting to the period around 1869. It will be included in Volume III of his catalogue raisonné. Provenance: Private collection,…
Gustave Courbet (Ornans 1819 – 1877 La Tour-de-Peilz) La Sieste, 1841-42Oil on canvas, 37.3 x 46 cmSigned lower right G. Courbet Provenance:Paris, auction sale, 17 January 1879, lot 15Jos Hessel, ParisBernheim-Jeune, Paris (no. 21.117)Bertel O. Steen, OsloPrivate collection, SwitzerlandLondon, Christie’s, auction sale, 29 March 1988, lot 106, repr.New York, Sotheby’s, auction sale, 20 April 2005,…