Miette Braive

The Dancer

c.1948

Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French artist/author Andre’ Lhote. She arrived in Paris in the mid-late 1940’s and began a career as a modern artist working and exhibiting with Andre’ Lhote over the next two decades. Braive was a woman of small stature, and when Lhote met her he nicknamed her, “Miette”�, as she was small like a “Crumb”� of bread. Born Emilie Braive, once nicknamed by Lhote, she worked and signed all of her work as, M. Braive. The influence of Andre’ Lhote is evident within the paintings by Miette Braive. Bold and vivid pallets, with subjects ranging from pure non objective abstracts, to full modernist/cubist abstract figures. "Figure Abstract...

We are proud to present the original paintings of American artist Robert Branham (1926-2012.) Robert Branham was born in 1926, in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the Art Institute of Cincinnati from 1946-1948. Robert Branham began his professional career as an illustrator in Chicago including important illustrations for Playboy magazine, and his continued into the Hollywood entertainment industry. In the later portion of his life, Robert Branham turned his artistic attention to creating fine art paintings and soon thereafter his work began to be exhibited. During this time he completed a prolific legacy of original paintings that we are now presenting for sale; many are now being seen for the first time. This will be the first time that these personal works will be exhibited since the artist’s death.. “Fan Dance...

This work features a restrained, contemplative approach to figuration, where form serves as a vessel for memory rather than traditional portraiture. Created by Salvita De Corte using...

This work features a restrained, contemplative approach to figuration, where form serves as a vessel for memory rather than traditional portraiture. Created by Salvita De Corte using...