Paris - Landscape Paintings

IN GIRUM IMUS 2024 Paris, France This painting has a weathered, almost ancient quality, created on dyed antique Belgian linen with acrylic paint. The linen’s rich brown surface appe...

This artwork might be one of two versions, the other one being in the Museum in les Invalides Paris. Note. This version has a more accomplished academic style. Dimensions with original gold frame 107 x 87 cm Conditions Excellent overall, supported by an original frame withan antique glass. EDOUARD DETAILLE The emperor is accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Colonel Castelnau, and Marshal Canrobert. In a gilded wooden frame, under a Marie Louise blue background. Life and time Born in 1848 into a close-knit bourgeois family, Édouard Detaille, the eldest of eight children, displayed early talent in drawing. “He was a prodigy,” notes François Robichon. By the age of thirteen, he exhibited an astonishing surety of hand and a phenomenal sense of composition. His father, connected to Horace Vernet, encouraged him. At seventeen, after passing his baccalaureate, he entered Meissonier’s studio. This relationship, which developed into mutual affection, spared Detaille the academic detour through the École des Beaux-Arts. Rather than dictating an official art style, Meissonier, at the peak of his fame, traveled with his students, introducing them to the nuances of Titian, Rembrandt, and Rubens in Brussels and Lille. In 1867, the Paris of “free trade” dominated the world through the technological revolutions of the Universal Exhibition, and the amiable young man, striking in appearance, discovered the salon of Princess Mathilde and the theater of Dumas fils. He even approached the Empress, noting in his journals, “Not bad, the Empress.” This observation encapsulated Detaille: he had no doubts about his talent, cultivated panache, enjoyed the company of beautiful women, and aimed to conquer the circles of power without sacrificing his freedom. From childhood, he listened to his calling: “Before I could read, I could guess the subjects of battles, the names of famous generals, the weapons of officers and soldiers from the images I admired in the books of Norvins and Laurent de l'Ardèche.” He mingled with collectors and regularly attended military reviews on the Champs-Élysées. His first painting exhibited at the Salon in 1868, “La Halte de tambours,” was praised by critics who immediately recognized “a remarkable truth of observation and simplicity of effect.” The purchase of this work by Princess Mathilde, cousin of Emperor Louis-Napoleon, made Detaille, at twenty, an envied celebrity known to Sainte-Beuve, Théophile Gautier, the Goncourt brothers, and Flaubert. The young artist’s humanistic vision contrasted with the compositions of his predecessors, depicting soldiers in maneuvers, contemplative and resigned as war loomed. **The Combatant’s Vision** The Siege of Paris, where he nearly lost his life in 1870, and the deaths of two brothers in that defeat darkened his outlook. From 1871 onward, Detaille no longer concealed the cruelties of war: German riflemen mowed down by machine gun fire, cavalrymen and panicked horses caught in ambushes, fields plowed by shells strewn with dead animals. The unvarnished tragedy: “It is an absolute fact that no painter has ever rendered a battlefield covered with corpses as it is,” commented Jules Claretie. The fallen bodies still bear the appearance of life in their frozen rigidity. Detaille’s testimony of the devastating defeat and the catastrophic effects of the first total war in history was not a celebration of heroism but a lament, a “lesson in darkness.” “From war, once considered the supreme effort of human genius, we now see only melancholy and horrors,” judged one writer in response to his canvases. “Detaille experienced the reality of combat at a young age during a war that foreshadowed the two world conflicts of the 20th century,” explains François Robichon. With great realism, Detaille painted war from the perspective of the combatant. He introduced a humanity and a critical lucidity regarding the evolution of warfare. His works intensely captured the violence and firepower of new weapons like machine guns. Before he turned thirty, Detaille had become a chronicler of these painful years. He exhibited, as a critic noted, a “striking portrait of modern war” that both French civilians and soldiers had experienced firsthand. He embodied a youth humiliated and eager for revenge. Yet this scrupulous artist also remembered, in his expansive landscapes—from the chalky plateaus of Île-de-France to the Russian plains—the lessons of Corot and Courbet. Manet was not far off. “I wouldn’t want my art to be reduced to mere patriotic art,” he asserted. “A system I often employ and love is to first execute the landscape, very effective, very tight, based on nature…” Echoing Meissonier’s advice: “Always nature, always nature!” Detaille remained close to this father figure, constructing a grand townhouse next to his mentor’s studio at 129 boulevard Malesherbes at the age of 26, having purchased 425 m² of land from the Pereire brothers. He even chose the same architect as Meissonier: Paul Boesvilwald. A bachelor and incorrigible seducer, the painter welcomed his conquests, including Valtesse de la Bigne, amidst his collections, having built his studio in the courtyard. Diplomatic Actor As Detaille’s fame grew, his Malesherbes townhouse quickly became a gathering place for foreign princes, politicians, and heads of state, where Juliette Adam, Léon Gambetta’s muse, offered him valuable advice. The Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, developed a genuine friendship with the painter. “This fervent patriot, friend of Déroulède, was extraordinarily open to the world,” recounts François Robichon. In just a few years, he gained considerable social, cultural, and international stature. Received at Windsor, at the English court, he was close to Tsar Alexander III and a great friend of Félix Faure. In this capacity, Detaille played a decisive role in the Entente Cordiale, signed in 1904 between England and France, and in the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894, thereby contributing to the Triple Entente among the three powers. An engaged witness of his time—associated with the birth of the “Ligue des Patriotes” alongside Alphonse de Neuville...

