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Vintage Color Photograph Kadishman Sculpture Jerusalem Museum Marc Riboud Photo
By Marc Riboud
Located in Surfside, FL
Pocket Kodak camera. As a young man during World War II, he was active in the French Resistance, from
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

1951 Original Poster of Charles de Gaulle - French Political poster
Located in PARIS, FR
, resistance fighter, statesman and writer. He was, among other things, leader of the Free French Forces and
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Antique Print of a French Cavalryman During the Battle of the Smala circa 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
, fought in 1843 between France and Algerian resistance fighters during the French conquest of Algeria. The
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

German Surrealism Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Hans Bellmer
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Surfside, FL
welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, unique acetate positive of British socialite provenance
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
father died when she was nine and she was assaulted by family friend and French Resistance legend
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

1934 original poster by L. C. Besnay - Chemins de fer de l Est - Verdun - WWI
Located in PARIS, FR
First World War’s most defining battles. Verdun had become, by this time, a national symbol of French
Category

1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Circa 1840 engraving "Défense de la Porte St-Denis - Trois Glorieuses" by Jazet
Located in PARIS, FR
background, the towering Porte St-Denis provides a powerful symbol of both victory and resistance. The French
Category

1840s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Engraving

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
-France". (M. Fabiani: Paris 1943). Vélin Paper Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9") This lithograph is one of
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
-France". (M. Fabiani: Paris 1943). Vélin Paper Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9") This lithograph is one of
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
-France". (M. Fabiani: Paris 1943). Vélin Paper Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9") This lithograph is one of
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés de "Matisse-en-France
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cateau-Cambrésis is in the extreme north of France near the Belgian border). The house had two rooms, a
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cateau-Cambrésis is in the extreme north of France near the Belgian border). The house had two rooms, a
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Burning of a Village in Chahary, Madagascar: Hand-Colored 19th Century Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
of French colonial expansion or local resistance against colonial powers in the 19th century. The
Category

Antique 1850s Prints

Materials

Paper

Print of a Bedouin with a Camel during the Battle of the Smala, circa 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
, fought in 1843 between France and Algerian resistance fighters during the French conquest of Algeria. The
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Andrè Girard - Vintage Catalogue - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
. Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear. André Girard (1901 - 1968) was a French painter
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Abstract Oil on Canvas. Composition in Blue.
Located in Cotignac, FR
France where he began to paint. Participating in actions in the Resistance, he obtained French
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the year, 31 December 1869 (Le Cateau-Cambrésis is in the extreme north of France near the Belgian
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the year, 31 December 1869 (Le Cateau-Cambrésis is in the extreme north of France near the Belgian
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the year, 31 December 1869 (Le Cateau-Cambrésis is in the extreme north of France near the Belgian
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cateau-Cambrésis is in the extreme north of France near the Belgian border). The house had two rooms
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine
Located in London, GB
francs. Formed in c.1943, the Maquis French Resistance guerrilla Anti-Fascism fighters lived in camps
Category

1940s Art Deco More Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage WWII Film Poster Service Secret Mission Spy War Drama Movie Art
Located in London, GB
adventure / Service Secret une aventure passionnante - about British spies and a French resistance fighter
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

"To Have And Have Not" Film Poster, 1944
Located in London, GB
, refusing to smuggle French Resistance fighters into Martinique. But when a Resistance client is shot before
Category

Vintage 1940s American Posters

Holhot
By Marc Riboud
Located in Atlanta, GA
active in the French Resistance from 1943 to 1945, then studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hulong Snow
By Marc Riboud
Located in Atlanta, GA
active in the French Resistance from 1943 to 1945, then studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Shaanxi, China
By Marc Riboud
Located in Atlanta, GA
active in the French Resistance from 1943 to 1945, then studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Eiffel Tower Painter, Paris
By Marc Riboud
Located in London, GB
(1981) and In China (1996). After being active in the French Resistance and studying engineering, Riboud
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Allegorical Painting by Robert Heitz
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
critic, member of the French resistance and held political offices. Heitz was close to the 'Groupe de Mai
Category

Mid-20th Century French Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood

Hagenauer Modernist Sculpture Josephine Baker Made in Vienna Rare
Located in Oakland, CA
French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights, activist. Her career was centered
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Josephine Baker s Farewell Appearance Gala Célébrations
Located in New York, NY
French national and American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist
Category

1950s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

French Walnut Vaisselier
Located in Chicago, IL
craftsmanship that made this early French country furniture the "piece de resistance". Loire Valley, France
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

Materials

Ebony, Fruitwood, Walnut

Bust of a Beauty
By Naum Aronson
Located in Oakland, CA
, clandestinely handed over to the French Resistance and subsequently transferred to the children’s home in Les
Category

1910s Academic Nude Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Josephine Baker Resistance painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
two sided painting of Josephine baker as a French Resistance icon hovering over Vichy French
Category

Vintage 1940s French Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Theodore Fried, 1902-1980, "The Bridge, " Oil on Board
Located in Port Jervis, NY
to the USA during the war after working with the French resistance and continued painting in NY. This
Category

Vintage 1930s French Modern Paintings

"Boats in a Mediterranean Harbor" by Henry Malfroy
By Henry Malfroy
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Olympics. A member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, Malfroy was arrested and died in
Category

Early 20th Century French Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

19th Century French Louis XV Rococo Carved Giltwood Mirror with Pierced Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Moulin family, a hero and the face of the French Resistance during World War II (see last picture
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

"Sailor and Soldier in Morocco, " Watercolor by Van Moppes
By Maurice Van Moppes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This highly evocative watercolor by illustrator and French Resistance figure Maurice Van Moppes
Category

Vintage 1930s French Drawings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Pen

Josephine Baker Dancing Statue by Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
-plated finish. Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, French Resistance agent, and civil
Category

Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Pair of Pierre Paulin "Mushroom" Lounge Chairs for Artifort, circa 1960, France
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Girona, Spain
1941 as a hero of the French Resistance. After failing his Baccalauréat, Pierre trained to become a
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Velvet

Collection Of Vintage Original Portraits Of French Hollywood Movie Stars 1950s
Located in Bristol, GB
fought for the French Resistance in WWII, so it would make sense to be by his hand. They date from the
Category

Vintage 1950s French Drawings

Materials

Paper

Paul Daum Mado Nancy Vase c1925
By Daum
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
tragic a sad story, Paul Daum joined the French resistance, was captured and sent to aconcentration camp
Category

Vintage 1920s Art Nouveau Glass

Materials

Art Glass

Champs de Ble by Marcel Dyf 1899-1985
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
invasion in 1940, Dyf joined the French Resistance in Corrèze and the Dordogne. After the war he spent his
Category

20th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Mathieu Matégot - Partage difficile, tapestry, french, modern, abstract, aubusson
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in London, GB
tapestry maker. Matégot volunteered for the French resistance at the start of the Second World War, only
Category

1950s Abstract More Art

Materials

Tapestry

Create silence
By Pierre Soulages
Located in Paris, FR
French Resistance during the Second World War, poet- by his artist friends: Masson, Serge Poliakoff
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Emma Irlam Briggs Woman with Violin Watercolor
By Emma Irlam Briggs
Located in Montclair, NY
most of his life. His wife Jenny and he actively fought in the French resistance during WW2 prior to
Category

Vintage 1920s English Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paint

Bay Area / Ukrainian Artist Alexander P Sachal Abstract of a Rooster
By Alexander Sachal
Located in Oakland, CA
joined The French Resistance, he was wounded during a conflict and had to go into hiding to recover and
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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