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Item Ships From: France
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Urushadze - In Red
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Nina Urushadze is a Georgian artist born in 1983 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is graduated from Apollon Kutateladze at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
Category
2010s France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Secrets thoughts, nude woman, figurative modern, oil on canvas, textured, Female
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
A captivating piece by artist Sophie Dumont, titled 'Secret Thoughts,' this oil-on-canvas female nude, painted with a palette knife, unveils a profound introspection. The canvas port...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Pierre Autonne - Nager Dans Les Bleus
By Marie-Pierre Autonne
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Souvenir of Castile by Valérie de Sarrieu - contemporary landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Souvenir of Castile is an oil painting by French contemporary Valérie de Sarrieu. Oil on canvas, H 73 cm x W 116 cm. Sold unframed.
The artist captures the way time shapes natural la...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Folk Art, Double-Sided Fairground Advertising, Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century French folk art oil on canvas, advertising M. Joquelet the dentist and Mme Irma the snake charmer. A wonderful piece of social history.
At the turn of the century...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$1,683 Sale Price
22% Off
"Perspective du Canyon du Verdon" - Provence - France, original oil on canvas
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Perspective du Canyon du Verdon - Provence" - France
Oil on canvas signed lower right, 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm, titled and dated on the back,1990.
Framed with a natural oak floating frame...
Category
1990s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Les Verts Imaginaires
By Marie-Pierre Autonne
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic
oil on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives
works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She work...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
French School 19th century, Animated dune landscape, oil on panel
Located in Paris, FR
French School mid 19th Century
Animated dune landscape,
oil on cardboard panel
12.4 x 29.8 cm
bears a small inscription "Escoublac" on the lower right, not visible under the actual ...
Category
1850s Barbizon School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Paint - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized in the late 19th Century
It represents the "Hero of the Two Worlds", Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Mixed colored oil pai...
Category
19th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jean MARTIN (1911-1996) - Alfred Hitchcock, 1982, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean MARTIN (1911-1996)
L’Homme au chapeau-boule, Alfred Hitchcock, 1982
Oil on canvas
Signed “JEAN MARTIN” lower right
Titled, dated and located in “Paris” on the back
65 × 50,5 cm
...
Category
Late 20th Century France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady Chatterley
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973)
Lady Chatterley
Oil on canvas
100 x 65 cm
(110 x 75 cm with frame)
39.37 x 25.59 in
(43.31 x 29.53 in with frame)
Inscription from left to right :
L...
Category
1930s France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Serein, oil and acrylic painting on canvas by Marc Tanguy
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Serein" by Marc Tanguy (2023)
Acrylic and oil painting on paper laid on board, 50 x 38 cm
Framed with a natural oak floating frame (53 x 41 x 3,5 cm frame included)
This tranquil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
French School - Portrait PS 230 Starwoman AC/DC Queen Oil Post Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 230 Starwoman Queen
Portrait of the Queen Elizabeth II with AC/DC earrings
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with bust of Horace Vernet - 1833
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with Bust of Horace Vernet is an original modern artwork realized by the Circle of Horace Vernet (30 June 1789 – 17 Januar...
Category
1830s Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Woman on a Sofa with Dog - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in the mid-20th Century by Fausta Settimj.
Good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a woman in front of a landscape in a trompe l
œil
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French school circa 1810
Portrait of a woman in front of a landscape in a trompe l'oeil
H. 106 cm; L. 91 cm
Oil on canvas
Preserved in its original vine leaf frame, this large portr...
Category
1840s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School - Portrait Black Elvis - Large - Oil Painting Impressionist AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait Elvis Presley
Technique: Acrylics, oil painting, China ink on canvas 73x60cm / 28,7x23,6inch
》》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《《
❶ → Original signed work. Certificate of aut...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
"Le Verdon depuis le Belvédère de Rancoumas" - France, original oil on canvas
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Le Verdon depuis le Belvédère de Rancoumas" – Provence, France
“The Verdon from the Belvedere of Rancoumas” - Provence, France
Oil on canvas signed lower right, 81 x 100 x 2,5 cm, ...
Category
1990s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on oil paper
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tb...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Still Life with Bottles and Books - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with bottles and books is an artwork with frame, realized by an unknown artist of mid-20th Century.
Oil on panel.
