Guy Nicod

Czechoslovak Ballet Dancers French Modernist Poster Style Dance Painting

Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: The Theatre Medium: watercolour on artists paper Size: painting: 12.5 x 9.25 inches Provenance: private collection...

The Ballerinas by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner oil painting on board, framed framed: 23.5 x 29.5 inches board: 21.5 x 28 inche...

The Ballet by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner dated 1993 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 33 inches canvas: 20 x 29 inches Very good condition. Provenance: private collection Maria Tort Xirau ( Figueres , 26 May 1924 – 6 June 2018) was a painter and photographic and cinematographic editor from Emporda. She developed a long professional career in leading photographic studios, in films for The Walt Disney Company and also in advertising claims for companies such as Educa Borràs . The second half of her life was dedicated to painting, exercising a luminous, varied and nostalgic chromatic style in the techniques of oil and watercolor and with exhibitions of her work in Barcelona and Figueres. The Biographical Dictionary of Art Empordà defined Tort Xirau's work as "a painting that is characterized by the strength of the strokes, the vividness and brightness of the chromatic range and exudes mastery of the photographic technique. A mixture of nostalgia and tenderness is evident.". Tort Xirau's paintings were exhibited in the two towns where she spent her life: in 1992 she exhibited his work at the Caixa de Figueres Exhibition Hall. Two years later, she did it at Sala Conex in Barcelona and in 2007 and 2013 the Consortium of Sant Ferran Castle and the Figueres Town Council organized tribute exhibitions. In 2013, she ceded to the council of the city of Figueres her work Mercat de la plaça de l'Ajuntament , watercolored on paper around 1991, which is exhibited in the rest room of the building. On June 6, 2018, she died in Figueres at the age of 94, receiving the apostolic blessing . Two years after her death, part of her paintings were included in the exhibition Paint, create, live. Women artists in the Alt...

Abstract Figures French artist, circa 1960's-1970's period oil on paper stuck on board, framed in mounted card frame framed: 26 x 20 inches board: 18 x 12 inches provenance: private ...

Dancers is an original drawing in mixed media on paper realized by Nicola Simbari in 1960 ca. In good conditions Nicola Simbari (San Lucido, 1927) was an ...

Art Sz: 14"H x 10 3/4"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)

Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...

The Dancer is a drawing realized by an anonymous in the mid-20th century. Charcoal drawing on paper. Written on the lower "EN DEUXIEME" Good conditions.