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Mar. 27, 2025
Rothenstein (William) Manchester Portraits. Twelve Lithographed Drawings by W. Rothenstein. First Series, publisher's mock-up, Manchester, J.E. Cornish, 1900; and the standard edition of the same...
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Rothenstein (William) Manchester Portraits. Twelve Lithographed Drawings by W. Rothenstein. First Series, publisher's mock-up with 10 lithographed plates, most with accompanying text, layout of title page and preliminaries in ink manuscript, some manuscript corrections to text, some spotting, mainly to preliminaries, some dust-soiling and slight marginal staining, some short tears or slight fraying to margins, original printed wrappers, text stitched as issued with plates inserted loose, few small stains, browned, extremities creased with some nicks or very short tears, Manchester, J.E. Cornish, 1900; and the standard edition of the same work, folio (2) ⁂ Contains 8 of the 12 portraits of Mancunian personalities in the eventual publication as well as the text for 10 of the portraits, together with 2 unused portraits of unidentified sitters without text. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 15, 2025
W. ROTHENSTEIN (*1872), Engl. Caricaturist Max Beerbohm, facsimile, 1928, Reproduction
Est: €45 - €75
William Rothenstein (1872 Bradford - 1945 London): Head Portrait in Profile of the English Parodist and Caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956), 1928, Reproduction Technique: Reproduction on Paper Stamp: Collector's stamp, Unknown/not identified. Mark: "GES". 20th century Inscription: Signed and dated "W. Rothenstein 1928" at the lower right margin of the image. Date: 1928 Description: Head portrait in profile of the English parodist and caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872 London - 1956 Rapallo, Italy), also known as Max Beerbohm. Keywords: 20th century, Realism, Caricature, United Kingdom, Size: Paper: 32,2 cm x 21,5 cm (12,7 x 8,5 in), Depiction: 22,0 cm x 15,8 cm (8,7 x 6,2 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Phil May sketching. black chalk height
Est: £800 - £1,200
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Phil May sketching. black chalk heightened with white, on buff paper12 ¼ x 9 1/8 in. (31 x 23.3 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Portrait of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Portrait of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1841-1930). black and white chalk on brown paper12 ¼ x 7 in. (31 x 17.5 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Portrait study of James Abbott McNeil
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Portrait study of James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903). pen and ink on blue paper6 7/8 x 4 1/3 in. (17.5 x 11 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Portrait of Arthur Symons (1865-1945).
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Portrait of Arthur Symons (1865-1945). coloured chalks on buff paper18 ½ x 13 5/8 in. (46.5 x 34.5 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Two portrait studies of Charles Conder
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Two portrait studies of Charles Conder. black chalk on tracing paper19 1/8 x 11 ¾ in. (49 x 30 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Conder sketching at Julian's Atelier i
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Conder sketching at Julian's Atelier in 1890. black chalk on buff coloured paper9 ½ x 14 ½ in. (24 x 36.9 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Charles Conder 1898. sanguine and blac
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Charles Conder 1898. sanguine and black chalk on paper, watermark 'COLONIAL'8 1/8 x 5 ¼ in. (20.5 x 13.5 cm.).
