Michel Simonidy Art

This drawing by Léon Bonnat, the greatest portrait painter of the Third Republic, shows a woman of indeterminate age, caught in a melancholic pose. 1. Léo...

ink on beige sight size: 254 x 317 mm. PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist by Edward Laning (who inherited Marsh's studio) to Jack Henderson...

François-Édouard Picot (French, 1786 – 1868) Ancient Greek Comedy Play • Pencil Drawing on laid paper behind decorative matting, visible image, ca. 10.5 x 15.5 cm • Modern Glased frame, ca. 27 x 33 cm • Signed "Picot fecit" lower left • As we photographed through glass, there are reflections in the images Worldwide shipping is complimentary - There are no charges for handling & delivery Here we have the somewhat unusual, yet typical subject matter François-Édouard Picot was interested in depicting. Shown is a scene from an ancient Greek comedy play. The previous owner has noted on the back, that this image was copied from an ancient Greek stone relief. François-Édouard Picot was born on the 10th of October in 1786 in Paris, France. He studied with various masters and became well known for his historical and mythological subjects. In 1812 he won the second prize in the Prix de Rome competition and after that success, went on to exhibit at the Paris Salon, where in the year 1819 he won a first-class medal for his neoclassical L'Amour et Psyché, which today hangs in the Louvre in Paris. He regularly exhibited his work in the salon up to 1839. He taught several young great artists at his elitist studio and was known for accepting only very few students, which included William Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau, Cabanel and Paul Seignac...

Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809) ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’ Both titled lower centre, the drawing of the ambassador inscribed with colours intended for the prints, e...

one of a kind drawing.

Signed lower left 'Creech PSWC' and created circa 1975 A compelling pastel study showing the subject dressed in brightly-colored ceremonial robes and gazing past the viewer. An eleg...

Veil Homme 1947 drawing 26,9 x 21 cm Registered on the catalogue raisonné with inventory number : N°0252 cat. B sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 19...

Boissier (painter and portraitist active at the end of the 18th century) Portrait of a young man Signed and dated "Boissier f(ecit) 1802" on the lower right Pastel on paper transfere...

Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 92 x 73 x 5 cm

France circa 1820 Portrait of a gentleman Black chalk and pastel on paper 12 x 10 cm In its original mount, modern oak frame : 25 x 22.5 cm

Alfredo Opisso Cardona (1907-1980) - Jota - Pastel Measures work 46x36cm. Frame measures 65x55 cm.

Victor François Éloi BIENNOURRY (1823-1893) Study of Christ, hands crossed Three pencils on blue paper Signed "V. Biennourry" and located in "Paris" at the top right 10 x 8,5 inch Fr...