Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin

Unloading on the beach

1827

Jules COIGNET Paris 1798-1860 Torrent in the Alps Watercolor and brown ink wash Signed lower left 18 x 26.5 cm 29.5 x 37.5 cm framed Condition: Remarkably fresh Period frame and gl...

Attributed to Léon COGNIET Paris 1794 -1880 Portrait of Condottière Pen and brown ink 10,5 x 8cm 30 x 25cm framed Period frame

François Alfred DELOBBE Paris 1835 - 1920 Study of a Reclining Man Black chalk on blue-gray paper Stamp from the studio sale in the lower left corner 30 x 45 cm sheet 45 x 6...

Giuseppe CASCIARO Ortelle 1861 - Naples 1941 A street in Naples Pastel on strong paper 1906 Signed and dated lower left Studio stamp on the back 67 x 43 cm sheet 84 x 60 cm frame Fr...

François-Étienne Musin Ostend 1820 – 1888 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Belgian Painter 'La plage de Saint-Hélier, Jersey' Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands, between England and...

Guillaume-François Colson (1785-1860) Sur la plage oil on canvas 35 x 65 cm signed 'Colson' (lower right) Price: £18,000 GBP Provenance: MacConnal-Mason Fine Paintings Private coll...

Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

William Thornley was a painter of coastal scenes whose work is very similar to Hubert and Charles Thornley, who may have been members of the same family. He painted scenes of genre, architecture and landscapes as well. A number of the landscapes were of Belgium, Holland, Italy and Norway. However, it is for his seascapes that he is best remembered. Thornley’s works are beautifully detailed and show a masterful understanding of the moods of both weather and sea. They are often small in size and put together with fine detail and great artistic merit. Thornley’s fishing scenes are spirited and similar in style to those of “Jock” Wilson, and are often painted in pairs. Thornley’s works have always been popular when they appear on the art market. He was believed to have first exhibited marines at the Royal Academy in 1859 from an address in Paddington, London and also at the British Institution from 1861 until it closed in 1867. He continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1898. Thornley also exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Salon of French Artists, receiving an honourable mention in 1881 and a third place medal in 1888. William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...