Georges Bordonove

French Impressionist Oil Painting

1993

The Coastal Inlet by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) dated 1952 oil painting on board, unframed measures: 16 x 13 inches condition: the painting is in very sound and p...

Bright French Harbour by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on board, unframed board : 21.5 x 26 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the arti...

Step into the tranquility of a quiet cove in this serene coastal scene. The shimmering reflections on the water and the soft clouds drifting across the sky invite you to pause and ta...

Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint. Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...