Christie's
Nov. 26, 2024
Â§ WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH, 1872-1975)
Est: £500 - £800
Â§ WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH, 1872-1975) WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH, 1872-1975) Harincourt signed and titled 'W Rothenstein - Harincourt' (lower right) watercolour pencil and crayon 33 x 51 cm. (13 x 20 in.) Executed in 1918
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 26, 2024
Â§ WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH, 1872-1975)
Est: £500 - £800
Â§ WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH, 1872-1975) WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH, 1872-1975) Canadian Army Tents in Flanders watercolour pencil and crayon 33 x 51 cm. (13 x 20 1/8 in.) Executed in 1918
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 19, 2024
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Hablant Espagnol. oil on canvas 32 x 1
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (1872-1945). Hablant Espagnol. oil on canvas 32 x 18 in. (81.3 x 45.8 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 16, 2024
Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). Ricketts and Shannon, 1897, & W. B. Yeats, 1899
Est: £300 - £500
Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). Ricketts and Shannon, 1897, & W. B. Yeats, 1899 * Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). Mr Charles Ricketts and Mr Charles Hazelwood Shannon, from English Portraits, 1897-98, uncoloured lithograph (from the set of 24) printed by T. Way, published by Grant Richards in an edition of 750, together with W.B. Yeats, from the Liber Juniorum, 1899, lithograph, signed in pencil, 12 1/2 in. x 11 1/4 in. (318 mm x 285 mm), QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: David Gould (1922 -2004), art dealer, connoisseur, and founder of the Taranman Gallery with Christopher Hewett.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Oct. 02, 2024
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) Sir William Rothenstein (lot 76) and Albert Rutherston (lots 77-82) Introduction Raised in Bradford as two of six children of Jewish immigrants, William and Albert both achieved considerable influence at the very heart of the British art establishment. Amongst their many and remarkable strengths they were painters, printmakers, illustrators, teachers, administrators, gallerists and, in William’s case, an accomplished and prolific writer. William was the first to move south to study under Alphonse Legros at the Slade (1888-89) before attending the Académie Julian in Paris (1889-1893), where he was encouraged by Whistler, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec and befriended Rodin. Albert followed him a decade later to the Slade, where by then Fred Brown was professor, assisted by Henry Tonks, Philip Wilson Steer and Walter Russell. The youngest student by far, Albert fell in with a gilded set of like-minded spirits, in particular Augustus John and William Orpen. The young trio was dubbed by William ‘The Three Musketeers’. Albert went on to win separate prizes for both drawing and painting and was awarded a Slade scholarship. On his return from France William established himself as a talented portraitist illustrating Oxford Characters in 1896 with twenty-four lithographs. It was one of several collections of portraits depicting men and women of distinction that William would produce. In 1900 William’s painting The Dolls House (after Ibsen’s eponymous play), won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, the same year as his book on Goya was published. Such foreboding influences, however, contrasted with the many happy and light-filled works he produced following his marriage to Alice Knewstub in 1899. For Albert and his fellow ‘Musketeers’ the new century heralded trips to France. There he met Walter Sickert and shared holidays with William, Spencer Gore and Slade teacher Walter Russell. In London Albert thrived on Fitzroy Street and exhibited with William, Sickert, Gore, Russell and Harold Gilman. Sickert recalled their efforts ‘to create a Salon d’automne milieu in London’. Towards the end of the 1910s Albert turned increasingly to decorative designs. In 1911 he collaborated with Roger Fry on large scale murals for Borough Polytechnic and worked on a number of designs for the ballet and theatre. He changed his name to Rutherston in 1916. After the War he married Marjory Holman, taught at Camberwell School of Art, and the Oxford School of Drawing, Painting and Design, and was appointed Master of the Ruskin School of Art (1929-49). A late but important influence in his life was the young model Patricia Koring whom he met in 1938. From the First World War on William’s work revolved around painting, teaching and writing. During 1917-18 he spent six months as an official War artist at the Front (lot 76), and was briefly visiting Professor of Civic Art at Sheffield University. In 1920 he became Principal of the Royal College of Art in London and was knighted in 1931. As well as Goya, among William’s publications were three fascinating volumes of memoirs. William’s sons carved out their own influential paths in the Arts. John (1901-92) his eldest, became director of the Tate Gallery (1938-1964), wrote Modern British Painters (1956) and was knighted in 1952. Michael (1908-1993) became a highly accomplished painter and print maker. SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) THE CHURCH OF ST GERY, HAVRINCOURT titled Havrincourt Church lower left and numbered 29 lower right oil pastel over pencil on paper 52 x 36cm; 20 1/2 x 14 1/4in 85.5 x 63.5cm; 33 3/4 x 25in (framed) Havrincourt was on the battle front during the First World War. By November 1917 the German ‘Hindenburg Line’ crossed through it, and the village was part of the opening phase of the Battle of Cambrai at the end of the month. The second battle at Havrincourt opened in mid-September 1918, and marked the beginning of the German retreat back to the Belgian-French border. The vast majority of the village was destroyed in the conflict, but much was rebuilt following the Armistice, including the church of St Géry. Rothenstein worked alongside Eric Kennington (1888-1960) as a War Artist, recording in his memoires how 'We worked at Cambrai, Bourlon, Moeuvres, Havrincourt, Lesquières - everywhere the fantastic shapes and colours of ruined houses and shell-shocked trees provided a constant stimulus... No work has ever satisfied me so completely as that which I undertook while acting as a British, and later, as a Canadian, Official Artist. (William Rothenstein, Men and Memories, London, 1932, vol. II, p. 361).
