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Aquarell Edmund Kesting1892 Dresden - 1970 Birkenwerder "Rotes Schweben" u. re. sign. Ed. Kesting Aquarellfarben auf strukturiertem Papier, 63,5 x 122 cm Lit.: AKL

A large scalloped shell shaped Fruit dish, blue and white plates including Dresden, Mid-winter etc, willow pattern sauce tureen, Burlington lidded vegetable dish, a/f.

Bildnismaler des 19. Jahrhunderts- Bildnis des Oberst Friedrich Karl Nidda Genthe (1824-1900) - Öl/Lwd. 69 x 52,5 cm (im Oval). Rückseitig auf altem Papieretikett bez.: Friedrich Nidda Genthe / Oberst u (...) des / 2. Sächsischen Reiter Regiments / in Grimma. / geboren in Leipzig 30.12.1824 / gestorben in Dresden 9. 4. 1900. Zierrahmen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Minim. rest.

Kurt Sohns1907 Barsinghausen - 1990 Hannover - Weiblicher Halbakt am Fenster - Gouache/Papier. 49 x 47 cm. Sign. und dat. l. u.: Sohns / (19)46. Das Blatt liegt lose. Randmängel. Kurt Sohns studierte an den Kunstgewerbeschulen in Hannover und Stuttgart. Er reiste 1929 nach Paris und in den Folgejahren nach Holland und Norwegen. Seit 1948 war er Professor in Hannover. Präsident der Niedersächsischen Sezession. Auf der 2. Deutschen Kunstausstellung in Dresden 1949 war er mit drei Arbeiten vertreten.

Barock SekretärDresden, um 1760. Nussbaum. 106,5 x 78 x 56 cm. Rest.bed. Auf vier geschweiften Beinen. Bombierter Korpus mit zwei Schubladen sowie einer geschwungenen, schrägen Schreibplatte. Innen vier Schubladen und zwei Ablagefächer.

Hugo Mühlig1854 Dresden - 1929 Düsseldorf - Figurenstudien eines Jägers - Bleistift/Papier. 17,5 14,5 cm. Sign. r. u.: Hugo Mühlig. Unter Glas gerahmt. - Lit.: Th.-B. XXV, S. 214. Landschaftsmaler. Sohn des Meno Mühlig.

Konvolut 10 Orden und AbzeichenDeutschland. 1 x Militär-Ehrenzeichen 1 x Militär-Verdienstkreuz. Silber. 3,8 x 3,8 cm. Auf unterem Kreuzarm Hersteller- und Feingehaltspunzierung W (Joh. Wagner & Sohn), 938 (die 3 etw. unleserlich). Band schwarz 3 cm breit, 2 mm Rand, weiße Randstreifen je 6 mm. Altersspuren - Vergoldung berieben; 1 x Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse 1914 an Nadel. 4,3 x 4,3 cm. Ungepunzt. Leicht gebogener Kreuzkörper. Altersspuren; 1 x Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse 1914 für Kämpfer. 4,3 x 4,3 cm. Punze auf Bandring etw. unleserl., evtl.: "LV 8". Altersspuren; 1 x Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914 - 1918. 3,7 x 3,7 cm. Auf Rückseite Herstellerpunze AD. B. L., Altersspuren; 1 x Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 Mattgelb. Buntmetall (nicht magnetisch). 4,3 x 3,7 cm. Altersspuren; 1 x Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 Schwarz o. Mattweiß. Eisenblech (magnetisch). 4,3 x 3,7 cm. Altersspuren; 1 x Veteranenkreuz K.V. Sehnde 1893. Gesamt 5,8 x 4,9 cm. Kreuz 3,1 x 3,1 cm. Auf Rückseite bez.: H. E. Peucker Dresden A.16. Altersspuren; 1 x Anstecknadel 2 x Eisernes Kreuz 1914. L. 5,3 cm, B. 2,1 cm. Zwei versch. große Kreuze an einer Nadel. Altersspuren; 1 x Anstecknadel 2 x Eisernes Kreuz 1914. L. 5,1 cm, B. 1,7 cm. Altersspuren; 1 x Anstecknadel Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 91. L. 6,6 cm, B. 1,4 cm. Altersspuren. Alle Orden und Abzeichen fixiert auf schwarzem Samtkissen.

