Emile Charles Labbé, Portrait Of A Gentleman

Emile Charles Labbé, Portrait Of A GentlemanA fine 19th century portrait of a gentleman by French painter, Emile Charles Labb (1820 1885). He wears a black jacket, white shirt and black necktie. It was painted in 1876, possibly while Labb was working in Constantine, Algeria. Labb was a versatile and highly regarded artist. He began his career asserting himself as a landscape painter often working in The forest of Fontainebleau, which provided an abundant array of flora and fauna. By the age of

A fine 20th-century oil on board depicting a colourful farmyard scene by German painter

The artist Axel Thorsen Schovelin (1827-1893) was a precocious talent and he joined the Academy of Fine Arts at the age of just 12

A few small marks here and there

His outfit is unusually flamboyant for the 19th-century when young men were often dressing like their fathers

thick fur coat and pearls by artist

she was represented at the prestigious Paris Salon where she received an honourable mention

Thomas James Soper exhibited widely during his lifetime including at the Royal Society of Artists

A fine early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a seated older lady holding a book

The artist has worked in pencil with black chalk and washes

1877Condition: Overall very presentable

James Paterson RSA

Scuffing around the periphery due to its previous frame