Olympia Auctions
Jul. 27, 2024
W. ROTHENSTEIN (*1872), Engl. Caricaturist Max Beerbohm, facsimile, 1928, Reproduction
Est: €45 - €75
William Rothenstein (1872 Bradford - 1945 London): Head Portrait in Profile of the English Parodist and Caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956), 1928, Reproduction Technique: Reproduction on Paper Stamp: Collector's stamp, Unknown/not identified. Mark: "GES". 20th century Inscription: Signed and dated "W. Rothenstein 1928" at the lower right margin of the image. Date: 1928 Description: Head portrait in profile of the English parodist and caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872 London - 1956 Rapallo, Italy), also known as Max Beerbohm. Keywords: 20th century, Realism, Caricature, United Kingdom, Size: Paper: 32,2 cm x 21,5 cm (12,7 x 8,5 in), Depiction: 22,0 cm x 15,8 cm (8,7 x 6,2 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
May. 14, 2024
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Est: £100 - £150
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) Three views of Venice pencil 9.5 x 12cm (3) Provenance: With Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd., London. Condition Report: Each framed size 26.5 x 27.2 giltwood frame Paper on each is stained brown, with unstained light areas of paper visible on upper edges. Paper cockled. One with small tear. Please contact department for additional images.
Sworders
Apr. 09, 2024
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Est: £300 - £400
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) Three views of Venice pencil 9.5 x 12cm (3) Provenance: With Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd., London. Condition Report: Each framed size 26.5 x 27.2 giltwood frame Paper on each is stained brown, with unstained light areas of paper visible on upper edges. Paper cockled. One with small tear. Please contact department for additional images.
Sworders
Jan. 27, 2024
Sir William Rothenstein. Portrait of a Rabbi, graphite
Est: $500 - $700
(British, 1872-1945). Graphite on toned paper, inscribed and dated "--from Will, 1912" lr, sheet size: 16 x 9 3/4 in., framed size: 28 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches.
Alex Cooper
Jan. 25, 2024
William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945), Hay Baler and Thatching Ricks, signed and dated 1940 in pencil, chalk, pastel and pencil, 39.5 x 57.5 cm, unframed
Est: £300 - £500
William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945), Hay Baler and Thatching Ricks, signed and dated 1940 in pencil, chalk, pastel and pencil, 39.5 x 57.5 cm, unframed Signs of previous framing with paper discoloured in the exposed centre. Further discolouring evident on the reverse. Remnants of mounting tape to the top and pinholes to the bottom corners.
Dawsons Auctioneers
Nov. 29, 2023
Sir William Rothenstein (British, 1872-1945) Portrait of a Young Girl
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Sir William Rothenstein (British, 1872-1945) Portrait of a Young Girl signed with initials and dated 'W.R/08' (lower left) oil on canvas 37 x 28cm (14 9/16 x 11in).
Bonhams
Oct. 17, 2023
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Est: £500 - £800
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) 'Ypres, 1918' oil on canvas 61 x 101.5cm, unframed Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, '20th Century British Art', 1 March 2000, lot 62. Condition Report: Craquelure and light surface dirt. Not viewed under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.
