by EKCARTASIA | Jan 10, 2023
Eugène Delacroix: Study of the Sky, Setting Sun, ca. 1850; pastel on paper, 14.5cm x 19.5cm (unsigned, from the estate of Delacroix’s cousin, Leon Riesener) Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) About the Artist Considered a pioneer of French Romanticism, Eugene...
by EKCARTASIA | Sep 20, 2022
Paul César Helleu: Portrait of Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, Countess Greffulhe, 1891; pastel on canvas, 200 x 115cm (signed, located and dated ‘91) Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) About the Artist Pastel and drypoint artist Paul-César Helleu’s enchanting portraits...
by EKCARTASIA | Sep 8, 2022
Marthe Lalire-Levesques: Portrait of Adolphe La Lyre, 1889; pastel on paper, 54 x 45cm (signed and dated ‘Marthe Lalire Levesques 1889’ on the left side) Marthe Lalire-Levesques (1865 – 1952) About the Artist Little is known about Paris-born portraitist Marthe...
by EKCARTASIA | Mar 20, 2022
James Thomas Linnell: Study of Oak Trees; pastel on brown paper, 59.2 x 49.1cm James Thomas Linnell (1820-1905) About the Artist The second son of landscape painter John Linnell, James Thomas Linnell trained at the Royal Academy Schools alongside his brothers John and...
by EKCARTASIA | Mar 19, 2022
Maurice Pirenne: Interieur; pastel on paper, 44cm x 36 cm (signed at the lower right) Maurice Pirenne (1872-1968) About the Artist Belgian painter Maurice Lucien Henri Joseph Marie Pirenne, the son of a textile producer, was born in the once-industrial town of...