The Gentleman Magazine Issue 15 | June 2019 | Page 78

Landscapes & Portraits
Fashion is the focus in Silk and Finery: Dress in Art 1700-
1900 at Didier Aaron, while The Weiss Gallery is exhibiting
their favourite Elizabethan portraits and hosting a celebration
of Sir Roy Strong’s latest publication “The Elizabethan Image”.
Benappi Fine Art will show important Italian paintings and
sculpture of the 15th to 19th centuries, a highlight of which
is Lorenzo Batolini’s Ideal Portrait of Beatrice, a portrait of
Juliette Récamier as Dante’s Beatrice from circa 1823.
Other fine portraits include Philip Stanhope by Batoni at
Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., and of the barrister Samuel
Rose, who famously and successfully defended poet William
Blake against the charge of high treason in January 1804, at
Bagshawe Fine Art.
Charles Beddington will be featuring two major, recently-
rediscovered works by Belloto at their summer exhibition,
Canaletto, Belloto and their Circle. Martyn Gregory is
publishing the gallery’s 99th catalogue, on 18th and 19th
century paintings and drawings by Western and South East
Asian artists, including early views of Indonesia, the Philippines,
Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand. Baroque Sculptures and
Paintings will be on view at Callisto Fine Arts. At John Mitchell
Fine Paintings, landscapes by 19th century Swiss, German and
Norwegian painters are the subject of From Fjord to Forest,
depicting fjords and lakes, forests and woodland, glaciers and
valleys. The exhibition will include plein air oil studies and
formal studio paintings; several will be sold to benefit the
Asbjorn Lunde Foundation in New York.
Leoncillo Leonardi (1915-1968), Due Tagli, 1967, pastel on
torn paper applied to cardboard, Galleria del Laocoonte &
Galleria W. Apolloni
Modern Masters
Exhibitions with modern masterworks include Expressive
Souls at Daniel Katz Gallery, which encompasses an Algardi
bronze of Saint Michael vanquishing Lucifer (17th century), a
late 19th century oil of The Lovers by Gaston La Touche, and
a 20th century abstract watercolour by Cuthbert Hamilton.
The highlight at Galleria del Laocoonte & Galleria W. Apolloni
is a collection of works by Leoncillo Leonardi (1915-1968),
renowned for his large abstract works in ceramics and glazed
terracotta. This exhibition aims to revive interest in his
early works, beginning in the 1930s with figurative ceramic
sculptures. New York gallery Ambrose Naumann Fine Art will
show Lines of Time focusing on 20th century art while Olivier
Malingue’s exhibition ponders Abstract or Not.
EVENTS
Ideal Portrait of Beatrice (Portrait of Juliette Récamier as
Beatrice) Rome, c1823, marble bust, carved fully in the
round, Benappi Fine Art
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There will be a variety of talks including discussions between
dealers and museum curators, with a range of themes, such as
The Grand Tour (at Colnaghi), The Renaissance Casket from
Newbattle Abbey (at Trinity Fine Art), Last Supper in Pompeii
(with the curator of the Ashmolean), Lumière Mystérieuse:
Soane and the Architecture of Light (with the curator of the Sir
John Soane Museum). Other museums participating will be the
National Gallery, the Wallace Collection, and The Fitzwilliam
Museum. There will be book launches, tours focusing on
jewellery and fashion and dealers’ podium discussions. All
three auction houses will have special events and contemporary
artists Rob and Nick Carter will host a breakfast and private
view.
Details will be published and updated regularly at:
www.londonartweek.co.uk.
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