36 x 51 cm ; 56 x 70 cm with framed.
Good condtions
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
17th c. Flemish - Landscape with Flight to Egypt - Antwerp circa 1630
Located in PARIS, FR
LANDSCAPE WITH FLIGHT TO EGYPT,
JASPER VAN DER LANEN (ANTWERP, 1585 - 1634)
17TH CENTURY FLEMISH SCHOOL
ANTWERP CIRCA 1630
Oil on copper, dimensions: h. 10.23 in, w. 14.96 in
Flemish style frame in ebonized wood adorned with wavy moldings and wood veneer.
Framed dimensions: h. 17.32 in, w. 21.65 in
Provenance:
Philips auction...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
$9,682 Sale Price
30% Off
Men portrait with a hat
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Henry William Pickersgill, attributed to
(London 1782 – London 1875)
Portrait of Captain Samuel Wright
Oil on canvas
H. 92 cm; L. 73 cm
Circa 1810/1815
Provenance:
– Brother of the ...
Category
1810s English School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School Raging Bull VI ♛ 1938 NSWE Oil Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 6 ♛
This artwork is already collector by using old commercial ads from 1938.
Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on o...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Bateau Alain
By Karine Bartoli
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamar Darchiashvili - Untitled 7
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas,
Tamar Darchiashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1996 she graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Facul...
Category
2010s Abstract France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rise of the Sun in Provence - Original oil painting, Signed
By André Cottavoz
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
Rise of the Sun in Provence
Original oil painting
Signed in the right corner
On panel 24 x 41 cm (c. 10 x 16 inch)
Very g...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Calla Lily - Oil on canvas by Ugo Celada da Virgilio - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with Calla Lily is an oil painting on masonite realized by Ugo Celada da Virgilio.
Hand-signed on the lower left.
Provenance: Galerie Sigfrid O...
Category
1940s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Surfer Girl- blue white brown abstract and figurative oil painting on beach
By Michael Azgour
Located in New York, NY
Michael Azgour is an artist and educator whose work addresses the impact of digital imagery on contemporary culture. His paintings combine evocative, expressive representation with g...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Mountain Landscape with Dog - Painting by Fausta Settimj - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized in the early 20th Century.
Hand signed "Fausta" lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three studies executed in the Pitti Palace in 1761 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
By Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in PARIS, FR
This brilliant study sheet, of which we present here a counterproof, is a souvenir of Fragonard's return journey from Italy. Between April and September 1761, he accompanied the abbot of Saint-Non on his way back to France. Three studies after the masters taken from the Pitti Palace’s gallery in Florence are gathered on this sheet. Although The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret...
Category
1760s Old Masters France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keta Jikia - Untitled 10
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil, charcoal & ink on cardboard
Keta Jikia is a Georgian artist born in 2002 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is graduated in 2025 with a degree in International Relati...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Ink, Cardboard
French school 19th romantic Historical scene Duke GUISE DURANTI Oil Sketch
Located in PARIS, FR
19th century French school Oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm (53 x 45 cm with the frame) Original canvas with the stamp of the merchant "Vallé & Bourniche / Successeurs de Bellot" active in P...
Category
1830s Romantic France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,443 Sale Price
20% Off
Asleep Ballerinas - Original Oil on Canvas - Signed
By Micao Kono
Located in Paris, IDF
Micao KONO
Asleep Ballerinas,
Original Oil on Canvas
Signed bottom left and authenticated with the red seal of the artist
On canvas 46 x 55 cm (c. 18 x 22 in)
Presented in golden wood frame 60...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Women from Bali - Oil on Fabric by Balinese Artist from Ubud - 1950/60s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud. Colors on fabric.
Signed “I Njeman Petjih Ubud Bali” on the lower left corner.
Category
20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric
Contemporary abstract acrylic painting faceless portrait of two woman on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting, titled "Unbreakable Bond," was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing series dedicated to women, one of her favorite themes. In this work, sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Young girl portrait
By Jacob Ferdinand Voet 1
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Circle of Jacob Ferdinand Voet
Portrait of a Little Girl
Oil on canvas
H. 44 cm; W. 38 cm
Unsigned
This delicate portrait of a child, from the circle of Jacob Ferdinand Voet, demons...
