Hilla Rebay (French/American, 1890-1967). An arresting, vibrant oil on canvas still life with fruit and vegetables in a Cezanne-esque manner, early 20th century. Signed boldly, l.l. and housed in a period elaborate gilt and gesso frame. 27.5" x 36" (sight)Accompanying the work is some interesting documentation, notably a letter from a Guggenheim Museum curatorial staff mentioning an early Parisian show with a "still life", and a 1935 show cover. The work is not emblematic of Rebay's pioneering work in painting and collecting non-objective art, as she became known for with her Guggenheim association, but nevertheless is evidentiary of a well trained hand with mastery of prevailing modern technique.
American, 1890-1967 Untitled (HRW 23), circa 1917 Signed v. Rebay (lr) Watercolor and gouache on paper 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (43.8 x 31.8 cm) Provenance: Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York (Framed: 27 x 21 5/8 x 3/4 inches) Sheet is hinged to backing. Pinholes at all four corners. Soft creases and handling marks throughout, most notably at lower end of sheet. No apparent issues to painting surface; no evidence of loss, paint separation, discoloration or other issues detected during inspection.
American, 1890-1967 Untitled (HRW 22), circa 1917 Signed v. Rebay (lr) Watercolor and gouache on paper 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (43.8 x 31.8 cm) Provenance: Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York (Framed: 27 x 21 5/8 x 3/4 inches) Sheet is hinged to backing. Pinholes at all four corners. Soft creases and handling marks throughout, most apparent at lower end of sheet. Surface appears in overall good condition without any visible lifting, losses, cracking or other wear noted during inspection.
Property of a Distinguished American Collector Hilla Rebay 1890 - 1967 Chaconne signed Rebay and dated 1947 (upper left) oil on canvas 37 ⅛ by 30 in. 94 by 76.2 cm. Executed in 1947.
Hilla Rebay Portrait of a Woman graphite and watercolor on paper 17.5 h x 11.375 w in (44 x 29 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Dancers watercolor on paper laid to paper board 12.625 h x 9.5 w in (32 x 24 cm) Signed to lower right 'V. Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay New York / France, (1890-1967) untitled abstract, 1913 watercolor on paper signed and dated lower right. Provenance: Sid Deutsch Gallery, NY, NY. Biography from the Archives of askART: A woman credited largely for the existence of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Hilla Rebay also was an accomplished artist in modernist styles that included collage and biogmorphic-linear oil paintings. She is remembered primarily for being the key person in first exposing the American public to avant-garde art and creating revolutionary museum environments for that art. To remind the public that Rebay was an artist in her own right, curators at the Guggenheim Museum held a retrospective of her work in the spring and summer of 2005. Hilla Rebay (pronounced reh-bye) was born to minor nobility in Strasbourg, Alsace and had the full name of Baroness Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Rebay von Ehrenwiesen. Her father, a career army officer from Bavaria, and her mother encouraged her obvious childhood art talent. She studied locally and then enrolled in 1909 at the Academie Julian in Paris. There she was much influenced by avant-garde movements especially theosophist artists and writers led by Wassily Kandinsky "who helped formulate her lifelong belief in the power of intuition in art-making and other areas of life" (Glueck). In 1910, she spent time in Munich where she was further exposed to modern art, and she returned to Paris in 1913, having exhibited work in Cologne and Munich. In Paris she studied at the Academie Julian. By 1914, she was exhibiting with the Secession Group in Munich, the Salon des Independants in Paris, and the November Gruppe in Berlin--all rebelling against prevalent realism and traditional teaching methods. In Berlin, she associated with many modernist artists including Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Marc Chagall. In 1917, she med Rudolph Bauer, a German painter in non-objective styles who became her long-time lover and in the future the cause of controversy because she was accused of devoting disproportionate exhibition space to him at the Guggenheim Museum. It was said that her enthusiasm for him and his work was "unbounded" (Glueck) and that he inspired her paintings "alive with restless, jostling, organic forms" (Glueck). Hilla Rebay first visited the United States in 1927 and stayed for an extended time period, which included giving painting lessons to Louise Nevelson, seeking portrait commissions, designing posters and exhibiting her own work at venues including the Worcester Art Mluseum and a Manhattan gallery. Among her portrait commission subjects was Solomon Guggenheim, whose wealthy family had extensive western mining interests. Rebay had met Solomon and his wife Irene when they purchased two of her paintings at the Manhattan show. To that time, the couple were collectors of conventional art, but during the sittings, Hilla talked to him of what was going on in avant-garde art circles. She brought painters of leading-edge styles to meet Guggenheim and encouraged him to collect their art, which he did--filling his Plaza Hotel apartment. Rebay supervised the collection, and in 1937, she led the establishment of a Guggenheim foundation to build "The Museum of Non-Objective Art," achieved in 1939 in rented gallery space on 54th Street. The main focus of the collection was works of the Dutch De Stijl Group that included Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, and of Bauhaus artists from Germany such as Paul Klee, Vasily Kandinsky, and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Although she was committed to purely non-objective works, she added to the collection abstract works by George Seurat, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, and others in France who were experimenting with Cubism, Futurism, etc. The Foundation directors bought