Benoit Montet

" La Cigarette ", Painting, Oil on Canvas

2022

Duan Zhaonan (Chinese, born 1955) "Red Door, Gray House" 2017 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. Duan orchestrates a visual symphony wit...

Duan Zhaonan (Chinese, born 1955) "Bridge of Jianchuan" 2015 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. This piece by Duan transports us to a tr...

ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...

This painting by Lucenti Vuattolo is a figurative abstraction with a beautiful patina colour palette.

Signed E. Martin Dimension with frame : 76 x 66 x 7 cm This lively oil painting on canvas by Eugène Martin, titled Jour de l’An and dated 1937, captures a festive winter scene in Geneva, likely set in the Jardin Anglais during New Year celebrations. The composition is animated by a dense crowd gathered along temporary fair structures, rendered with brisk, expressive brushstrokes that convey movement and communal energy rather than individual detail. The figures, reduced to rhythmic silhouettes, animate the foreground and lead the eye through the scene. In the background, the Ferris wheel rises as a focal point, symbolizing modern leisure and public festivity, while Swiss flags flutter above, clearly anchoring the scene in its national and geographic context. Martin’s handling of paint is confident and economical. The palette combines muted winter tones—grays, browns, and cool greens—with strategic accents of red and white that punctuate the crowd and flags, reinforcing the celebratory atmosphere. The architectural backdrop and distant landscape are simplified, allowing the human activity to dominate the visual narrative. Stylistically, the painting aligns with interwar European figurative modernism, blending urban genre painting with a painterly, impressionistic sensibility. Executed in 1937, the work offers a compelling snapshot of civic life in pre-war Switzerland, combining documentary value with artistic spontaneity. Signed and dated in the lower right, this painting is a strong example of Eugène Martin’s engagement with public life and urban festivity, and presents an appealing combination of historical context, recognizable location, and dynamic composition. Eugène Martin painting, Eugene Martin Swiss artist, Jour de l’An 1937, Geneva painting...

Original Oil on Unstretched Canvas. Image-25 x 20.25 in; with unstretched canvas border-27.25 x 23 in. Signed by Artist. Excellent/Good Condition.

Views from Cider with Rosie 1 is an Original Oil Painting by Eleanor Woolley. This is a Plein Air painting from one of the Artists favourite view points on the Cotswold escarpment. W...

Duan Zhaonan (Chinese, born 1955) "Untitled" 2022 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right corner of the painting. This untitled work by Duan Zhaonan is a powerful example of the artist’s psychologically charged portraiture. The face emerges through dense, layered brushwork, built from muted grays, earthen browns, and flashes of raw white that feel scraped and reworked over time. The eyes are heavy and inward, the mouth marked with a deep, rusted red, giving the figure a sense of gravity and lived experience. Rather than aiming for likeness, Duan constructs presence. The portrait feels weathered, contemplative, and unresolved, inviting prolonged looking. About the Artist: Duan Z. was born in Yunnan, China, and is now a renowned figure in Chinese Opera, Specializing as a Painter, Educator, Playwright, and Producer. He serves as Director of the Chinese Dramatic Literature Society and Chairman of the American Chinese Culture Artists Association. Since 1986, Duan has been writing about in more than twenty regular columns under the title “Duan’s Opera Figure...

“From Carla’s Garden – Just Before Frost” is an original vintage painting by American artist Elisabeth Spalding, created in 1938 at the height of her career as a prominent Colorado m...

'Piazza di Spagna, Roma' oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (1933). At the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome. It owes ...