This scene, depicting delicate foliage and blossoms as well as a lone sculpture -in the grounds of a ruined Abbey or castle, was painted in the first spring after World War I. It is ...

Caroline Burnett (1877-1950)(attributed to) Afternoon in the city Oil on canvas Unsigned On canvas 50 x 60 cm (c. 20 x 24 in) Presented in a gilded carved wooden frame 66 x 76 cm (c...

Chatty Trees II, Pines and Migrant Birds is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink and gold leaf on Japanese paper mou...

"Ghosts of the Gardens" is a mysterious and captivating abstract painting, evoking the untamed beauty of wild gardens and chaotic floral motifs with its energetic and loose movement....

François Maurice ROGANEAU Bordeaux, 1883 - Aix-en-Provence, 1973 Oil on canvas on cardboard 44 x 32 cm (55 x 44 cm with frame) Signed lower left “FMR” Mount Lycabettus opposite to t...

Claude Gaveau Seascape : Yellow Sunset, c. 1975 Original oil on canvas Signed in the lower right corner Signed again on the back On canvas 60 x 60 cm (c. 24 x 24 in) Very good con...

Old exhibition label. Free US CONTINENTAL Shipping, incl Europe and Asia. Provenance: Artist's family, atelier sale. Excellent condition under UV light with no prior restoration. T...

Dancing cranes II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and silver leaf on Japanese cardboard, dimensions ...

Furstemberg 2 is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with Ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions are 50...

Conditions: Mint We have an option for an antique style frame. Price including frame Shipping in all Continental US and Asia or Europe included. Jean Pierre Dubord was born in Roue...

WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, acrylic...

Hubert AICARDI (1922-1991) Landscape, tree trunks, 1964 Oil on canvas Signed and dated "64" lower right 46 x 55 cm ubert Aicardi is a painter of the Provençal school born in Marseil...

Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) La Ferme du Pré Oil on canvas signed on the lower right 38 x 55 cm Framed : 49 x 66.5 cm In good condition: a small repair visible on the reverse (see pictu...

Andrée KARPELES Paris 1885 - Cannes 1956 View of a mountain in Sonarmag, Kashmir region, Himalayan Range About 1910 Oil on canvas Signed on the reverse on the stretcher Titled “...

EVE OF PARTING 2025 Paris, France This painting captures a fleeting moment of emergence and disappearance, a pale, flame-like form rising from a field of deep shadow and crimson. Th...

French school end of 19th century Landscape by the river oil on paper 29 x 49,5 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 33,5 x 53.5 cm

Tokyo Landscape – Hitotsumatsu III is a unique diptych painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with Japanese pigments, India ink and gold leaves on Japane...

A wonderful view of a river landscape with a rustic cottage and pollarded trees by Henri Sieurac. It isa rare, early and very fresh landscape by this Parisian artist which may well have been painted in the countryside around Barbizon, near the river Loing. Henry Sieurac had studied with his father, François Joseph Sieurac , and of Paul Delaroche...

Excellent condition. Never restored. Dimensions with frame 68 x 78 cm Jean Pierre Dubord was born in Rouen in 1949, and after spending years in the French countryside, he returned t...

Jules SANSON Active in the 1830s and 1840s The arrival of the young girl at the monastery on the shores of Lake Como Oil on canvas 27 x 35.5 cm (31.5 x 39.5 cm with the frame) Signed...

Painted sculpted cardboard Unique work Coming from the artist's studio Jacques ROUBY, the aesthetics of mystery "Experimental dreamer, passionate about graphic adventures, delibera...

Jean-Baptiste COENE Vilvoorde, 1805 - Brussels, circa 1880 Lively landscape by a mountain lake Oil on canvas 38 x 55 cm (53 x 70 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "J. Coene ...

Elisée MACLET (1881-1962) French Riviera : The Small Harbor of Beaulieu, c. 1935 Original oil on canvas Signed bottom left Signed and titled on the back On canvas 33 x 40 cm at vie...

A wonderful atmospheric seascape by French Henri Cadiou (1906-1989), depicting the Galician beach of Vigo - a rare painting, exhibited at a major international exhibition in 1958! He...

Oil on canvas Yuriy Demiyanov is a Russian artist born in 1964 who lives and works in Zadonsk, Russia. He is graduated from the Lipetsk State Pedagogical Institute. He frequently ex...

Silk Flutters in the Woods is an acrylic on canvas by artist Rene Gonzalez, portraying butterflies dancing above a water puddle in a spellbinding nocturnal forest. This unique piece'...

Unique and original painting by a French contemporary artist Magot. Renowned for his impasto style figurative and naive paintings. From his Daisy series. Framed with a wooden frame, ...

Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) Vallée de Nafraiture signed with the estate stamp at the lower left Oil on canvas transfered on panel 29.5 x 44.55 cm Certific...

Painted sculpted cardboard Unique work Coming from the artist's studio Jacques ROUBY, the aesthetics of mystery "Experimental dreamer, passionate about graphic adventures, delibera...

17th century Italian School The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist Oil on canvas Dimensions: h. 106 cm, l. 77 cm Important 17th century Italian carved giltwood frame Fram...

Rafael CHWOLES (Rafaelis CHWOLESAS said, 1913-2002) Bouquet of Flowers, 1979 Original Oil on panel Signed on the upper right corner Signed, dated and titled on the back On panel 14...

Artist André Strauss was known for painting outdoors, on the motif. It gives his paintings a wonderful freshness and immediacy - you feel as if you were right there, in the grounds o...

Maples is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, India ink, gold leaf on panel mounted on Japanese paper, diameter is 22.7 cm (8....

Conditions: Very good overall Conditions, oil on canvas framed. Signed lower left. Free US CONTINENTAL Shipping, incl Europe and Asia. Jean Pierre Dubord was born in Rouen in 1949, ...

A wonderful view of the heartbreakingly beautiful Fontainebleau/Barbizon region, which was home to some of the greatest painters of the 19th and early 20th Century. The particular spot presented here is the river Loing at Montigny-sur-Loing, where Cezanne and Sisley loved to paint. The village is just a short walk away from Grez-sur-Loing, where John Singer Sargent, Francis Brooks Chadwick, Robert Vonnoh, Edward Simmons...

Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithogr...

André Cottavoz (1922-2012) Paris : Seine River and Notre Dame Church Original oil painting Signed in the right corner On panel 18 x 33 cm (c. 9 x 13 inch) Very good condition, lig...

Albert BREDOW Garnsee, 1827 – Charlottenburg, 1899 Landscape with a young girl crossing a river near a cottage Oil on canvas Signed lower left "ABredow" 35 cm x 45 cm (48 x 60 cm wit...

This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...

Henri d'Anty Brittany : The Red Roofs Original oil on canvas Handsigned bottom left On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 inch) Excellent condition

Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...

Oil on canvas Berg is a French painter born in 1953 who lives and works in Paris, France. Under the pseudonym "Berg," meaning mountain in Goethe's language, lies an artist as gentle...

A wonderful work by Provençal master Joseph Collas, a native of Aix en Provence in the South of France. Born in 1841, Collas studied with Emile Loubon - who was also known for his pa...

PHYLUM FOUR 2024 Paris, France This painting features intriguing, intersecting folds, evoking shapes that are both floral and insect-like. The organic shadows suggest subtle relatio...

Hippolyte Benjamin ADAM Paris, 1808 – 1853 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm (61 x 80 cm with frame) Signed lower left “h. Adam" 19th century black wooden frame Hippolyte Adam is a painter o...

French or Italian school of the 18th century Animated landscape with a ruin Oil on canvas 27 x 33 cm (34 x 40 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower right "1772 / Contencin? / fec...

SAECULUM OBSCURUM 2024 Paris, France This painting seeks to evoke the layers of time and excess, capturing the hollow aftermath of decayed grandeur associated with the 10th-century ...

The setting is the French coast, on a tranquil summer's evening. Clouds are drawing in, the sky is turning dusky pink and purple, but there is still time left for play, for the children on the beach...

Oil on canvas Berg is a French painter born in 1953 who lives and works in Paris, France. Under the pseudonym "Berg," meaning mountain in Goethe's language, lies an artist as gentle...

OF CERULEAN 2024 Paris, France Named after a specific shade of blue, this painting portrays an abstracted, organic floral pattern. The floral shapes and shadows allude to both beau...

Night Lotus is a unique painting by Japanese contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. This painting is made with mixed media, dimensions are 24.2 × 27.3 cm (9.5 × 10.7 in). Dimensions of t...

Eugène VERBOECKHOVEN Warneton, 1798 – Schaerbeek, 1881 Oil on wood panel 42 x 33.5 cm (58 x 50 cm with the frame) Signed, dated and located lower right “EJ Verboeckhoven / 1826 / à G...

Oil on canvas Berg is a French painter born in 1953 who lives and works in Paris, France. Under the pseudonym "Berg," meaning mountain in Goethe's language, lies an artist as gentle...

A wonderful and idyllic, mid 19th Century summery village scene, where a pretty young girl stands, knitting (perhaps she is secretly waiting for someone?), village women eat and work...

Camille Hilaire Normandy : Reflection on a River, c. 1960 Original oil on canvas Signed bottom right Signed and Titled on the back On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c . 24 x 29 in) Presented in...

It is always wonderful to be able to do original research on a mysterious painting by a mysterious artist. Born in Paris in 1867, Marthe Alers-Abran died tragically young in the same...

Oil on canvas Berg is a French painter born in 1953 who lives and works in Paris, France. Under the pseudonym "Berg," meaning mountain in Goethe's language, lies an artist as gentle...

Excellent overall condition. Analysis under UV light shows no retouching, and no prior restaurations. Original canvas.