Fritz Genutat1876 Berlin - 1958 - "Eine Dame, die sich die Hände wäscht" (nach Gerard ter Borch) Öl/Holz. 54 x 44,5 cm. Sign., dat. und bez. r. u.: F. Genutat 1901 / nach Ter Borch. Zierrahmen. Nahezu originalgroße Kopie des Gemäldes von Gerard ter Borch. Das Originalgemälde befindet sich in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden.

SchlangenhenkelvaseDresdner Kunstabteilung von C. M. Hutschenreuther, Dresden 1918-1945. - Gegenüberliegende Blumenbuketts - Porzellan, weiß, glasiert. Polychrom und Gold bemalt. Goldrand. Auf der Glasur Marke. In Schwarz bez.: In. Heller pinxit D 325. H. 46,5 cm. - Zustand: der Henkel einer Seite rest.

Käthe Kollwitz1867 Königsberg - 1945 Moritzburg - "Tod und Frau" - Radierung/Papier. 44 x 44,5 cm, 73 x 56 cm. Im unteren Plattenbereich typografisch bez.: Orig. Rad. von Käte Kollwitz / VERLAG VON EMIL RICHTER DRESDEN / Druck v. O. Felsing, Berlin-Chlttbg. Das Blatt liegt lose. Gebräunt. Stockflecken. Leichte Randmängel. - Lit.: Klipstein 103. Die Arbeit stammt aus dem Jahr 1910.

A. Lange & Söhne-SavonnetteFa. A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte SA. Um 1898 -1900. 750/- Roségold, gestemp. Gewicht: 104 g. Drei-Deckel-Gold. Num.: 47513. Gepunzt in zwei Deckeln: A. Lange & Söhne / Glashütte, Feingehaltsangaben. Werk und alle Deckel mit Nr. versehen: 47513. Werk sign.: A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte Dresden. D. 5,3 cm. Sehr Guter Zustand. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Die Uhr ist funktionsfähig. Herrensavonette. Weiß emailliertes Ziffernblatt mit schwarzen, arabischen Zahlen. Auf dem Ziffernblatt bez.: "A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte-SA". Goldzeiger. Funktionen: Stunde, Minute und kleine Sekunde auf 6-Uhr.

Minna Köhler-Roeber1883 Reichenbach - 1957 Friesen - Verschneites Dorf mit Kirche - Öl/Karton. 18,5 x 13,8 cm. Rückseitig mit Etikett: Nachlass Minna Köhler-Roeber / WVZ. NR. 334. Zierrahmen. Der Unterricht in Dresden bei der französischen Malerin Mayer-Blaise prägte sie ebenso wie der Besuch der Malschule von Johannes Walter-Kurau ab 1906. In dieser Zeit verlagerte sich der Fokus ihrer Arbeit auf die Landschaftsmalerei.

Kurt Sohns1907 Barsinghausen - 1990 Hannover - "Pelikan" - Farbserigrafie/Papier. 22/40. 39,5 x 30 cm, 54 x 43 cm. Sign. r. u.: Sohns. Rückseitig auf Etikett bez. und dat.: (...) 1962. Unter Glas gerahmt. Kurt Sohns studierte an den Kunstgewerbeschulen in Hannover und Stuttgart. Er reiste 1929 nach Paris und in den Folgejahren nach Holland und Norwegen. Seit 1948 war er Professor in Hannover. Präsident der Niedersächsischen Sezession. Auf der 2. Deutschen Kunstausstellung in Dresden 1949 war er mit drei Arbeiten vertreten.