Sworders
Oct. 14, 2023
W. ROTHENSTEIN (*1872), Engl. Caricaturist Max Beerbohm, facsimile, 1928, Reproduction
Est: €45 - €75
William Rothenstein (1872 Bradford - 1945 London): Head Portrait in Profile of the English Parodist and Caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956), 1928, Reproduction Technique: Reproduction on Paper Stamp: Collector's stamp, Unknown/not identified. Mark: "GES". 20th century Inscription: Signed and dated "W. Rothenstein 1928" at the lower right margin of the image. Date: 1928 Description: Head portrait in profile of the English parodist and caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872 London - 1956 Rapallo, Italy), also known as Max Beerbohm. Keywords: 20th century, Realism, Caricature, United Kingdom,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £600 - £800
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) PORTRAIT OF RACHEL, THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER oil on canvas 81 x 46cm; 32 x 18in 91.5 x 56cm; 36 x 22in (framed) Provenance Rachel Ward (the sitter; a gift from the artist) Exhibited London, Max Rutherston, William Rothenstein, 1990, no.10
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) BOMB DAMAGE TO THE SQUARE AND CATHEDRAL, PERONNE, THE SOMME oil on canvas 76.5 101cm; 30 x 40in (unframed) Exhibited (probably), Sheffied, Mappin Art Gallery, On the Péronne Front, Paintings & Drawings by William Rothenstein, 1918 Painted circa 1917-18. Rothenstein travelled to the Western Front as an Official War Artist in November 1917. Soon after his arrival he visited Péronne in the valley of the Somme. Of his impressions of the town he wrote: 'The unwonted shapes of the ruined buildings, the pink flush of the red bricks, deepening to blood colour where the impact of a shell had made a wound in the walls, made a scene more tragic than any stage-setting.' (William Rothenstein, Men and Memories, London, 1932, p. 326). An exhibition of paintings and drawings of his work at the Front was held at the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield University during June 1918, where the present oil was very likely exhibited. The subject in reverse was also reproduced as plate 4 in the set of twelve drypoints Rothenstein published in 1922 under the title Landscapes of the War. There is a painting of haystacks on the reverse of the present canvas.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £150 - £250
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) (i) THE BANJO PLAYER; (ii and iii) STUDIES OF A DANCER (RECTO & VERSO); (iiii) SKETCH OF A YOUNG GIRL AND A SOLDIER'S HEAD (i) charcoal; (ii and iii) black crayon heightened with white & pencil heightened with white; (iiii) black crayon heightened with white each: 36 x 23cm; 14 1/4 x 9in (unframed) each: 40 x 30cm; 15 3/4 x 12in (mounted) (4)
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £100 - £200
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) (i) HEAD OF A WOMAN; (ii) ALICE IN PROFILE (ii) signed with initials and dated 1916 lower right (i) red chalk; (ii) pencil (i) 32.5 x 26cm; 12 3/4 x 10 1/4in 55.5 x 48cm; 22 x 19in (framed) (ii) 35 x 27.5cm; 13 3/4 x 10 3/4in 48 x 40cm; 19 x 15 3/4in (framed) (2) (ii) depicts the artist's wife, Alice (née Knewstub); see note to previous lot.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £150 - £250
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) (i) NURSE AND CHILD; (ii) FEEDING HENS; (iii) ALICE WITH JOHN (iii) signed and dedicated for John and Elizabeth affect. Albert lower left pastel (i) 20 x 22.3cm; 8 x 8 3/4in 41 x 43cm; 16 x 17in (framed) (ii) 23 x 32cm; 9 x 12 1/2in 40.5 x 56cm; 16 x 22in (framed) (iii) 34 x 23cm; 13 1/4 x 9in 52 x 39cm; 20 1/2 x 15 1/2in (mounted) (3) Provenance (iii) John and Elizabeth Rothenstein, London (a gift from the artist) Painted in the early 1900s, these three pastels all feature Rothenstein's eldest child John: (i) John with his nurse; (ii) almost certainly John feeding hens with his mother, Rothenstein's wife Alice and (iii) Alice giving John a piggyback. Alice Rothenstein (1867-1957, née Knewstub) was the daughter of the artist John Knewstub and the pre-Raphaelite muse Emily Renshaw. She trained as an actress and married Rothenstein in 1899. Their first child John, born in 1901, went on to become Director of the Tate Gallery, and was knighted in 1952 for services to the arts. He and his mother feature in a number of notable paintings by Rothenstein, including the oil Mother and Child (Tate Britain) painted in 1903 when the Rothensteins were living on Church Row, Hampstead.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £150 - £250
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) THE PAINSON AND THE PARTER (SELF-PORTRAIT) titled THE PAINSON AND THE PARTER right charcoal with white chalk 34.3 x 20.5cm; 13 1/2 x 8in 51.5 x 36cm; 20 1/4 x 14 1/4in (framed) Provenance with Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, London With one head placed above the other, Rothenstein's playful vertically descending title is a jeu de mot on 'the painter and the parson'. Presenting himself chorister-like with mouth wide open, Rothenstein's identity is clear, but less so that of the smiling parson beneath him, although it has been suggested that it could be a double self-portrait as Whistler's nickname for Rothenstein was the parson due to his tendency to seriousness.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £150 - £250
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) THE LAUNDRESS charcoal and white chalk 36 x 23cm; 14 1/4 x 9in 39.5 x 33cm; 15 1/2 x 13in (framed) Executed circa 1890 whilst a student at the Académie Julian, Paris.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £200 - £300
