Johann Georg Meyer Von Bremen (German 1813-1886)

Admiring The Baby
oil on panel, signed and inscribed lower right "Meyer von Bremen Berlin"
Size: 18 h x 13 ¼ w in (with frame 24 ½ x 19 ¾ in)
J20696   

Theodore Gerard (Belgian 1829-1895)

Returned from the Fields 1869
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left "Gerard 1869"
Size: 38 h x 28 w in (with frame: 53 ½ h x 43 ¾ w in)
ZJ20927     

Evert Pieters (Dutch 1856-1932)

Mother and Child Peeling Carrots
oil on canvas, signed lower right "E. Pieters"
Size: 48 h x 36 w in (with frame: 63 h x 50 ½ w in)
ZJ20928 

Adam Styka (French/Polish, 1890-1959)

Smiling Maghreb Youth
Oil on canvas, signed lower right with artist’s monogram "Adam Styka"
Size in inches: 29 h x 36.25 w (with frame: 37 h x 44.5 w)
ZJ20551

Born in Poland to an artistic family, Adam Styka studied at the Paris Salon in the studio of Fernand Cormon. He exhibited his first paintings in 1911 and in 1914 presented 16 works at the Orientalist Salon, which were extremely well received. He attended the French Military Academy in Fontainebleau and served in the French artillery during the First World War, distinguishing himself in combat while being wounded. He was awarded the National Order of Merit, along with French national citizenship. Using France’s allegiance, Styka travelled yearly to North Africa, absorbing the Islamic culture and being greatly influenced by the region. His palette becomes tinted and harmoniously blended under the North African sun, combining the vibrant strong colours full of contrast of the hot Sarah Desert of Northern Africa. He exhibited his first North African subjects in 1913, which caused a sensation and earned him the title “Painter of the Sun”, with critics commenting that his canvases appear to be “dipped in light”. Devoting himself to genre scenes depicting the sun-drenched people and landscapes of the North African Maghreb, he developed an entire genre of Middle-Eastern and Oriental themes for which he was best known.

This painting epitomises Styka’s Orientalist style. We see a young boy emerging from behind a boulder, the smile on his face completely contagious. The sun combines with the red earth and landscape to imbue the canvas with a rich rose gold light. The painting highlights not only Styka’s accomplished technique but also his great love for North Africa, its people and its landscape.

Lambert Doomer (Dutch 1624-1700)

Junger Jager

oil on canvas, lined, signed and dated 1648 mid left; illustrated in "Gemälde der Rembrandt Schüler" Volume 1 by Werner Sumowski, page 479
Size in inches: 42.5 h x 34 w (with frame 47" x 38 1/2")
ZJ3648

Bernard J. De Hoog (Dutch 1862-1943)

Entertaining a Visitor
oil on canvas, signed lower right "Bernard de Hoog" titled on the front on the frame
Provenance: Succession de ML, Westmount QC
Size: 30 h x 24 w in (with frame: 41 h x 35 w in)
J20252

Théodore Gérard (Belgian 1829-1895)

Entertaining the Baby
oil on wooden panel, signed lower right "Theodore Gerard"
Size: 19.75 h x 13.5 w in (with frame: 29 h x 23 1/4 w in)
J20279

Bernard Pothast (Dutch 1882-1966)

The First Lesson

oil on canvas, signed lower right "Pothast" and signed on stretcher "Pothast", titled on plaque

Provenance: Continental Galleries of Fine Art, Montreal; Private Collection, Ontario

Size: 25 ½ x 19 ½ in (with frame 32 ½ x 26 ½ in)
J20159

Bernard J. De Hoog (Dutch 1862-1943)

Contentment
Oil on canvas, signed lower left "Bernard de Hoog"
Size: 26 x 20 in
J20074

Hendrik Heyligers (Dutch 1877-1967)

Interior Scene, Spinning Yarn
oil on canvas, signed lower right "H. Heyligers"
Size: 22 x 18 in (with frame 30 x 26 ¼ )
J18013

Johan Frederik Cornelius Scherrewitz (Dutch 1868-1951)

Harvest Time
oil on canvas, signed lower right "J. Scherrewitz"
Provenance:
Laurentian Bank of Canada Collection
Watson Galleries, Montreal
Size: 20 x 26 in (with frame 28 x 33 ¼ in)
J19835

Christian Emil Rosenstand (German 1859-1932)

Interior with a Woman With Her Needlework
oil on canvas, signed and dated upper right "Emil Rosenstand 1915"
Size: 21 x 17 in
J18006