Paul Kother1878 Leipzig - 1963 Weimar - Blumenstillleben - Öl/Lwd. Randdoubl. 52 x 42 cm. Rückseitig mit weiterer Darstellung eines Stilllebens mit Kürbis und Früchten. Impressionistenrahmen. Paul Kother war seit 1894 an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig. Zwei Jahre später besuchte er die Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Dresden und war Schüler von Carl Bantzer. Zusammen mit dem Brücke-Künstler Otto Mueller teile er sich eine Atelierwohnung in München (1898/99). Eine enge Freundschaft verband die beiden Männer, denn Kother heiratete die Schwester Muellers. Durch Otto Mueller lernte er andere Künstler der "Brücke" und deren Umkreis kennen und stellte mit ihnen aus. Kother lebte ab 1914 in Berlin und war auf Ausstellungen der "Sturm"-Galerie und der "Novembergruppe" vertreten. Arbeiten wurden auch 1915 in der Galerie Emil Richter ausgestellt.

Meissen potpourri vase and cover, for restoration, of baluster form decorated with hand painted panel of a courting couple, and panel of a floral spray, further detailed with hand painted sprigs and encrusted flowers, flanked by two putti, with blue crossed swords mark beneath, H25cm, together with a Dresden teacup and saucer, decorated with alternating panels of courting figures, and floral sprays against a yellow ground, with mark beneath, teacup H6.5cm

Three Dresden cups, lidded jar etc

dating: 1729 - 1731 provenance: Saxony - Poland, Wide, straight, single-and-false-edged blade, with wide fuller at the center, the base with royal monogram 'AR' under crown (King Augustus II. 1697 - 1733) on both sides, the back with fuller. The handle is made of brass in two welded parts, cross-shaped quillon with monogram 'AR' under crown in bas-relief on granulated background (also on both sides). Fishbone, karabela-type handle. Leather-covered wooden scabbard (small missing parts) with three mounts worked en suite with the handle (one smooth segment alternating with a granulated one). In 1729, Colonel Christoph von Unruh formed - on the orders of King Augustus II of Poland, as Elector of Saxony Augustus I - the Janissary Corps consisting of four companies with one hundred men each, stationed in Dresden and Warsaw,. This small corps was already disbanded in 1731 and thus only existed for about three years.See Müller/Kölling 'Europäische Hieb- und Stichwaffen', no. 298; Hilbert, 'Blankwaffen', Berlin, 1998, No. 28 and 29; 'Trag diese Wehr zu Sachsens Ehr', 1994, S. 16-17, Nr.4. length 81.5 cm.

A pair of Dresden porcelain figures of Chinese boys seated on kylin, early 20th century, height 24cm, width 18cm.Provenance: From an excellent private Cornish collection, originating from the 1980s.Condition report: Condition is very good. These were kept safely in a display cabinet for many years. No damages.

A pair of Dresden style porcelain baluster vases with slender necks, with decorated with scenes of couples and floral panels, with gilt embellishments, 30.5cm high

A pair of Dresden porcelain cherub candlesticks seated on scroll bases (a/f) 19cm and a male and female figure group of musician and dancer (a/f)

Three 20th Century Volkstedt Rudolstadt Dresden lace models of dancers, each in elaborate dress with floral decoration, all marked as seconds, tallest 30cm.

A German Second World War Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge. Manufacturer marked Osang, Dresden, this is a mid war production, two-piece badge with the eagle attached to the main badge by a single domed rivet. Loss of colour to the clouds also to the wreath. Good finish remaining to the eagle. Original pin, hook and hinge, good condition £140-£180

A German Second World War Brandenburg Division Soldbuch Grouping. Two documents for a soldier in the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland, comprising: * A late war 1945 issued soldbuch to Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland, young soldier Gunther Rettig age 17, excellent photograph to the inside of the front page of the soldbuch of Rettig wearing the black Panzer wrap over jacket with skull collar patches, hatless. Page 4 shows him being a member of Panzer Grenadier Division Brandenburg previously as a member of Panzertruppen Grossdeutschland. Soldbuch issued on the 17 February 1945. Some details on pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 8b, 9, one entry on page 18, due to the late issue nature of the soldbuch not a lot more detail in the book * The recipient’s RAD labour service certificate. He would have been involved in the desperate fighting on home soil possibly close to the city of Dresden, good condition (2) £100-£140