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) BY THE FIRE charcoal and white chalk 37 x 23cm; 14 1/2 x 9in 45.5 x 35.5cm; 18 x 14in (framed) Execucuted circa 1890 whilst a student at the Académie Julian, Paris.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £250 - £350
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) IN THE WINGS charcoal with white chalk 36.5 x 23cm; 14 1/4 x 9in 39 x 34cm; 15 1/2 x 13 1/4in (framed) Executed circa 1890 whilst a student at the Académie Julian, Paris.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £200 - £300
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) PHIL MAY WITH PIPE inscribed Me when I'mould. [sic] lower right charcoal with white chalk 36 x 23cm; 14 x 9in 46 x 31.5cm;18 1/4 x 12 1/2in (mounted) Executed circa 1890 whilst at the Academie Julian, Paris. The inscription on this sketch of the Australian caricaturist Phil May (1864-1903) is a typical jeu de mot by Rothenstein - a play on the words 'me when I'm old', but it could equally have been added by May himself. May was the leading cartoonist of his day and is depicted by Rothenstein with his distinctive fringe. The two artists briefly shared a studio on the Rue Ravignan in Montmartre.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £150 - £250
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) THE LIFE CLASS, ACADEMIE JULIAN inscribed stove, model, student lower right charcoal with white chalk 36 x 23cm; 14 1/4 x 9in 46 x 31.5cm; 18 1/4 x 12 1/2in (mounted) Executed in Paris circa 1890.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £250 - £350
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) STUDENT AT THE ACADEMIE JULIAN charcoal with white chalk 36.5 x 23cm; 14 1/4 x 9in 43 x 31cm; 17 x 12 1/4in (framed) Executed in Paris circa 1890.
Olympia Auctions
Oct. 11, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £250 - £350
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) Sir William Rothenstein (lots 1-13) and Albert Rutherston (lots 14-23) Introduction Raised in Bradford as two of six children of Jewish immigrants, William and Albert both achieved considerable influence at the very heart of the British art establishment. Amongst their many and remarkable strengths they were painters, printmakers, illustrators, teachers, administrators, gallerists and, in William’s case, an accomplished and prolific writer. William was the first to move south to study under Alphonse Legros at the Slade (1888-89) before attending the Académie Julian in Paris (1889-1893) (lots 1-8), where he was encouraged by Whistler, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec and befriended Rodin. Albert followed him a decade later to the Slade, where by then Fred Brown was professor, assisted by Henry Tonks, Philip Wilson Steer and Walter Russell. The youngest student by far, Albert fell in with a gilded set of like-minded spirits, in particular Augustus John and William Orpen. The young trio was dubbed by William ‘The Three Musketeers’. Albert went on to win separate prizes for both drawing and painting and was awarded a Slade scholarship. On his return from France William established himself as a talented portraitist illustrating Oxford Characters in 1896 with twenty-four lithographs. It was one of several collections of portraits depicting men and women of distinction that William would produce. In 1900 William’s painting The Dolls House (after Ibsen’s eponymous play), won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, the same year as his book on Goya was published. Such foreboding influences, however, contrasted with the many happy and light-filled works he produced following his marriage to Alice Knewstub in 1899. (lots 9 & 10). For Albert and his fellow ‘Musketeers’ the new century heralded trips to France. There he met Walter Sickert and shared holidays with William, Spencer Gore and Slade teacher Walter Russell. In London Albert thrived on Fitzroy Street and exhibited with William, Sickert, Gore, Russell and Harold Gilman. Sickert recalled their efforts ‘to create a Salon d’automne milieu in London’. Towards the end of the 1910s Albert turned increasingly to decorative designs. In 1911 he collaborated with Roger Fry on large scale murals for Borough Polytechnic (lot 20) and worked on a number of designs for the ballet and theatre (lots 14-16). He changed his name to Rutherston in 1916. After the War he married Marjory Holman, taught at Camberwell School of Art, and the Oxford School of Drawing, Painting and Design, and was appointed Master of the Ruskin School of Art (1929-49). A late but important influence in his life was the young model Patricia Koring whom he met in 1938. From the First World War on William’s work revolved around painting, teaching and writing. During 1917-18 he spent six months as an official War artist at the Front (lot 12), and was briefly visiting Professor of Civic Art at Sheffield University. In 1920 he became Principal of the Royal College of Art in London and was knighted in 1931. As well as Goya, among William’s publications were three fascinating volumes of memoirs. William’s sons carved out their own influential paths in the Arts. John (1901-92) his eldest, became director of the Tate Gallery (1938-1964), wrote Modern British Painters (1956) and was knighted in 1952. Michael (1908-1993) became a highly accomplished painter and print maker (lots 24-30). SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) PROFILE OF PAUL GERVAIS inscribed P Gervais lower right charcoal with white chalk 36.5 x 23cm; 14 1/4 x 9in 41.5 x 34cm; 16 1/4 x 13 1/4in (framed) Executed in Paris circa 1890. The painter Paul Gervais (1859-1944) was a teacher at the Académie Julian where Rothenstein studied from 1889-1893. A pupil of Jean Léon Gérôme, Gervais was known, and occasionally rebuked, for his depictions of sensuous nudes. Prominent commissions included Les Graces Florentines for La Salle Blanche in the Casino de Monte-Carlo and the Salle Empire in the Hôtel de Paris, Monte-Carlo.
