JUAN GONZÁLEZ ALACREU (Burriana, Castellón, 1937).Untitled.Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower left corner.Size: 81 x 60 cm; 106 x 85 cm (frame).González Alacreu was already taking classes at the age of eight at the School of Arts and Crafts, and when he was only sixteen he obtained a scholarship to study at the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia. There he was a disciple of Sanchís Gago, Genaro Lahuerta and Bayarri. After completing his training, he worked for many years as an illustrator for various publishing houses, demonstrating his mastery of drawing, until he finally decided to devote himself exclusively to painting. Alacreu's work stands out for its language based on the purity of drawing, the basis on which he paints light, translucence and reflections through vigorous brushstrokes, full of matter. The female figure is the protagonist of his paintings, which are always linked to the Mediterranean landscape and customs: the scenes of local customs in the rice fields and the Albufera, the overcast skies so common in his region, etc. His work is nevertheless very diverse; although he usually dealt with genre scenes and landscapes, his paintings of Valencian women, dressed in regional costume with elegance and elegance, arouse great interest. In these works we can appreciate, as if it were a photograph, the great ornamental richness of typical Valencian dress. Alacreu reveres the landscape and is passionate about the light and customs of his Levantine homeland, and he captures all this in his work, which is intelligent and intuitive in terms of colour, and almost perfect in terms of plastic syntax. Some analysts have placed his work within the best classical-Impressionist tradition, with a notable influence of Sorolla in the technical, loose and impressionistic aspect and in his great concern for the aspects of light. It should be emphasised that this painter was also a great portraitist, having painted portraits of great Valencian social and political figures. He was also for years the official painter of the fallera mayor in Valencia. Alacreu has held numerous individual exhibitions in Castellón, Valencia, Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona, among other Spanish cities. He is currently represented in the Fallas Museum in Valencia, as well as in various private collections.
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FEDERICO DE MADRAZO Y KUNTZ (Rome, 1815 - Madrid, 1894)."Portrait of a Lady with a Fan.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated in the lower right margin, next to the fan.With period frame.It presents faults and perforations.Measurements: 115 x 89 cm; 126 x 102 cm (frame).In this painting Federico de Madrazo transcends the genre of the portrait to give us a testimony of the bourgeoisie of the time, a delicate and courteous image that catches the viewer's eye. As in the rest of his oeuvre, Madrazo emphasised the personality of the sitter, carrying out a psychological study of the model in which he depicts the woman with great distinction and sobriety. He applies a short, precise brushstroke to the drawing, particularly noticeable in the partially bare shoulders of the strict black dress, the pearls around her neck and the fan she holds in her hands. Despite being a monochrome portrait with earthy, black and greenish tones, the artist emphasises the model's pearly skin and the burgundy velvet throne.The son of the neoclassical painter José de Madrazo, he studied at the school of Alberto Lista in Madrid and at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. A precocious painter, he was admitted as an academician of merit at San Fernando at the age of sixteen. In 1832 he went on a scholarship to Paris to study painting with Ingres, his father's friend. There he acquired a romantic style in the French manner. In 1840 he continued his training in Rome, where he came into contact with the Nazarenes and, in particular, with Overbeck, which strengthened his drawing skills, already important in his style thanks to what he had learned from his father and Ingres. Two years later he returned to Spain, having become a painter of great prestige, much sought after as a portraitist by the Madrid aristocracy. He was the court painter to Queen Isabella II and was the great official portraitist of the time. His portraits were characterised by the simplicity and naturalness of his models, and by a distant serenity, intimately linked to Romantic sentiment. He was also director of the Museo del Prado, a post he held, albeit on an interrupted basis, for thirty years until his death. He also directed the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He had a brilliant career as a history painter and, especially, as a portraitist, achieving great prestige in the artistic circles not only of Madrid but also of Paris and Rome. His production evolved from a painting dominated by purism of line and painstaking detail towards a more fluid and spontaneous technique, with greater expressive depth. He is represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional del Palacio de Versalles, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, the Fundación Lázaro Galdiano and the Museo Romántico in Madrid, among others.
A mounted WW2 medal group consisting of 1939/45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal with MiD oak leaf, together with a mounted set of dress miniature medals, 12 various WW2 photographs and the remains of medal posting box addressed to Mr. Knowles of Wolverhampton
An Albin Doebrich for Ernst Wahliss large Art Nouveau Austrian pottery vase in the form of a jug with a classical lady picking fruit beside, signed to back and numbered D262, 63cms high.Condition Report1.5cms chip on the front of the front right foot; some minor paint flaking to base and some laze crazing mainly to the dress otherwise good overall condition
A George V dress sword by C Boyton, in a leather scabbard, 103cms long.Condition ReportThe sword has general wear, the blade is in good condition with no rust or pitting, hand guard has light surface scratching and no corrosion on the outside, some light corrosion inside, the shagreen hand and wirework grip intact, the scabbard leather covering has numerous scuffs and cracks.
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