01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hans Holbein the Younger's Anne of Cleves, Queen of England, fourth wife of Henry VIII, with Footnotes #226

Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)

Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), circa 1539

Parchment on canvas

height: 0.6 m (25.5 in); width: 0.4 m (18.8 in)

Louvre Museum 

Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, although their marriage did not proceed. In March 1539, negotiations for Anne's marriage to Henry began, as Henry believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, who was a leader of the Protestants of western Germany, to strengthen his position against potential attacks from Catholic France and the Holy Roman Empire.

Anne arrived in England on 27 December 1539 and married Henry on 6 January 1540, but after six months, the marriage was declared unconsummated and, as a result, she was not crowned queen consort. Following the annulment, Henry gave her a generous settlement, and she was thereafter known as the King's Beloved Sister. Remaining in England, she lived to see the reign of Edward VI, and the coronation of Mary I, outliving the rest of Henry's wives. More on Anne of Cleves

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497/8 - 1543, was one of the most accomplished portraitists of the 16th century. He spent two periods of his life in England portraying the nobility of the Tudor court. Holbein's famous portrait of Henry VIII (London, National Portrait Gallery) dates from the second of these periods. 'The Ambassadors', also from this period, depicts two visitors to the court of Henry VIII.

Holbein was born in Augsburg in southern Germany in the winter of 1497-8. He was taught by his father, Hans Holbein the Elder. He became a member of the Basel artists' guild in 1519. He travelled a great deal, and is recorded in Lucerne, northern Italy and France. In these years he produced woodcuts and fresco designs as well as panel paintings. With the spread of the Reformation in Northern Europe the demand for religious images declined and artists sought alternative work. Holbein first travelled to England in 1526 with a recommendation to Thomas More from the scholar Erasmus. In 1532 he settled in England, dying of the plague in London in 1543.

Holbein was a highly versatile and technically accomplished artist who worked in different media. He also designed jewellery and metalwork. More on Hans Holbein the Younger,

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01 works PORTRAIT OF A LADY, PAUL SÉRUSIER's Jeune bretonne tricotant, with Footnotes #225

PAUL SÉRUSIER (1864-1927)

Jeune bretonne tricotant/ Young Breton girl knitting, c. 1896

Oil on canvas

22 x 18 in. (55.8 x 45.8 cm.)

Private collection

Estimated for GBP 30,000 – GBP 50,000 in Jun 2022

Jeune bretonne tricotant evokes an atmosphere of religious mysticism that echoes the work of Paul Gauguin, who exerted a profound influence on Sérusier. Greatly inspired by Gauguin’s use of bold areas of colour and his subject matter – in particular his Breton landscapes – Sérusier declared himself to be a ‘follower’ of the artist. The commonality of interests between the two artists was further reinforced by their decision to spend the summer of 1889 painting together, firstly at Pont-Aven, then later in Le Pouldu. More on this painting

Paul Sérusier (9 November 1864 – 7 October 1927) was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabis movement, Synthetism and Cloisonnism.

Sérusier was born in Paris. He studied at the Académie Julian and was a monitor there in the mid-1880s. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centered there around Paul Gauguin. While at the Pont-Aven artist's colony he painted a picture that became known as The Talisman, under the close supervision of Gauguin. The picture was an extreme exercise in Cloisonnism that approximated to pure abstraction. He was a Post-Impressionist painter, a part of the group of painters called Les Nabis. Sérusier, along with Paul Gauguin, named the group. Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis became the best known of the group, but at the time they were somewhat peripheral to the core group.

In 1892 Sérusier met and befriended Charles Hodge Mackie while the Scottish artist and his wife were honeymooning in France. This friendship led to him contributing the illustration Pastorale Bretonne to The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal: The Book of Spring published by Patrick Geddes and Colleagues in Edinburgh in 1895.

He later taught at the Académie Ranson and published his book ABC de la peinture in 1921. He died at Morlaix in Brittany. More on Paul Sérusier

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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by John Fernandes, with Footnotes #223

John Fernandes

Untitled, c. 1996

Oil on canvas

47.3x35.3  inch, 120.1x89.6 cm

Private collection

John Fernandes

Untitled, c. 2001

Watercolour on paper

5.75 in x 9.5 in   |  14.5 cm x 24.4 cm

Private collection

Sold for Rs 29,280 | $385 in  JUNE 2022

John Fernandes was born in 1951 in Karnataka.

He graduated in Psychology & Philosophy from the Karnataka University. He studied art at Chitra Mandir, Belgaum. He was a graduate for 9 years under the guidance of eminent artist Shri. K.B. Kulkarni.