German Second World War Army and Luftwaffe Flak Badges. A Luftwaffe Flak Badge, non maker marked, ball type hinge, the hook attached within a depression on the rear of the award, undoubtedly original, eagle slightly loose, it has lost most of its finish; together with a corroded but scarce Army Flak Badge, which is still with its pin, hook and hinge, manufacturers mark of Hermann Aurich of Dresden, constructed in darkened zinc, as stated some corrosion mainly to the left hand side of the award, nevertheless still a difficult award to obtain, fair condition (2) £120-£160

A VICTORIAN DRESDEN DOUBLE FIGURE OF A LADY AND GENT PLAYING CARDS

A Troika circular black and white dish by Honor Curtis, 12.3 cm x 12.3 cm x 4.6 cm high (with chip to rim), together with a collection of various other glass and china wares including Poole vase, Dresden plate, Coalport plate, "fruit" decorated dish, plated cruet with six bottles, Gouda wall pocket, silk picture and one volume K F BARKER "Just Pups", cloth board bound, etc

A pair of 19th Century Dresden blanc de chine candle holders, one as a couple of girls holding aloft a cornucopia, the other as two boys, unmarked, 34.5 cm high and 35.5 cm high respectively, together with a pair of Derby-style figures of a gentleman and woman in mob cap, damaged and restored to the shell decorated base, 22 cm high

A collection of various china wares to include a pair of 19th Century Derby floral encrusted two handled vases 13.5 cm high, Japan pattern cup, saucer and plate, a pair of Dresden monkey band figures of horn player and conductor, Continental floral encrusted vases 27 cm high, Chinese famille rose cylindrical vase 13 cm high, a pair of Luneville floral transfer decorated shoe vases and a copper mug

A 19thC Dresden pattern part transfer printed blue and white service, to include serving dish, sandwich plate and plates 25cm wide, each decorated with flowers in an outer floral and geometric banding. (a quantity)

A Yardley English Lavender advertising soap dish, 19cm high, Cunst Dresden continental figure of a shepherdess aside sheep and dog, a James Hadley raised plaque Where Are You Going To My Pretty... (4)

Warsaw. Bach (Joseph), Plan Miasta Warszawy (Plan von der Stadt Warschau), Dresden 1809, large uncoloured engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, key plate to the left-hand margin, some staining, 675 x 895 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)

Ceramics - a Villeroy & Boch box modelled as a Christmas tree; a Holmegaard art glass ovoid vase; a Lladro figure, Girl with Hen; a Dresden cup and saucer; a pair of Dresden plates; etc

Two trays of assorted china to include: Royal Worcester 'Herbs' vase, Royal Worcester commemorative blush ivory jug, Royal Worcester cologne bottles, pair of Royal Crown Derby 'Derby Posies' flower-shaped pin dishes, two marble mounted ceramic cherub plaques, pair of Capodimonte porcelain and metal stemmed roses, Italian cherub figurine, pair of, possibly, Dresden 18th century clad figures of hunters, miniature wall-hanging ceramic plaques, Crown Staffordshire cat with primroses and a Royal Doulton glass mantel clock. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of Iznik style glazed pottery decorated with flowers, to include vases marked Jerusalem, largest 20cm high, bowls, pots and covers, and plates marked Made in Greece, together with five Royal Crown Derby Imari dishes, a pair of Dresden porcelain figures of a girl feeding a chicken and a boy with a chicken and basket of flowers, 11.5cm and 12cm, a Capodimonte figure of a flower seller, h15cm, three birds and a rosewood box, h15cm w26cm d14cm (qty)

