Bruno Liljefors(Uppsala 1860 – 1939 Stockholm) Landscape near Kvarnbo, Sweden, c. 1884-5 Oil on canvas, 59 x 53 cm Provenance:Johan Åkerlund1(1856-1902), Stockholm, gift of the artist;thence by descent. Bruno Liljefors is known primarily for his animal subjects not only in Sweden but also in Europe and the United States, where he exhibited early in…
Bernard Durin(Nice 1940 – 1987 Paris) Elephant grasshopper (Pamphagus elephas), 1985 Watercolor and mixed media on white cardboard, 50 x 65 cmSigned and dated lower right B.Durin 85 Literature:Bernard Durin and Gerhard Scherer,Käfer und andere Kerbtiere, Munich 2013, no. 18 The French graphic designer and illustrator[1] Bernard Durin first came under the spell of the…
Bernard Durin(Nice 1940 – 1987 Paris) Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) Watercolor and mixed media on white cardboard, 65 x 50 cmSigned with the artist’s monogram BD (in ligature) lower right Literature:Bernard Durin and Gerhard Scherer, Käfer und andere Kerbtiere, Munich 2013,no. 38 The French graphic designer and illustrator[1] Bernard Durin first came under…
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Middelburg 1803 – 1862 Cleves) View of Königstein on the Elbe, 1858 Oil on panel, 57.8 x 79.6 cmSigned and dated lower centre B C Koekkoek 1858 Provenance:B.C. Schneiders van Greyffenswerth, AmsterdamVincent van Gogh, Princenhage, 1873Auction Sale (C.F. Roos), Amsterdam, 16 October 1873, lot 34J.H. de Souza, 1889Auction Sale (C.M. van Gogh…