Olympia Auctions
Aug. 03, 2023
William Rothenstein. Twenty-Four Portraits
Est: $100 - $150
Second Series 1923 Limited to 1500 Copies 1st edition.
Weiss Auctions
Jun. 29, 2023
Attributed to William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945), Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling, unsigned, oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm, framed, frame 71.5 x 61.5 cm
Est: £300 - £500
Attributed to William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945), Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling, unsigned, oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm, framed, frame 71.5 x 61.5 cm
Dawsons Auctioneers
Jun. 14, 2023
WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872 - 1945)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872 - 1945) THE CHURCH OF SAINT-SEINE-L'ABBAYE AT NIGHT initialled and dated W.R. 1906 lower right oil on canvas 75 x 54cm; 29 1/2 x 21 1/4in 99 x 79cm; 39 x 31 1/4in (framed) Property from the Artist’s Family Provenance: (probably) Betty Holliday, the artist's daughter Victor Hugo-esque in its towering, empty, brooding form, Rothenstein's theatrical moonlit depiction of the west front of the church at Saint-Seine-L'Abbaye, a former Benedictine monastery, is wonderfully evocative of the pre-War era and reminiscent of the style of some of his closest friends and contemporaries, including the richly laden imagery of Walter Sickert, William Nicholson and James Pryde. Rothenstein first visited France aged 17, and returned regularly thereafter, including studying for four years in Paris at the Académie Julian. His frequent painting holidays there were often in the company of his younger brother Albert (lot 40), when they explored the French countryside, often by bicycle.
Olympia Auctions
Jun. 14, 2023
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN (BRITISH 1872-1945) WOMAN IN A BLACK BONNET signed Will Rothenstein / Paris lower left; dedicated and dated For Alice Aug. 95 upper left oil on canvas 58 x 36cm; 23 x 14 1/4in 73 x 51cm; 29 x 20in (framed) Property from the Artist’s Family Provenance: Alice Rothenstein (a gift from the artist; Rothenstein married the actress Alice Knewstub, who took the stage name Kingsley, in 1899. They had four children, including John who became Director of the Tate Gallery from 1938 to 1964, and Michael who became a talented print maker). Lucy Rothenstein (the artist's grand-daughter, by descent from the above) Sale, Sotheby's London, 26 February 2003, lot 27 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited: London, Tate Gallery, William Rothenstein Memorial Exhibition, 1950, no. 2 (as An old lady) Bradford, City Art Gallery & Museums, 1972, no. 2 (illustrated in the catalogue) It has been suggested that inspiration for the present painting was a character in a Balzac novel, and may have been painted in Moret-Sur-Loing, where Rothenstein spent time in the summer of 1893. Rothenstein describes how 'a model came down to sit for him. He had bought some old dresses of an earlier period... and made her deck out in these for some paintings' (Robert Speaight, William Rothenstein: The Portrait of an Artist in his Time, London, 1962, p. 52). The dark tonality of the painting reflects his interest in Spanish painting and Goya in particular, an artist on whom he published a monograph in 1899; the poster, top right in the canvas, appears either to be a playbill or a contemporary fashion plate. A naturally gifted painter, Rothenstein had a keen eye for capturing the essence of his subject's character. He studied first at the Slade School of Art, where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and then at the Académie Julian in Paris where he lived for four years from 1889-93. In Paris he quickly befriended a coterie of leading artists and writers of the day, among them Whistler, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Pissarro, made the acquaintance of Rodin, and shared a studio with Charles Conder in Montmartre. On his return to England Rothenstein worked on his series Oxford Characters, featuring more than twenty portraits of figures associated with Oxford, including his friend the writer and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. He went on to have a glittering career as both an artist and writer. He was knighted in 1931 for his services to art.