land between 88th and 89th Streets on Fifth Avenue and commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a museum building. The collection was temporarily housed in a mansion on the grounds, and Hilla, who had a strong interest in mysticism, "created an unforgettable, hushed, other worldly atmosphere . . . People coming in from the noise and bustle of the streets found themselves transported into a seemingly higher spiritual dimension" (Rubinstein). There was gray fabric on the walls, plain, minimal frames on the paintings, and Bach music in the background---all creating a sense of quiet refinement and revolutionary for a museum setting. During this time, Rebay was reaching out to many young non-objective American artists including Jackson Pollock and Rudolf Bauer who had emigrated from Germany, by giving them money and exhibiting their work. She was also at the center of controversy from a a variety of sources. Left-wing activists made fun of her mysticism; reactionaries found her much too liberal; and most of her critics thought she was way too autocratic. Of that era, she has been described as "a complicated dynamic woman, take-charge and bossy, who aroused jealousy in the art world by her closeness (though it was probably not romantic) to Guggenheim." (Glueck). In addition, she was disdained during World War II because she was German and was accused of being a German spy, rumors that were promoted by Rudolf Bauer, whom she and others thought was jealous of her position with Guggenheim. In 1951, two years after Guggenheim's death, Hilla Rebay resigned as Director but remained a trustee of the collection, and lived in Greens Farms, Connecticut. During her career as an administrator, she had continued as a painter and created canvases of geometric shapes and ones that expressed pure color and rhythm. She also authored several books including one titled "Wassily Kandinsky", and wrote articles for the "Carnegie Institute Magazine" and "Southern Literary Digest. " However, her enduring reputation is for her influence in bringing non-objective art to America. Sources: American Women Artists by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein Grace Glueck, 'Guiding Spirit of the Guggenheim Was An Artist in Her Own Right', The New York Times, May 20, 2005, B29
Hilla Rebay Con fuoco 1945 oil on canvas 59.125 h x 80.125 w in (150 x 204 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'R 45'. Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Con fuoco Hilla Rebay 1943-45'. Provenance: Christie's East, New York, Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Paintings, 9 May 1989, Lot 175 | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay (1890-1967) Mother and Child Oil On Canvas Painting. Labeled on verso, "Hilla Rebay 1890-1967 #04300," by an unknown gallery. Signed lower left, "Rebay." Painting: 15 3/4" X 21 1/2". Contemporary gold leaf frame: 21 1/2" X 28 1/2". Condition- The painting surface is stable with some craquelure. Painting has a new stretcher and several areas of restoration. See photos.
Hilla Rebay New York / France, (1890-1967) Collage #8, 1944 mixed media collage on paper Signed and dated lower right. Exhibited: Guggenheim, NY; Sid Deutsch Gallery, NY Biography from the Archives of askART: A woman credited largely for the existence of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Hilla Rebay also was an accomplished artist in modernist styles that included collage and biogmorphic-linear oil paintings. She is remembered primarily for being the key person in first exposing the American public to avant-garde art and creating revolutionary museum environments for that art. To remind the public that Rebay was an artist in her own right, curators at the Guggenheim Museum held a retrospective of her work in the spring and summer of 2005. Hilla Rebay (pronounced reh-bye) was born to minor nobility in Strasbourg, Alsace and had the full name of Baroness Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Rebay von Ehrenwiesen. Her father, a career army officer from Bavaria, and her mother encouraged her obvious childhood art talent. She studied locally and then enrolled in 1909 at the Academie Julian in Paris. By 1914, she was exhibiting with the Secession Group in Munich, the Salon des Independants in Paris, and the November Gruppe in Berlin--all rebelling against prevalent realism and traditional teaching methods. In Berlin, she associated with many modernist artists including Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Marc Chagall. In 1917, she med Rudolph Bauer, a German painter in non-objective styles who became her long-time lover and in the future the cause of controversy because she was accused of devoting disproportionate exhibition space to him at the Guggenheim Museum. It was said that her enthusiasm for him and his work was "unbounded" (Glueck) and that he inspired her paintings "alive with restless, jostling, organic forms" (Glueck). Hilla Rebay first visited the United States in 1927 and stayed for an extended time period, which included giving painting lessons to Louise Nevelson, seeking portrait commissions, designing posters and exhibiting her own work at venues including the Worcester Art Mluseum and a Manhattan gallery. Among her portrait commission subjects was Solomon Guggenheim, whose wealthy family had extensive western mining interests. Rebay had met Solomon and his wife Irene when they purchased two of her paintings at the Manhattan show. To that time, the couple were collectors of conventional art, but during the sittings, Hilla talked to him of what was going on in avant-garde art circles. She brought painters of leading-edge styles to meet Guggenheim and encouraged him to collect their art, which he did--filling his Plaza Hotel apartment. Rebay supervised the collection, and in 1937, she led the establishment of a Guggenheim foundation to build "The Museum of Non-Objective Art," achieved in 1939 in rented gallery space on 54th Street. The main focus of the collection was works of the Dutch De Stijl Group that included Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, and of Bauhaus artists from Germany such as Paul Klee, Vasily Kandinsky, and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