Mixed collection of porcelain to include a part tea/dinner service in the Imari palette, include cups, saucers, teapot (broken), milk jug, bowl etc., six Dresden coffee cups and saucers, three similar porcelain pots and covers, three Limoges blue and gilt coffee cups and saucers, Dresden part tea service decorated with flowers, a Dresden ink well hand-painted with lovers and flowers, a Coalport lime green part coffee service and others

Royal Crown Derby Posies part tea service, comprising 11 teacups, 12 saucers, 12 side plates, a teapot and 2 plates, together with a Dresden oval dish with similar decoration

[REYNARD THE FOX]. A group of 18 works in 19 volumes of Reynard the Fox, including: The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox, edited by Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916). London and New York: MacMillian and Co., 1895. 8vo. Numerous illustrations by W. Frank Calderon. Original green cloth, titles gilt, edges gilt. -- THOMS, William J. (1803-1885). The History of Reynard the Fox. London: The Percy Society, 1844. 12mo. Quarter morocco, top edge gilt. -- ELLIS, F.S. (1830-1901). The History of Reynard the Fox. London: David Nutt, 1894. Square 8vo. Frontispiece, title, decorations and by Walter Crane. Quarter morocco gilt. -- Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos. Translated by E.W. Holloway. Dresden and Leipzig, A.H. Payne and London: W. French, 1852. 4to. Engraved frontispiece, titles, and plates after designs by H. Leutemann. Red publisher’s cloth gilt. -- And 15 other volumes. Together, 18 works in 19 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

Eight Dresden porcelain coffee cans and thirteen saucers, with wrythen moulded decoration, enamelled floral sprays and gilt borders, printed and painted marks, a small Dresden coffee can and saucer, printed and painted marks (23)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Croft CollectionCondition report: One cup with manufacture flaw to printed decoration.

A Dresden figural lamp possibly Meissen

A 19th century continental bisque model of a troika type sledge with applied figures in 18th century style costume, impressed numbers 1991 and painted mark to base, 30 cm long approximately, together with further 19th century ceramics, mainly for restoration, including a blue ground caddy and cover with painted and gilded chinoiserie style decoration on a pale blue ground, 12.5 cm approximately, a Dresden vase and cover in the form of an egg, etc (5)

A selection of ceramic and porcelain figures including flower bowl marked Dresden Condition report,  Bowl having light damage to flower edges Flower bowl with figure handle in good condition Male figure having damage and loose arm.  Female figure in good condition  Girl on lilly pad having repair to head with no makers mark on base. 

Three sets of 18th century and later volumes of letters and the History of England, comprising David Hume 'The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to Revolution 1688' in eight volumes, full leather bound 8vo (pub. London 1767), together with John Lingard 'A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, in fourteen volumes, leather bound 8vo, (Fourth Edition, pub. Paris 1826), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, 'Letters.. to his son Philip Stanhope Esq. Late Envoy Extraordinary of the Court of Dresden' in four volumes, leather bound 8vo (fifth edition, pub. London 1774), all a/f. (26)

A 19thC Meissen 'Onion' Pattern Cabinet Cup and Saucer, two pieces of Dresden and five pieces of 'Heather' China (a lot)

A good collection of Dresden floral decorated porcelain to include comports, dishes and a chamber stick.