He worked in Mumbai as an illustrator with a leading Advertising Agency for 9 years and worked as a full time freelance artist for more than 25 years.

He passed away in 2007.

His works have met critical success out side India and have been featured in several exhibitions in Singapore, Dubai, London, New York, Los Angeles and many more. More on John Fernandes

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Herb Ritts' Nicole Kidman, Culver City, with Footnotes #222

Herb Ritts

Nicole Kidman, Culver City, 1999

Gelatin silver print

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm.)

Private collection

Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a center for film and later television production, best known as the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company. National Public Radio West and Sony Pictures Entertainment have headquarters in the city. The city was named after its founder, Harry Culver. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Over the years, it has annexed more than 40 pieces of adjoining land and now comprises about five square miles. More on Culver City

Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has continuously remained one of the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards.

Kidman has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006. In 2006, she was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia. In 2010, she founded the production company Blossom Films. In 2004 and 2018, Time magazine included her on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. More on Nicole Mary Kidman

Herbert "Herb" Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director prolific for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ritts prominently photographed celebrities in various locales throughout California. Ritts' work with them ushered in the 1990s era of the supermodel and was consecrated by one of his most celebrated images, "Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1989" taken for Rolling Stone Magazine. More on Herb Ritts

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09 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Robert Brackman's Working Women, with Footnotes #221

Robert Brackman, 1898 - 1980

Morning Chore

Oil on canvas

28 by 22 inches, (71.1 by 55.9)

Private collection

Robert Brackman

In Morning Light

Oil on canvas

36 x 30 in

Private collection

Robert Brackman

The Lighthouse Keeper

Oil on canvas

Private collection

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, American, 1847-1928

Oyster Gatherer, c. 1884

Oil on canvas

16 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (41 x 27 cm)

Private collection

Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher of Ukrainian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Born in Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1908.

Robert Brackman

Midsummer Morn

Oil on canvas

Private collection

Robert Brackman

Preparing the Bath

Pastel on grey paper

34 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.

Private collection

Robert Brackman

In Abundance Arrangement #2

Oil on canvas

35 x 27 7/8 in

Private collection

Robert Brackman

Figure Arrangement #9

Oil on canvas

20 x 16in

Private collection

Brackman studied at the National Academy of Design from 1919 to 1921, and the Ferrer School in San Francisco. From 1931, he had a long career teaching at the Art Students League of New York where he was a life member. He also taught at the American Art School in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum School, the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, and the Madison Art School in Connecticut. In 1932, Brackman was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1940.

Robert Brackman

Life about me

Oil on Canvas

60 x 86 in. / 152.4 x 218.4 cm.

Private collection

Brackman was married to Rochelle Post; they later divorced. He had two daughters with his second wife. More on Robert Brackman

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hugo Birger's Sten Sture frees the Danish Queen from captivity in the Wadstena, with Footnotes #220

Hugo Birger, (Sweden, 1854-1887)

Sten Sture frees the Danish Queen, Christina of Saxony, from captivity in the Wadstena, c. 1876. 

Oil on canvas

137 x 193 cm.

Private collection

Sold for SEK65,000 in Jun 2022

Christina of Saxony (born Torgau, 25 December 1461 – died Odense, 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John.

When the War of Deposition against King Hans and Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) took place later that same year, John left Sweden for Denmark in August 1501 in the company of Edel Jernskjæg. He left Christina, who was at that time too ill to travel, in charge of the garrison of the Castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm as regent and as moral support for his followers.

From September 1501 until 6 May 1502, Queen Christina was besieged by the Swedish rebels. This was one of the hardest sieges known during the Kalmar Union, during which a garrison of 1000 men was reduced to 70 out of plague and starvation.

On 9 May 1502, Queen Christina surrendered to the Swedish Regent Sten Sture the Elder. According to the peace settlement, was to be kept at a convent in Stockholm until she could travel back to Denmark. When she surrendered her position, she turned herself over to lady Ingeborg Tott, who met her at the castle and followed her to a convent.

She was kept first at the Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm and then at the Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm. However, the treaty was broken by Sten Sture: when John had a ship sent to Stockholm to collect her, the regent had her taken from Stockholm to the Vadstena Abbey in a form of captivity. In October 1503, she was finally released and escorted to the Danish border by Sten Sture, where she was met by her son Christian in Halmstad. More on Christina of Saxony

Hugo Birger (born Hugo Birger Peterson) (12 January 1854 – 17 June 1887) was a Swedish painter.

Born in Stockholm, Birger studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1870 to 1877. In 1877, he was awarded with the "Royal medal" for his painting Syndafallet. 

