Richard Mandin Art

'The Agave', oil on board, by Richard Mandin (circa 1950s-60s). Like extended fingers from a closed hand, the agave plant depicted in this artwork seems to move with life. Agave plan...

'View Through a Park', oil on board, by Richard Mandin (1945). Painted in a naive style, the artist transports the viewer to another place by his expressive use of line and colour. T...

Any fair offer will be examined with the utmost attention, please send a message. Oil on cardboard by Richard Mandin (1909-2002), France, ca.1960. Sunday in the park. Marseille School of Peano. Measurements : with frame: 62.7x77.8 cm - 24.7x30.6 inches, without frame: 50x65 cm - 19.7x25.6 inches, format 15P. Signature lower right "Mandin" (see photo). The decor is set in a park, certainly Borely Park in Marseille on a Sunday. Two trees represent the vegetation, a third is suggested in the lower left. Three autonomous scenes animate this painting. In the upper left, three well-dressed ladies, one of whom is arm in arm with a gentleman, walk about talking; a fourth stands near his greyhound. Below, a woman is sitting on a bench. She watches two children play in front of her. A man, her husband or a courtier if she is a nurse, stands behind her. On the right, a loving couple faces each other. He holds her by the waist. The girl's dog is lying at her side, the young man's horse is not far away. These three independent scenes have a meaning to induce the nature of the place. The characters, their poses and their movements are suggested by a fair gesture, imposed by the stroke. The undecided color of a creamy paste completes it in a remarkable way by endowing this living scene with poetry conducive to reverie. When one knows the inseparability of Mandin's painting and music, one begins to hear a harpsichord tune in the mistral's gentle breath. About Richard Mandin : Born March 19, 1909 in Marseille, Richard Mandin is precocious in art. At seven, he plays the violin and piano for which he composed 30 preludes, between seven and eleven, in a perfect romantic style. It was at this time also that he begins the practice of graphic arts by reproducing the birds of the aviary near his home in the form of drawings and cuttings. His training in painting beginsat the School of Fine Arts in Marseille where he convinces his father to let him in at 14 years. He wins two first prizes for drawing. He then goes to the Ecole du Louvre where he is graduated three years later. He lives in the capital selling his paintings on the sly. Collectors are starting to take an interest in his work. He frequents famous actors like Claude Dauphin and Fernand Ledoux...

Any fair offer will be examined with the utmost attention, please send a message. Oil on paper mounted on cardboard by Richard Mandin (1909-2002), France, ca.1960. Still life with bowl and fruits. Marseille School of Peano. Measurements : with frame: 51.8x65.3 cm - 20.4x25.7 inches view: 46x61 cm - 18.1x24 inches, format 12P. Signature at the top right "Mandin" (see photo). Protective glass. About Richard Mandin : Born March 19, 1909 in Marseille, Richard Mandin is precocious in art. At seven, he plays the violin and piano for which he composed 30 preludes, between seven and eleven, in a perfect romantic style. It was at this time also that he begins the practice of graphic arts by reproducing the birds of the aviary near his home in the form of drawings and cuttings. His training in painting beginsat the School of Fine Arts in Marseille where he convinces his father to let him in at 14 years. He wins two first prizes for drawing. He then goes to the Ecole du Louvre where he is graduated three years later. He lives in the capital selling his paintings on the sly. Collectors are starting to take an interest in his work. He frequents famous actors like Claude Dauphin and Fernand Ledoux...

'Reclining Nude with Fish', oil on board (1963), by Richard Mandin (1909 - 2002). This artwork features a reclining nude, her right arm outstretched in a classical, sensual and uninh...