Hilla Rebay Two Figures ink and watercolor on paper sight: 10.625 h x 8.375 w in (27 x 21 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled etching and aquatint image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.625 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work is from the edition of unknown size. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Abstract Composition etching and aquatint in colors image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.625 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Dancer ink and watercolor on paper sight: 10.375 h x 7.875 w in (26 x 20 cm) Signed to lower edge 'H. Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled (Portrait) graphite on paper sight: 11.625 h x 8.5 w in (30 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Piano Player graphite and watercolor on paper 10.5 h x 12.5 w in (27 x 32 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Ballet gouache and ink on paper sight: 9.75 h x 7.625 w in (25 x 19 cm) Signed and titled to lower right 'Hilla Rebay Ballet'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Abstraction collage on paper sight: 10.75 h x 8.5 w in (27 x 22 cm) Signed to lower left 'Hilla Rebay'. Estate stamp to verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled etching and aquatint in colors image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.625 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled colored pencil and watercolor on paper 9 h x 12 w in (23 x 30 cm) Estate stamp to verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Dancer watercolor on paper 13.25 h x 10.625 w in (34 x 27 cm) Signed to lower right 'V. Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Abstract Composition watercolor on paper sight: 14.875 h x 8.875 w in (38 x 23 cm) Estate stamp to verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
HILLA REBAY Untitled. Paper collage with gouache and color pencils on cream wove paper, circa 1950. 290x225 mm; 11 1/2x8 3/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left recto. Provenance: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, with the label; private collection, New York.
Hilla Rebay Untitled oil on canvas 37.25 h x 30 w in (95 x 76 cm) Provenance: The Artist | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | Portico, New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Hilla Rebay Untitled etching with hand-coloring image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.625 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Abstract Composition watercolor on paper sight: 11 h x 8.125 w in (28 x 21 cm) Estate stamp to verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled watercolor and ink on paper sight: 7.625 h x 5.375 w in (19 x 14 cm) Signed to lower left 'H. Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled etching image: 7.75 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.5 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Dancers ink and watercolor on paper 10.75 h x 8.375 w in (27 x 21 cm) Signed to lower left 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Playful Lines and Shapes etching image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.625 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower left 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled ink on paper sight: 12.25 h x 7.875 w in (31 x 20 cm) Signed to lower left 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Joe's watercolor and graphite on paper sight: 12.125 h x 8.375 w in (31 x 21 cm) Signed to lower edge 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
HILLA REBAY (1890 - 1967, GERMAN/AMERICAN) Untitled. Watercolor on paper. 305x457 mm; 12x18 inches. Provenance: Estate of Hilla Rebay; Private collection. Exhibited: DC Moore Gallery, NY, Hilla Rebay: Selected Works On Paper, May 18 through June 24, 2005.
Hilla Rebay Abstract Composition etching with hand-coloring image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.625 h x 8.625 w in (22 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Circles pastel on paper sight: 11 h x 8.5 w in (28 x 22 cm) Stamped signature to lower left 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Woman in Purple gouache and watercolor on paper sight: 12.875 h x 8.875 w in (33 x 23 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Women at the Beach watercolor on paper sight: 13.375 h x 10.125 w in (34 x 26 cm) Signed to lower left 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay The Dancer watercolor on paper sight: 10.625 h x 8.375 w in (27 x 21 cm) Signed to upper right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled collage and ink on paper sight: 8.25 h x 10.625 w in (21 x 27 cm) Printed signature to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay Untitled etching in colors image: 7.75 h x 8 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 7.625 h x 8.625 w in (19 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay American, 1890-1967 Embrace, 1945 Signed Rebay (ll), signed and dated Hilla Rebay 1945 and inscribed as titled on the reverse Oil on canvas 51 1/4 x 42 inches (130 x 107 cm) Provenance: The Hilla Rebay Collection Sale, Christie's East, American and Nineteenth Century European Paintings, May 21, 1991, lot 705 With Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum label affixed to the backing, no. FN 1936 RS27 C
Hilla Rebay Untitled etching and aquatint in colors image: 7.875 h x 7.875 w in (20 x 20 cm) sight: 8.875 h x 8.875 w in (23 x 23 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Rebay'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Hilla Rebay The Dancer watercolor, pastel and gouache on paper 10.875 h × 8.625 w in (28 × 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Hilla Von Rebay'. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Etching with watercolor and hand-coloring. Signed in pen. (framed). Note: The artist is also known as: Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen and as, Baroness Hilla von Rebay 5 1/4 x 7 in interior 13 x 14 3/4 in exterior