清雍正 粉彩麻姑獻壽圖大盤 the interior delicately enamelled with Magu, the goddess of longevity, holding a lingzhi spray, beside a boy attendant carrying a basket of peaches over his shoulder, and a stag with a peach in its mouth, the mouth rim gilded, the base with a wheel engraved Johanneum Inventory mark 'N=183 I'43.5cm diameterProvenance:August II, 'August the Strong', Prince-Elector of Saxony (1670-1733), Dresden;Private English collection, Hampshire; the collection has been in the family for over four generations, since the 1920's.Footnote: Note: The scene on this dish depicts the Daoist Immortal, Magu, on her way to celebrate the famous peach banquet of the Queen Mother of the West, Xi Wang Mu, who rules over the garden of the peaches of longevity. The fine drawing of Magu's feminine face is in the traditional Chinese style without shading. The scene contains many symbols of long-life and immortality, especially the lingzhi fungus, the deer, and the peaches, while the blossoming prunus tree represents youth and new life.Augustus II (1670-1733) King of Poland and Elector of Saxony known as Augustus the Strong, whose passion for collecting created the basis of Dresden’s Art Collections, had a particular fondness for East Asian porcelain from the 17th and early 18th centuries. Obsessed with porcelain, he had the largest collection of Asian porcelain in Europe with over 29,000 pieces recorded on his death in 1733.This plate can be dated with some accuracy since no new pieces were added to the collection of Augustus the Strong (1670-1733) after his death in 1733, and the inventory books at Dresden reveal that dishes of this kind were acquired in 1727. After his death in 1733, the porcelain was packed away in the cellars of the unfinished "Japanische Palace". The term "Johanneum" was taken from the building in Dresden to which the royal collection was moved in 1875-76.One plate with the same number of the old Dresden inventory (N=183 I, inventory 1779) and almost identical decoration and size is in the Dresden collection.[1] Some other examples with the same inventory number entered the art trade presumably as a result of earlier sales, with examples found in the museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam[2] and in the former Collection Ignazio Vok.[3] Two smaller dishes (39cm diameter and 38.8cm) with the same design and inventory number were sold respectively at Christie's London, 30 April 2015, lot 111 and Sotheby's New York, 17 March 2021. [1] Eva Ströber, La maladie de porcelaine ..., East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Leipzig, 2001, no. 32[2] C.J.A. Jörg, Oriental Porcelain, A Choice from the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum Collection, Rotterdam, 1995, p. 61, and fig. 25[3] Ulrich Wiesner, Seladon Swatow Blauweiss. Chinesische Keramik aus der Sammlung Ignazio Vok, Köln, 1983, no. 153

Two boxes of mixed china and part tea sets including Susie Cooper 'Dresden' pattern and Royal Albert Crown china

A Royal Doulton flambe model of a seated fox; together with a pair of Royal Worcester lobed dessert dishes, four Royal Copenhagen models and other mixed ceramics including a Dresden jar and cover, Delft twin handled vases and a Staffordshire pottery yeaset decorated with chinoiserie figures

An early 20th century Meissen figures modelled as a lady with a small animal, a Dresden figure of a lady hunting, and a Sitzendoff figural scent bottle, (Meissen figure 14cm high)

A collection of early 20th century German porcelain figures including a Meissen style figure of a Dandy, pair of Dresden figures modelled as children feeding birds and three Volkstedt figures

A Dresden model of a parrot perched on a tree stump after a Meissen original; together with a similar larger Portuguese majolica model of a parrot and a pair of Vienna white glazed figural candlesticks

A brass based table lamp of Corinthian column form together with; a quantity of other table lamps to include alabaster column form lamp, another form from a Chinese polychrome vase, one surmounted with a Capodimonte figure and a pair of Dresden twin branch wall sconces ornamented with ram masks (qty)

Pair of C20th Dresden porcelain models of a gent and his lass, polychrome decorated on pierced gilt scrolled and pink bases, with blue crossed arrow marks, some restorations, H17cm (2)

Large Victorian two-hand washstand water pail and cover decorated with flowers, a pair of continental porcelain flower encrusted circular vases decorated with exotic birds, a Dresden porcelain two handled jardinière, a continental sucrier cover and stand, a continental gravy boat and a caste, H40cm max (8)

A Sitzendorf, Dresden porcelain figure of a young lady.H:18cm

A pair of Sitzendorf, Dresden porcelain figures shepherd and sheperdess decoratively painted with lamb figure to base. H:16cm

A pair of Sitzendorf, Dresden children gardeners also with a Dresden musical children.

