French Paintings

Table, oil on canvas representing Saint Peter, whose real name is Simon Bar-Jona according to the testimony of the Gospels, also called Kephas or Simon-Peter, is a Jew from Galilee or Gaulanitide known to have been one of the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth...

Oil painting on canvas depicting the portrait of a young boy in a medallion. Dimensions With frame - W 58,5 cm x H 71 cm Without frame - W 50 cm x H 61 cm.

Beautiful and affecting, this gentle depiction of a young woman holding a rose, her hair embellished with clusters of pearls and her dress evincing a fashionable patchwork of colors à la Paul Poiret, is by Marie Laurencin, and was painted as the basis for a print she issued. Laurencin -- whose paintings are being celebrated in a major exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia now -- is known for her focus on lovely women painted in delicate shades of blue, pink and gray, with dark eyes and blushing lips, as here. This painting, executed in gouache and watercolor, may have served as a study for a larger painting in oil...

A vividly-hued and remarkable example of early abstract art which demonstrates the fascination that Sonia and Robert Delaunay had in color theory and intersecting geometries, this wa...

A masterful example of French decorative arts at its best, this lacquer panel features the interlocking figures of Egypt and Nubia, each stylized in cl...