Birger moved to Paris in 1877, and spent the summer of 1878 in Barbizon with Carl Larsson and Carl Skånberg. He debuted at the Paris Salon the following year with Rue Gabrielle (1879, now in the Gothenburg Museum of Art). He submitted his painting Toaletten (English: The Toilet), which depicts a lady in front of the toilet mirror, to the Paris Salon in 1880. From 1881 to 1882, Birger visited Spain and Northern Africa. His largest painting from Spain was La feria ("The Feast Day", 1882, Gothenburg Museum of Art), which depicts a breakfast in Granada.

Birger suffered from health issues in 1887 and died at Hotel Mollberg in Helsingborg, Sweden, on 17 June 1887, on his way home from France. More on Hugo Birger

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Mel Ramos' Wonder Woman, with Footnotes #219

Mel Ramos (b. 1935)

Wonder Woman, c. 1979

Color lithograph on wove paper, USA, c. 1979

24 x 20 ½ in. (61 x 52.1 cm.)

Private collection

Sold for US$2,500 in ?

Known for his provocative images that mix the idealized woman with imagery of popular culture, this lithograph by Mel Ramos depicts one of the most iconic fictional superheroes: Wonder Woman. Depicted here with voluptuous curves and with her hands behind her head in a departure from her signature hands-on-hips power pose, Ramos undercuts Wonder Woman's feminist ideals with tongue-in-cheek sexuality.

Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935) is an American Pop artist famous for his comic-book like images of naked, voluptuous females mixed the popular culture imagery. A prolific artist from his emergence in the 1960s onward, Ramos has often based his nudes on the female celebrities of the day, from Marilyn Monroe to Scarlett Johansson. His work appeared alongside Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) and Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) at a Pop Art show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1963. In 1965, he first developed his most notable works depicting nude pin-up girls alongside mass-marketed products. Ramos has exhibited internationally and been featured in numerous museums, including the Whitney and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has also held teaching positions at California State University, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin. More on Mel Ramos

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Lidia Wylangowska's Forte, with Footnotes #218

Lidia Wylangowska

Forte

Oil on Wood

36 W x 80 H x 1.5 D in

Private collection

Lidia Wylangowska: "My art tells my story. It's a story of my world, of my thoughts and emotions entwined in an internal dialogue. And some of it can be expressed only through painting. It is incredible, how fairy-tales I heard once-upon-a-time, in my childhood actually influenced my life and defined who I am.

The technique I use in my works is changing and evolving as I do. There is a lot my very own inventions in it but the very base comes from Renaissance Masters. Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci , Raphael are commonly considered to have pioneered the use of chiaroscuro to create the illusion of relief - notably in the modelling of the human body. Chiaroscuro modeling is supporting the effect of color. In order to use the under painting efficiently, I put the color transparently. The transparent layer of paint spread over the top of an opaque passage that has been given some time to dry. Light travels through the glaze and is reflected back off of the opaque layer below. The light in the painting constructed this way lit the color from the bottom. More on Lidia Wylangowska

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Sylvia Ji's Stella (Blue Stoya), with Footnotes #217

Sylvia Ji (b. 1982)

Detail; Stella (Blue Stoya), 2007

Acrylic on wood panel

20 x 18 inches (50.8 x 45.7 cm)

Private collection

Sylvia Ji (b. 1982)

Stella (Blue Stoya), 2007

Acrylic on wood panel

20 x 18 inches (50.8 x 45.7 cm)

Private collection

Stoya was born as Jessica Stoyadinovich. She was born on 15 June 1986. Stoya was born to a Scottish father and Serbian mother. Stoya was her nickname before becoming a pornstar. It was the shortened version of her Grandmother’s name. She is from Wilmington, North Carolina. She wanted to become a dancer. Stoya was homeschooled. She got her High School diploma before the age of 16. Her father worked in IT. From there she grew to love technology. She moved to Delaware getting her diploma. She enrolled in Delaware College of Art & Design. But she dropped out. Later she relocated to Philadelphia.

In 2007 Digital Playground contacted her. Stoya was offered a contract by digital playground. She accepted to become a pornographic actress. She has appeared in a lot of digital playground movies. She also appeared in a film by Evil Angel. In 2014 she left Digital Playground. More on Stoya

Born to a family of artists in 1982, Sylvia Ji was immersed into the world of art at a very young age. Next to her father's paintings and mother's sketchbooks, Ji has had a lifelong influence of art and culture, aided by her love for travel and exploration.

Receiving her BFA in illustration from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco in 2005, she demonstrated her talent by having a successful first solo show during her last year of study.