Olympia Auctions
May. 25, 2023
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Est: £200 - £400
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) Study of soldiers in the trenches pencil 23 x 27cm
Cheffins
May. 06, 2023
W. ROTHENSTEIN (*1872), Engl. Caricaturist Max Beerbohm, facsimile, 1928, Reproduction
Est: €45 - €75
William Rothenstein (1872 Bradford - 1945 London): Head Portrait in Profile of the English Parodist and Caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956), 1928, Reproduction Technique: Reproduction on Paper Inscription: Signed and dated "W. Rothenstein 1928" at the lower right margin of the image. With an oval blue collector's stamp "GE S". Date: 1928 Description: Head portrait in profile of the English parodist and caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872 London - 1956 Rapallo, Italy), also known as Max Beerbohm. Keywords: 20th century, Realism, Caricature, United Kingdom,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Mar. 14, 2023
William Rothenstein, British 1872-1945 - Portrait of a man turned to the right, 1937; red and w
Est: £200 - £400
William Rothenstein, British 1872-1945 - Portrait of a man turned to the right, 1937; red and white chalk on paper, signed and dated lower right 'W. Rothenstein 1937', 25 x 18.5 cm
Roseberys
Mar. 08, 2023
Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). Portrait of John Masefield, 1920
Est: £200 - £400
Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). Portrait of John Masefield, 1920 * Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). Portrait of John Masefield, 1920, red and white chalk on pale brown paper, head-and-shoulders, half-profiled to right, signed with initials and dated lower right, 278 x 183 mm (11 x 7 1/8 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (60 x 49.5 cm) QTY: (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 09, 2022
Sir William Rothenstein (British 1872-1945), Seated Rabbi, Graphite on paper, Sheet size: 16-1/2 x 10 in (41.9 x 25.4 cm)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Sir William Rothenstein (British, 1872-1945) Seated Rabbi Graphite on paper; overall with minor toning and handling creasing. Framed.* Inscribed Albert from Will and dated 1912 l.r.
Weschler's
Oct. 11, 2022
Sir William Rothenstein, British 1872-1945 - Country Lane;
Est: £200 - £300
Sir William Rothenstein, British 1872-1945 - Country Lane; pencil and pastel on paper, 21 x 30 cm Provenance: with Brandler Galleries, Brentwood; Christies, London, 1st July 2004, lot 50; Private Collection, UK Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Sep. 14, 2022
Sir William Rothenstein 1872 1945 A Memorial Exhibition 1950 First Edition Softback Book with 32
Est: £6 - £8
Sir William Rothenstein 1872 1945 A Memorial Exhibition 1950 First Edition Softback Book with 32 pages published by The Tate Gallery (Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd) some ageing good condition. All lots sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. UK shipping from £4.99, 20kg box £14.99, Europe from £6.99, ROW at cost from £9.99.
Chaucer Auctions
Jul. 21, 2022
* Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). George Bernard Shaw, [1897]
Est: £150 - £200
* Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). George Bernard Shaw, [1897] Rothenstein (William, 1872-1945). George Bernard Shaw, [1897], lithograph, signed in pencil to lower right, mount aperture 24.4 x 20.5 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/8 ins), framed and glazed (45 x 37 cm), together with two unidentified watercolour portraits: a gentleman in a suit (head and shoulders), and a head of a man, both monogrammed S De B S, the first dated 1940, watercolour on pale straw coloured paper, mount aperture 33.5 x 21.4 cm (13 1/8 x 8 3/8 ins) QTY: (3)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jun. 04, 2022
WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN, STUDY, 1891.
Est: $400 - $600
Rothenstein, William (English, 1872-1945). "Des gens qui m'ont embete en Allemagne." July 1891. Sketches of multiple faces. Graphite and pencil on paper. Signed, titled and dated l.r. Sight:14" x 9" Frame:22" x 16". Provenance: From the collection of Nicholas R. Burke, Washington D.C.
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