Jean Altamoura Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1852 - d. 1878

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    • Jean ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Ship "SS Dagmar"
      Jun. 12, 2024

      Jean ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Ship "SS Dagmar"

      Est: €20,000 - €30,000

      signed lower right: Jean Altamura / Copenhagen It is the English steamer, with three sails "Dagmar". The Princess of Denmark Dagmar was the sister of King George I and by the name Maria Feodorevna, wife of Alexander III, was crowned Empress of Russia in 1883.

      Vergos Auctions P.C.
    • Jean ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Ship "SMS Kaiser"
      Jun. 12, 2024

      Jean ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Ship "SMS Kaiser"

      Est: €8,000 - €12,000

      signed lower right: Jean Altamura It is the Austrian three-masted steam frigate "SMS Kaiser", built in 1858. During the victorious naval battle with the Italian fleet, the “Kaiser” rammed the Italian battleship "Re di Portogallo" and lost her foremast (ramrod), foremast and smokestack. Unmanned, she was towed by steamer to the Austrian naval station at Pola in present-day Croatia. The scene of the towage of the 'SMS Kaiser', shown in the auction work. The heroic action of the "SMS Kaiser" was also immortalized by Con. Volonakis. Ioannis Altamouras received a scholarship from King George I to study painting in Copenhagen from 1873 to 1876 with Karl Frederik Soerensen, who in 1866 had also painted the "Battle of Lissa".

      Vergos Auctions P.C.
    • JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Nave disalberata trainata da rimorchiatore
      Apr. 24, 2024

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Nave disalberata trainata da rimorchiatore

      Est: €3,000 - €5,000

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Nave disalberata trainata da rimorchiatore daté ' 1 Octobre 1874 Helsinger' en haut à gauche gouache et mine de plomb sur papier contrecollé sur carton 19 x 29 cm. (7 1/2 x 11 7/16in.) dated ' 1 Octobre 1874 Helsinger' upper left gouache and graphite on paper laid on hardpaper

      Bonhams
    • Jean ALTAMOURA (Greek) - The Port of Copenhagen
      May. 25, 2022

      Jean ALTAMOURA (Greek) - The Port of Copenhagen

      Est: €25,000 - €45,000

      TITLE: The Port of Copenhagen oil on canvas signed and dated 17 Sep 1874 lower right Jean Altamoura was born in Florence and was the third child of Eleni Boukoura and Saverio-Francesco Altamoura, both notable artists. After their marriage ended Boukoura moved to Athens in 1857 or possibly 1859 with her three children. Jean was taught his first art lessons from his mother and in 1871 enrolled at The School of Fine Arts, Athens where he studied painting under Nikiforos Lytras. As an exceptional student Altamoura was awarded a scholarship by George I to study in Copenhagen at the Kongelige Danske Kustakademi, between 1873 and 1876, under the great seascape painter C.F. Soerensen. Altamoura’s great interest in seascapes became apparent early on. His subject matter and manner of his work are not only influenced by his teacher but also from the culture of Copenhagen and from his own temperament. In his work. Altamouras studied seascapes of the 17th century Dutch school, of the 18th century Italian school and generally the European tradition on the subject. By the age of twenty-four he was already an acclaimed artist enjoying the full support of the Greek Royal Court. In 1876, suffering from tuberculosis, he returned to his mother’s house on the island of Spetses where he eventually died two years later in 1878. The year he died two of his works were exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. His work can be found in The National Gallery of Greece, The Leventis Gallery, The Averoff Gallery, and many other public and private collections in Greece and internationally.

      Cypria Auctions
    • Jean ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Steamboat
      Jun. 17, 2021

      Jean ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Steamboat

      Est: €1,500 - €2,000

      dated and signed lower middle

      Vergos Auctions P.C.
    • Jean Altamoura (Greek, 1852-1878) Junction in choppy seas 37 x 60.5 cm.
      Apr. 17, 2019

      Jean Altamoura (Greek, 1852-1878) Junction in choppy seas 37 x 60.5 cm.