Category
1690s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on bristol paper
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Ricqlès pour une sorcière, Oil Painting, Figurative, Contemporary Realism
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork and Unique Work.
Medium : Oil painting on naturel wood panel.
Artist : Jade Boissin
Subject : Ricqlès pour une sorcière (FR -Title) Ri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rome - Dômes Et Couvents
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Pascal Vinardel was born on April 29, 1951 in Casablanca, Morocco, to brillant cultured parents, his father a lawyer and magistrate and his mother a school teacher. Both parents infl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a young man with a turban
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Circle of Adam de Coster
(Mechelen 1586 – Antwerp 1643)
Portrait of a Young Man with a Turban, Dressed in Oriental Style
Oil on canvas
H. 43 cm ; W. 33 cm
Unsigned
This portrait of ...
Category
1620s Flemish School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Easy Listener Silver Silkscreen
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
Nick Veasey
Easy Listener Silver Silkscreen
2025
From Print Series
Signed and numbered by artist
75 x 105 cm frame included
Numbered 5 out of 75
Category
2010s Post-Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Screen
"Hamlet", Bright Blue Sky Distant Mountains with Snow Figurative Oil Painting
By Marcel Demagny
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Hamlet", this figurative oil painting by Marcel Demagny depicts village houses under a bright blue sky, with distant mountains covered with snow...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gray sky, Marine, Seaside, Oil on canvas, Semi-abstract, Blue, Impressionism
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's "Gray Sky over the Sea on the Normandy Coast" is a captivating piece that immerses the viewer in the atmospheric nuances of the Normandy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marilyn Superstar
By Russell Young
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork.
Hand painted metallic leaf pigment paint and enamel screen print on linen, unframed dimensions 48 x 37,5 inches, 2015, from the series "Marilyn Superstar...
Category
2010s Pop Art France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Pond With Growing Flowers
Located in PARIS, FR
An original and unique painting by contemporary artist Eric Alfaro.
On display at our Parisian gallery.
Painting is signed by the artist, accompanied with it's certificate of authent...
Category
2010s Post-Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Composition with jugs, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Composition with jugs, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Reference number F486
Framed with a natural oak floated frame
43 x 72 x 2 cm (48 x 77 x 3,5 cm frame included)
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is laid on a canvas and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. Stamp of the signature in the bottom right and stamp of workshop on the back.
With simple, soft colors, Pierre brings these objects together in a neutral atmosphere, enhanced by this orange, which adds a luminous touch to the composition. Mostly broad brushstrokes, sometimes barely a sketch in the background. The material effects stand out well, the light coming from the right reinforces the contours of each of the objects presented.
Still lives are one of Pierre favourite subjects. Always in a very quiet atmosphere, with simple objects or alive nature.
Provenance : Workshop of the artist (stamped and numbered on the back)
Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France.
He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin...
Category
1980s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"We Lost the North", Wood Crack, Compass, Money, Flower, Symbolism Oil Painting
By Andrée Bars
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Named « We lost the North », this symbolist oil painting on canvas represents a great fracture symbolized by a crack in the wood in its middle. Fracture between the world of the finance and the nature. The trap is to always quantify with money and not to take into account the insects and the plants, our planet. Hence the compass on the side of nature, because according to the French expression, "we have lost the North", which means that we do not know where we are going.
Andrée Bars is a French painter. Having been strictly trained for 4 years by the American hyper-realist painter Mr. Ted Seth Jacobs, who himself inherited 19th century masters’ skills from his own professor, Andrée Bars learned the profession of painting in its purest tradition. She still applies these ancient masters...
Category
2010s Symbolist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with a red book, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet (1926-2021)
Still life with a red book
Reference number F285
46 x 55 cm (not framed)
This work is painted with oil on a canvas. There is a stamp of the signature in the...
Category
1990s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,537 Sale Price
39% Off
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - I Want to Go Honey
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas + wooden frame
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni Sch...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Northern Nocturnal Landscape - Oil on Canvas by J.F. Hesse - Mid 19th Century
By Johann Friedrich Hesse
Located in Roma, IT
Northern Nocturnal Landscape is a colored oil painting on canvas realized by Johann Friedrich Hesse in the early XIX century.
Canvas dimensions: cm. 120 x 90
The artwork is hand-s...
