Antique French oil painting "Landscape with blooming heather" by Gaston Anglade

This splendid painting depicts in detail a bright view of a mountain lake,note the fine definition of details and the valuable perspective depth that give the work a feeling of pleas...

Stunning oil painting of remarkable size and truly decorative,the painting captures the serene atmosphere of an unspoiled countryside.A river gently crosses the landscape ,an ancient...

Splendid French oil painting "Vase with Flowers" signed, executed in the 1930s.The author's naturalistic conception is truly remarkable, this painting is an explosion of colors,the o...

Splendid oil painting "Still Life" executed in the early 1900s.The manner in which this still life was executed shows a pictorial conception devoted to a total realism that takes int...

Decorative oil painting "Vase with flowers" executed in France in the 1950s,the author demonstrates great pictorial skill,the vases are exquisitely executed depicted to perfection in...

French oil painting "Female Nude" from the 1930s signed Chavarot,the author succeeds in excellently depicting one of the characteristic motifs of the period,female sensuality,using a...

French artist, Gaston Sebire, signed oil painting, "Fin de Journee" the end of the day farm field scene. Wide gold frame with linen liner. Canvas measures 17.75" H x 25.25" W.

Gaston Sebire French, 1920-2002 Landscape with figures Oil on canvas 31 by 41 ½ in. With frame 38 by 48 ½ in. Signed lower right Gaston Sebire (1920 – 2002) Gaston Sebire, was one of Europe’s leading landscapists, was born in the village of Saint-Samson in Normandy in 1920. A self taught artist, he began to paint seriously at the age of eighteen. For eight years he worked as a postal clerk in the Rouen, sorting letters at night in order to support his career as a painter. In 1952 Gaston Sebire had his first exhibition at the Galerie Gosselin in Paris. The following years he enjoyed the double triumph of winning both the coveted Prix de la Critique and the Prix Casa Velasquez. The Latter award made it possible for him to spend a year and a half in Spain. Of this formative period he said, “They were my first, wonderful years without worry. For fifteen years I had never known what the next day would bring.” The year 1957 marked another important stage in his career. His painting “La Dinde” won the Greenshields Prize in a field of 136 competitors, making it possible for him to paint for another two years without the worry of finances. Winning the awards naturally drew public attention to the artist from Normandy, and his works were presented in highly successful one-man shows in Paris. Sebire was a Norman, a man strongly attached to the soil, and after his exhibitions in Paris, he returned to Rouen to his large house overlooking the town and once again plunged into painting the countryside. Gaston Sebire was a strongly built man with square hands and a rather heavy walk. He had immense vitality, and used that to his advantage.  As he said of himself, “When the snow falls, I can’t stay indoors. I set out with my paint box. I paint outdoors from nine in the morning until five at night. If it were only a question of money, one could just as well paint in one’s own room.” But Sebire went into the countryside, or into the village, and sets up his easel. When there is a café into which people are going; there is a fence, a telegraph pole, a few buildings in the background. The scene takes on life, vivid life, with a sense of some event about to take place in the scene. Like many artists, and like a typical Norman, Sebire was silent and solitary by nature, with a personality as strong and Frank as his paintings. A painting, he says, “must have an element of mystery, show an effort to look beyond the aura surface of things.” Sebire’s early paintings were somber with much use of black and white tones. In 1970 he turned to colour. The subtle light of the Normandy skies; the shifting light and color along the seacoast; the magnificent blues of the Rouen pottery...

"""""""""""""""""""Short Time Sale """""""""""""""""""""" “Arbres” by Pierre Gaston Rigaud. French school dated circa 1925. Oil on canvas Rigaud was a student of Albert Maignan and b...

A beautiful, large and impressive antique landscape oil painting, this dates from around the 19th century. It depicts a lovely countryside scene of a water mill. It is very well executed, with lovely details and gorgeous, subtle colour tones. It is in excellent condition for its age, there is no damage to the painting and it is signed : J. Marow. The gilt wood frame looks to be original, it is also antique and of extremely fine quality. There is an old label on the back with German writing...

A beautiful framed antique landscape oil painting. This is most likely English, dating from around the 1930’s. It is wonderfully executed and has a lovely subject, depicting a sea s...

A beautifully executed antique oil painting in the impressionist style. This was most likely made in Italy, it dates from around the late 1800’s. It is signed by the artist ‘Tardini’...