      Est: £12,000 - £18,000

      Jean Altamoura (Greek, 1852-1878) Junction in choppy seas signed and dated 'Jean Altamouras / 1875' (lower right)oil on canvas37 x 60.5 cm. We are grateful to the descendants of the artist's family for confirming the authenticity of this work.Provenance: Private collection, Athens."Altamoura produced only a few works and none of them is mediocre. At a time when an attorney in law was being paid fifteen drachmas for a court appearance, a canvas by Altamoura was purchased by the then Ministry of Marine Affairs for 2,000 drachmas."1 In 1875, Altamoura, this short-lived but exceptional seascape painter who by the age of 24 was already an acclaimed artist enjoying the full support of the Greek Royal Court, was in Denmark on a state scholarship that enabled him to pursue graduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. As noted by G. Piemontese who prepared the artist's monograph, Altamoura spent the summer of 1875 aboard the frigate "Jylland", an important vessel of the Danish royal fleet.2 From May 21 to August 23, "Jylland" went on its 10th cruise from Elsinore to Plymouth, Madeira and Cherbourg. According to E. Kypreou, who curated the artist's major retrospective at the Benaki Museum in 2011, this is highly probable since there are no other works by him with 'Danish' subjects during that period other than some drawings from a journey at sea, the frigate itself, as well as different types of ships. Evidently, Altamoura was offered the same opportunity to sail with the royal fleet as any other Danish marine painter.3 (Compare Warship, a watercolour on paper from 1875, showing the same battleship and other similar vessels with Danish flags). Junction in choppy seas is a fine example of Altamoura's mature style, demonstrating assurance of technique rarely found in so young an artist. The shifting atmosphere, the metaphysical luminosity of the European north, the mobility of light, the jewel-like details, such as the minuscule figures aboard the vessels, the low horizon in the vein of old Flemish masters and the breadth and openness of the shimmering sky that shines through travelling clouds, have been portrayed with effortless brilliance and loving care, combining academic principles with a vivid sense of on-the-spot immediacy.1. E. Kipreou, Jean Altamouras, a Tempestuous Life [in Greek], Kathimerini newspaper, 28.6.2009, p. 15.2. G. Piemontese, Giovanni-Ioannis-Jean Altamura, Foggia 2009, pp. 22,24.3. E. Kipreou, "The Years in Denmark" in Jean Altamouras, his Life and Works, exhibition catalogue, Benaki Museum, Athens 2001, p. 108.

      Bonhams
    • Jean ALTAMOURA, Seascape
      Dec. 15, 2018

      Jean ALTAMOURA, Seascape

      Est: €4,000 - €6,000

      annotated in Greek low right

      Vergos Auctions P.C.
    • JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) - Ship in storm
      May. 02, 2018

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) - Ship in storm

      Est: £20,000 - £30,000

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Ship in storm signed ‘Jean Altamura’ (lower left) oil on canvas 39 x 61 cm.

      Bonhams
    • JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Pilot Helsingor
      Nov. 16, 2016

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Pilot Helsingor

      Est: £5,000 - £7,000

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Pilot Helsingor signed 'J. Altamura' (lower right) and dated '19 Aout 1874 Helsinger-Pilot' (lower left) oil on cardboard 25 x 28 cm.

      Bonhams
    • JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Sailing in choppy seas
      Nov. 16, 2016

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Sailing in choppy seas

      Est: £20,000 - £30,000

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Sailing in choppy seas signed and dated 'Jean Altamuras 1875' (lower left) oil on canvas 45 x 66 cm.

      Bonhams
    • JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Breaking the waves
      Apr. 26, 2016

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Breaking the waves

      Est: £10,000 - £15,000

      JEAN ALTAMOURA (1852-1878) Breaking the waves signed ‘Jean Altamuras’ (lower left) oil on canvas 35 x 65 cm.

      Bonhams
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