Fine Art Including Sporting Art and Dogs in Art®

• Auction of Fine Art Including Sporting Art & Dogs in Art® on June 11, 2025 Totals $500K

• Two Paintings of Setters by Percival Leonard Rosseau Were Top Dogs at the Sale

• We Invite You to Contact Us for a Complimentary Auction Evaluation of Your Collection

NEW YORK, NY -- Paddles were wagging at Doyle's auction of Fine Art Including Sporting Art & Dogs in Art® on June 11, 2025 as the sale total topped $500,000. This popular annual auction showcased a wide range of fine art, including a special section devoted to paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints celebrating dogs, horses and sporting art. 

Percival Leonard Rosseau
Highlighting the auction were two works by the celebrated sporting and canine artist Percival Leonard Rosseau (1859-1937), Setters on Point, 1915, that achieved $48,000 and A September Day, 1916, that sold for $28,000. Born in Louisiana, Rosseau studied at the Académie Julian in Paris under artists Jules Lefebvre, Charles Herrmann-Léon and Tony Robert-Fleury. Although he initially focused on painting the nude figure—earning an honorable mention at the Paris Salon of 1900—his artistic path would soon shift toward animal and sporting subjects. A breakthrough came in 1903 with a critically praised painting of Diana with two wolfhounds. At the 1904 Paris Salon, he exhibited two works depicting setters, which sold within hours, followed by a large-scale composition of setters and a panther at the 1906 Salon that earned him a gold medal and cemented his reputation. Remaining in France until 1915, Rosseau traveled frequently to the United States to exhibit and fulfill commissions, eventually settling in Connecticut and joining the Old Lyme artists’ colony. He also traveled to the Southern estates and hunting grounds of his wealthy patrons, including Percy Rockefeller, at Overhills, North Carolina, which became a frequent setting for his works.

Strong results were also achieved for works by Thomas Blinks, John Emms, John Sargent Noble, Frederick Goodall, Edwin Megargee, James Hardy, Jnr. and Isidore Bonheur, among many other artists.

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