Portrait of a Girl Knitting
oil on board, signed lower left "JM McGeehan"
Size: 18 1/4 h x 16 1/4 w in (with frame 14 x 12 in)
J21803

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

August Andreas Jerndorff (Danish 1846-1906)

Portrait of Betty Jerndorff with Her Baby
oil on canvas, unsigned
Betty Jerndorff, née Matthison-Hansen, was the wife of the painter August Andreas Jerndorff.
Provenance: By descent in the family of Betty Jerndorff With label on back "Portrait of/Fru (Mrs.) Betty Jerndorff/1000 kr/tilh. (belongs to) Fru (Mrs.) B. Jerndorff"
Size: 16 x 12 in (with frame 20 x 16 in)
J19942

Luplau Janssen (Danish 1869-1927)

Mother and Child Playing with a Puppet
oil on canvas, signed and dated "Luplau Janssen 1896", artist name on part of label on reverse
Size: 24 ¾ x 18 ¾ in (with frame 31 ⅛ x 24 ¾ in)
J17510

Otto Reinhold Jacobi (Canadian 1814-1901)

A Habitant Youth, 1865
oil on canvas, signed lower left "O.R. Jacobi 1865"
Size: 36 ¼ x 30 in (with frame 41 ½ x 35 in)
J18850

Mary Riter Hamilton (Canadian 1873-1954)

Young Girl in Blue Dress, Paris 1911
watercolour, signed and inscribed lower left "Mary Hamilton Paris 1901"
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Dominion Galleries, Montreal
Size: 23 x 19 in (with frame: 31 x 28 x 2 in)
J20022

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