Ji creates charged paintings brimming with an uncanny beauty that are in constant demand. Possessing an artistic voice as unique as the times we live in, Sylvia Ji is at once contemplative, spiritual, enigmatic, and yet whimsically funny.

Inspired by the many relationships and people that surround her, Sylvia Ji portrays many of the familiar faces in her paintings, often reflecting upon her own image and feelings.

Using simple materials, she explores the female beauty, sexuality, and the tattooed subjects denote both a frightful look and certain fragility behind the mask, depicting a fearful beauty placed in an exotic, timeless reality. With each painting being spiritual and enigmatic, a nuance of the artist can be seen regardless of whom the piece actually depicts, as her desire to surprise is easily transferred to the canvas.

A self-professed lover of travel and life long student of international culture and art, Sylvia's experiences and relationships continue to shape her exploration of indefinable human emotion. Now, and in the years to come, her life's journey is more than the sum of its parts drawn from her past, built on the present and beyond fascinating expressions of love and lust, beauty and decay, delicacy and passion. More on Sylvia Ji

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Antonio Ermolao Paoletti's Feeding the Pigeons, with Footnotes #215

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti, Italian, 1834 - 1912

Feeding the Pigeons, Piazza San Marco, Venice

Oil on canvas

24 by 35¾ in.; 60.9 by 90.8 cm

Private collection

All it takes is a handful of birdseed to transform any tourist visiting Venice's historic St. Mark's Square into a human perch for a fluttering mass of pushy pigeons.

Venice has long been concerned with the potential hazards the birds pose to human health, not to mention the damage caused by their guano and taste for marble. More on this painting

Born in the coastal city of Valencia, Francisco Miralles y Galup moved to Paris with his family in 1866 and remained in the French capital for the next 27 years. He studied under Arturo Canela, whose studio became the meeting place for Catalán artists in the city. Fortuitously, his fellow countryman Eduardo Zamacois introduced him to the prestigious art dealer Adolphe Goupil, the agent for Boldini, Bouguereau, Gérôme and other notable 19th-century artists. Goupil commissioned numerous works from Miralles and steered him towards elegant society subjects, for which he became best known. Miralles' talents as a painter soon became widely appreciated, and his work avidly collected. He was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salons, in the Sala Parés in Barcelona and at numerous international exhibitions in London, Berlin, and America where his work coveted. More on Francisco Miralles y Galup

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06 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, David Drebin's Monte Carlo Flasher, and 5 other works with Footnotes #214

David Drebin

Flasher in Monte Carlo, c. 2019

C-print

76 x 114 cm

Private collection

Love stories and landscapes are at the foundation of David Drebin's panoramas, portraits, and neon sculptures. His monograph Love and Other Stories (2007) features solitary women in urban tableaux—high-rise apartments buildings and terraces, freeway overpasses and hotel rooms. Dressed alternately in bikinis, evening gowns, and negligees, the women appear to be in various stages of a love affair. They pout while lying on couches and ascend grand staircases; their legs emerge from doorways and car doors, their concealed upper bodies assumedly engaged in passionate embraces. Drebin's cityscapes present sweeping views of famous locales such as Jerusalem, Paris, and New York and incorporate both built and natural features. In San Francisco Dusk (2010), an illuminated grid of buildings reaches toward the misty blue horizon of the Pacific Ocean. More on David Drebin

David DREBIN (1970) 

Flasher, c. 2002

Chromogenic drawing on aluminum

120 x 180 cm

Private collection

David DREBIN (1970) 

Me and Me, 2020

C-print

39 x 49.2 inch

Private collection

David DREBIN (1970) 

Falling for Monte Carlo, c. 2019

Chromogenic drawing on aluminum

60 x 48 cm

Private collection

David DREBIN (1970) 

Fireworks, c. 2019

Chromogenic drawing on aluminum

60 x 48 cm

Private collection

David DREBIN (1970) 

Wheels And Heels, 2013

Chromogenic drawing on aluminum

29.9 x 44.9 inch

Private collection

David Drebin is an Canadian artist who works in photographs, lightboxes, neon light Installations, sculptures and etchings on glass.

After graduating from Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1996, Drebin started creating images of movie stars, sports personalities and entertainers. He later received commissions for advertising campaigns worldwide.

In 2005, Drebin had his first solo exhibition at Camera Work in Berlin. In 20017, he published his first comprehensive illustrated book entitled Love and Other Stories.

Drebin's photographs frequently incude femme fatales in cities such as Hong Kong, New York, and Paris. More on David Drebin

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