Helena Wolfsohn Dresden porcelain jardinière, the gilt edge above foliate sprig decoration and gilt ring ring, blue crown above D to the base, 17cm high, 19cm diameter

Dresden porcelain box and cover, the domed cover decorated with six figures surrounded by a gilt and turquoise border, the base with two cartouches depicting a chateau, the interior with foliate decoration, 9cm diameter

ALEXANDER IGNATIUS ROCHE RSA NEAC RP (SCOTTISH 1863 - 1921),THE WALK TO THE RIVERoil on canvas, signedimage size 63cm x 75cm, overall size 87cm x 99cm Framed.Note: Born at Gallowgate in Glasgow on 17th August 1861, the son of a milliner, Alexander Roche was schooled at St Mungo’s Academy and then attended classes at the Glasgow School of Art while working in an architect's office. His real art training came in Paris, where he studied for several years from 1881, under Boulanger and Lefebvre at Julien’s and later under Gérome at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts. While in Paris he met and befriended several other Scottish students including William Kennedy, (Sir) John Lavery and Thomas Millie Dow, along with Dow’s mentor, William Stott of Oldham. Together they painted at Grez-Sur-Loing, just south of Fontainebleau, all influenced by Bastien-Lepage (1848-84) and the plein-airistes. In 1885 Roche returned to Glasgow where he painted a number of romantic idylls of girls in gardens, interiors or in landscape, such as The Dominie’s (schoolmaster) Favourites exhibited at the Glasgow Institute in 1885, No. 591, which was priced at the great sum of £250 and The Shepherdess (exhibited to acclaim at the RA 1890). He moved to a cottage on the banks of the Luggie in Dunbartonshire and there some of his best landscapes were painted. Most of 1888 was spent in Capri, where he was associated with a cosmopolitan group of artists including Fabio Fabbi and Harold Speed. Two further trips to Italy followed, to Florence and Venice, in the early 1890s when he painted peasants in the Sabine Hills. In Florence, he met and married an Italian girl, but the marriage was not to last. In 1896 Roche moved to Edinburgh and began to paint portraits and figure studies. His sense of colour and confident brushwork were well suited to portraiture and in his later years this became his main output and source of income. He spent some time in the USA, fulfilling portrait commissions and seeking others. Among his lucrative commissions was a group portrait for Andrew Carnegie, then the world’s richest man, of his wife Louise (nee Whitfield) and their daughter, Margaret. He won a gold medal at Munich 1891, an Hon. Mention at the Paris Salon 1892 and a gold medal at Dresden 1897. Elected ARSA 1894 and RSA 1900, he exhibited at the RSA from 1887 - 1976 and at the RA from 1890 - 1919. Roche was considered a member of the Glasgow School, but after the late 1880s he drifted to the fringes of the movement. In 1906, he remarried, to Jean, daughter of the animal painter Robert Alexander and sister of Edwin, the flower and animal painter. All four shared a friendship with Joseph Crawhall, together with a love of Tangier. They lived from 1907 until the outbreak of the Great War at 8 Royal Terrace in Edinburgh, a very prestigious Edinburgh address reflecting his considerable commercial success. Around this time he was struck with a cerebral haemorrhage which paralysed his right hand. He taught himself to paint with his left and was later to produce some exceptional landscapes. The Roches later bought a house, Hailes Cottage in the village of Slateford, by the Water of Leith, to the southwest of Edinburgh, where he died, on 10th March 1921, aged 59. UK public collections hold forty examples of his work including at Glasgow Museums & Galleries, The National Galleries of Scotland, The Fleming Collection, The Kelvingrove, The Hunterian, Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Stirling The Royal Scottish Academy and The Walker Art Gallery.

An Egyptian landscape oil on board by Victor Zeppenfeld (German, 1834-1883), signed and dated in 1864, landscape of an Egyptian Empire greeting his peasants overlooking the pyramids, with his servants keeping him in the shade. 48cm H x 70cm W Victor Zeppenfeld born in 1834, Greiz in Germany and member of Hamburg Künstlerverein Von 1832 (Hamburg Art Association from 1832). His work has been based In Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden and Hanover. Died in 1883 in Flensburg, Germany.