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* CONSTANTIN KLUGE (RUSSIAN/FRENCH 1912 - 2003), BORDS DE SEINE ENNEIGÉS À RUEIL (SNOWY DAY ON THE RIVER SEINE AT RUEIL, PARIS) oil on canvas, signed 51cm x 61cm Framed. Note: Constantin Kluge was a Russian-born French painter best known for his naturalistic scenes of Paris and French countryside in a style reminiscent of Albert Marquet. Kluge was born to a wealthy military family on January 29, 1912 in Riga, Latvia, which was then a large, industrial Russian port city. He spent much of his childhood and young adult life between Manchuria, Beijing, and Hong Kong, where he discovered a love for brush and ink painting. Kluge studied architecture at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and earned his diploma in 1937. Upon graduating, he painted the city’s river banks and streets before returning to Shanghai. With the rise of Communism in China, the artist fled to Paris in 1950 and began exhibiting in the French Salons. He was a success both artistically and financially. Of his many awards, he received the Gold Medal, Salon des Artistes Francais and was made Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur by the French Government. He died on January 9, 2003 in Paris, France. Kluge’s works are in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, among many others. Our only recent example of Constantin Kluge's work was "Notre Dame, Paris" from the same private collection, which sold for £4200 (hammer), Lot 547 (The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction, 26th May 2019).
* WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN RSA RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1929 - 2006), SPOTTED FISH watercolour on paper, signed and dated, further titled verso 50cm x 78cm Mounted, framed and under glass. Note: William Littlejohn was born in Arbroath, Scotland in 1929 and began his artistic training at the Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen from 1946-50. Although he explored different approaches to painting, Littlejohn favoured watercolours and collage-based media, often incorporating images of his native Angus and Aberdeenshire into his work. He held his first solo exhibition in 1963 but had already been exhibiting at the Royal Scottish Academy since 1951. He was elected member of the RSA in 1973, and often exhibited with the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour. Littlejohn taught at his former high school in Arbroath and subsequently at Gray’s School of Art, later becoming Head of Fine Art until his retirement in 1991. He continued to paint late into life and began to experiment with silver and gold leaf in his later works. In 2006, Littlejohn gifted the contents of his studio, including 300 watercolours, oils, drawings, and studio objects, to the Royal Scottish Academy. That same year, the RSA held an exhibition in his honour. His work is held in important collections throughout Britain, including the private collections of HM The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
* ADRIAN WISZNIEWSKI RSA HonFRIAS HRSW (SCOTTISH b 1958 - ), TUBER-BABES oil on canvas, signed and dated 2008 214cm x 183cm Unframed (as intended). Provenance: Acquired for a noted private London collection from The Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall in 2008. A handwritten letter dated 10.11.08 by Wiszniewski to the owner accompanies this lot. Wiszniewski states: "I am really pleased that Tuber-babes has found its way into your collection. I began painting Tuber-babes in 2005, worked on it over a six-month period into 2006 and then left it until the beginning of 2008 when it was completed. The painting (process) can be a long one and I spend that time developing the subject matter - drawing and re-drawing. I was intrigued to see where the painting story might take me. What would be the pivotal point. The point of the painting Tuber-babes balances on the relationship of two worlds - the rural (earthiness) and the urban (urbane). The rural world is populated by the Tuber-babes, their children are of the earth and of nature and are linked umbilically with it. They are however dominated by the more sophisticated and elevated who look down on the Tuber-babes as curios. They survey them with a superior air in the way that ancient gods might from their mountain top. They smile and toy with their 'playthings' and use a pointer as an educational prop. The Tuber-babes, however, like all other 'vegetables' that populate the canvas have an energy and an unflappable life-force - a fact that might prove dangerous if it were denied. This point is underpinned by the view from the window; a garden recedes into farmland and to a horizon where the twin Trade Towers stand distant and aloof. Yours Adrian Wiszniewski". Note: Adrian Wiszniewski creates work characterised by a strong drawing element and fertile imagination. Populated with contemplative figures set in vividly coloured Arcadian landscapes, his paintings are rich with symbolic, political and philosophical depths. Adrian Wiszniewski (pronounced Vishnevski) was born in Glasgow in 1958 and studied architecture at The Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow 1975–79; then trained at Glasgow School of Art, 1979–83. Wiszniewski is one of the leading members of the New Glasgow Boys responsible for the revival and resurgence of figurative painting under the tutelage of Sandy Moffat OBE; a group of artists that included Steven Campbell, Ken Currie and Peter Howson. His multiple awards include the Haldane Trust Award in 1982, the David Cargill Scholarship in 1983, the Mark Rothko Memorial Award in 1984, the I.C.C.F. Best Design Award New York in 1993 and the Lord Provost Gold Medal from City of Glasgow in 1999. His work can be found in many international public collections including The Gallery of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum, New York,The Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Tate Britain, London and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Wiszniewski has had numerous major solo exhibitions over many years including in London, Sydney, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ghent and Tokyo.
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