Nicolai Cikovsky, born in 1894 Russia, was known for his landscape and figure paintings.

Nicolai Cikovsky, born in 1894 Russia, was known for his landscape and figure paintings. He began his studies at the Vilna Art School for four years followed by an additional four years at the Penza Royal Art School. After attending the Moscow High Tech Art Institute for two years he immigrated to America in 1923. The year he moved to New York he had an exhibition. Over the time Nicolai Cikovsky lived in New York he became with various organizations such as, the National Academy of Design, National Institute of Arts and Letters, as well as the Society of Painter, Sculptors and Engravers. Starting in 1942, Cikovsky began to send his summers in Long Island by the North Sea Area. He found great inspiration living in the North Sea Area that by the 1970’s he permanently moved to Long Island.

Nicolai Cikovsky (1894-1987, Russian/American)

December 13 Auction, Lot 70

Nicolai Cikovsky (1894-1987, Russian/American)
Forest Scene,
Oil on Canvas Laid on Panel,
Signed lower right.
Note condition: Minor cracks to painted surface under UV light.
h:11.50 w:14.50 in.
Estimate $ 500-600

Frank Duveneck taught William Merritt Chase how to draw

This graphite on paper, “Figural Study of a Woman,” is attributed to Ohio resident Frank Duveneck. He began his training at the Munich Academy in Germany, where Frank Duveneck was influenced with past great masters like, Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens. Upon returning to America, Duveneck art was a reflection of European Naturalism. His usage of high light contrast and earthy tones in the artwork was reminiscent of the 17th century masters that had influenced him.

Through Frank Duveneck’s career he was not only an artist, but, he was an art teacher as well. Duveneck taught in Munich and Florence from 1878 -1888, where he taught American Artists like William Merritt Chase and J. Fran Currier. From 1903 until the remainder of his life, Frank Duveneck was also chairman at the Art Academy in Cincinnati Ohio.

Attributed to Frank Duveneck (1848-1919, Ohio)

Auction December 13, Lot 85

Attributed to Frank Duveneck (1848-1919, Ohio)
Figural Study of a Woman,
Graphite on Paper,
Monogram lower center “FD”
h:12 w:16 in.
Estimate $ 600-800

Auction 26

The Nudes of Koppitz

After Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) Bewegungsstudie (Movement Study no. 1)

Rudolf Koppitz, a Czechoslovakian photographer, worked with nudes to compose his images. Often posed in nature, his style was more in the fashion of pictorialism as his contemporaries moved on to the modernist movement. Bewegungsstudie is one of his most recognized images depicting three cloaked women with a nude draped in front of them. The avant-garde composition reflects a leaning towards modernism, and creates a sense of mystery and sensuality.

Lot 74: After Rudolf Koppitz
(1884-1936)
Bewegungsstudie (Movement Study no. 1),
A Re-take by Lionel Heymann, Silver Gelatin Print
ESTIMATE: $200 to $400

Fine Art in Auction 25

Fine Art in Auction 25

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Cleveland’s John Teyral

John Teyral (1912-1999, Ohio) Still Life with Fish

An acclaimed Cleveland artist, John Teyral exhibited works nation wide and won awards throughout his career in the arts. Russian born, his family emigrated to Lakewood, an inner ring suburb of Cleveland, when he was only one year old. He took to the arts at a young age and won an award to study at the Cleveland Museum of Art. After graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1934, he acquired the Agnes Gund scholarship to study at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts.

Through grants, Teyral studied further in Paris and Italy, then returning to Cleveland to teach advanced painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art for 40 years.

Lot 1: John Teyral
(1912-1999, Ohio)
Still Life with Fish,
Oil on Canvas
ESTIMATE: $200 to $400

Degas: Gray’s First Video

Emil Holzauer

Emil Eugene Holzhauer (1887 - 1986) Logging Scene

In Germany, Emil Holzauer apprenticed in a silver and metalware factory where he learned design and modeling, and in the evenings, he studied art at the Staatliche Werkkunst Schule.

His works became known for their thick bold lines filled with color. After moving to New York in in 1906 and studying under Robert Henri, Holzauer adopted modernist elements of Expressionism, Fauvism and Social Realism.

He taught art at both the Chicago Art Institute and Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

Lot 33A: Emil Eugene Holzhauer
(1887 – 1986)
Logging Scene, Watercolor on Paper
ESTIMATE: $2,000 to $3,000

Meadmore’s Rectangular Forms

Clement Meadmore (1929-2005, Australian) Abstraction

Clement Meadmore explores long square tubes, bending and dividing into abstract forms. These shapes lunge into space, releasing a sense of physical tension, intuitively arriving at their completed forms without an idea formed in advance.

Lot 17: Clement Meadmore
(1929-2005, Australian)
Abstraction, Bronze Sculpture
ESTIMATE: $6,000 to $8,000

Wilhelm Kage

Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg (1889 - 1960, Swedish) An Argenta Charger with Wrestling Figural Sea Creatures

Known mainly for his work on theater posters, Wilhelm Kage made a name for himself  as one of the 20th century’s leading ceramicists. Starting at Gustavsberg in the spring of 1917, he was immediately given the task of designing a dinner service for an exhibition. It was know as KG and remained in production until 1940.

In the 1930’s, Kage introduced the incredibly successful ‘Argenta.’ The line consisted of turquoise pieces with silver decoration. Kage worked for Gustavsberg for 43 years, and experimented in bone china and stoneware with daring shapes and designs.

Lot 149A: Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg
(1889 – 1960, Swedish)
An Argenta Charger with Wrestling Figural Sea Creatures
ESTIMATE: $3,000 to $4,000