Category
Mid-19th Century France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Medusa - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard.
Realized by Francesco Settimj in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower right.
Good condition except for some minor losses of colors on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Raging Bull V Oil painting Impressionist th century Original AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 5 NSWE
Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch
⭐Sustainability⭐:...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Mixed Media
French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Poires
By Claudine Picard
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
Category
2010s Realist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vineyard
Located in PARIS, FR
An original and unique painting by contemporary artist Eric Alfaro.
On display at our Parisian gallery.
Painting is signed by the artist, accompanied with it's certificate of authent...
Category
2010s Post-Modern France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hilly landscape over the Rhône river in France, oil painting by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Hilly landscape over the Rhône river near Lyon, France
Reference number FJ170
Framed with a natural oak floated frame.
24 x 32 cm frame included (19 x 27 cm without...
Category
1980s French School France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,347 Sale Price
20% Off
Salammbô Carole Fontana Contemporary painting art flower plant garden colour
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Practice On Me" (Contemporary, Sensual, Feminine, Women, Figure Painting, Wood)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
"PRACTICE ON ME"
2025
Paris, France
“Practice on Me” is a study of intimacy and surrender, a reflection on the vulnerability that exists between devotion and desire.
Two figures, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Poetry of the bird, surrealist drawing, 1948
Located in PARIS, FR
Joséphine Beaudouin (1909-2005)
Poetry of the Bird, surrealist painting, 1948
Oil on canvas
Signed "Joséphine Beaudouin" and dated "1948" lower left
13,7 x 10,6 inch
Born in Albi in 1909, Josephine Beaudouin (née Cals) showed an early interest in drawing. At the age of twelve, she moved to Paris where her mother, Jeanne Ramel-Cals, ran a literary salon that was frequented by art world figures such as Ambroise Vollard. In 1925, while her first drawings appeared in the magazine Crapouillot, the young artist entered the School of Decorative Arts where she studied fresco painting. She married the architect Eugène Beaudouin in 1928, with whom she traveled throughout Europe. Beaudouin, a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, designed a series of buildings that were precursors of modern architecture in France (Clichy, Maison du Peuple; Antony, Résidence universitaire Jean Zay). Josephine Beaudouin exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
The work of the one that Jean Cocteau described as "bewitching" is full of mystery. Her work bears the stamp of an extraordinary personality. Indeed, Josephine Beaudouin developed a penchant for dreams at a very early age and took refuge in the works illustrated by Gustave Doré. Her technical virtuosity and overflowing imagination were praised by the critics of her time who unanimously greeted her Marmorées (ill.1). Named by René Barotte, these are paintings made on marble slabs from 1955. The artist exploits the infinite resources of the veins of this support which inspires him poetic compositions with unusual subjects. Marked by surrealism, she returns to the fantastic by delivering a prodigious creation of the mind made of dreamed cities and trompe-l'oeil.
The 1948 painting that we propose probably represents a red-billed chough. The bird is a recurring theme in the work of Josephine Beaudouin, as in her life. An avid ornithologist, she kept an aviary in her Parisian home where many island birds were kept. She also built up a collection of stuffed birds. Still on this theme, the writer Claude Aveline (1901-1992), author of the poem L'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas, invited several visual artists to freely interpret what this bird could be. The first series of works was produced between 1956 and 1963. In 1957, Joséphine Beaudouin delivered a work with a pen of great finesse, now preserved at the Centre Pompidou (ill.2). Several renowned artists also responded to the invitation of the poet such as Jean Cocteau and Ossip Zadkine.
The precision of the graphics of our painting testifies to an attentive observation of the anatomy of the birds. The artist paints with great delicacy: the technique is impeccable, the drawing is careful, the material is smooth, the details are represented with great finesse and mastery.
Bibliography :
Fernand Pouillon...
Category
1940s Surrealist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cardinal with Missive - Painting by Unknown - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cardinal with missive is an original old master artwork realized in the 17th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Provenance: Italy. Avery precoius artwork depicting a ca...
Category
17th Century Old Masters France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School - Portrait PS 158 La Lionne a les yx verts Oil Impressionist AUC0
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 158 la Lionne a les yeux verts
Structural analysis:
Letters and words are part of the face of this closeup. Thus, letters and words are the light part of the composition of the p...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist France - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
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