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What is a brayer in art?
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In art, a brayer is a printmaking tool. It consists of a rolling cylinder mounted on a metal frame attached to a handle. Printmakers use it to spread ink over a printing plate. You may sometimes see people refer to brayers as ink rollers or ink spreaders. Find a large selection of art prints on 1stDibs.
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The Mouth of the Little Rhone
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'The Mouth of the Little Rhone', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1960s). The Petit Rhône, one of the two arms of the Rhône delta, marks the boundary between the Camargue and the...
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,301 Sale Price
20% Off
The Town Hall of Les Baux-de-Provence
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'The Town Hall of Les Baux-de-Provence', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (1946). Having spent several months a year in Provence, the artist created dozens of wo...
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1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,565 Sale Price
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Horses at the Edge of the Pond
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Horses at the Edge of the Pond', pencil, ink and watercolour on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1980). Brayer loved the Camargue region of France and painted it widely. The Camargue is a vast, swampy delta near Arles, very exotic, with tall marsh grasses where pink flamingos, black bulls and white horses roam freely. This image depicts three horses in the Camargue near pond's edge. Although there are many horses that still run free in the area, there are cowboys — called gardians — who ride the white horses on the beaches...
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1980s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
$1,715 Sale Price
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Les chevaux de cirque, original gouache, lithograph
By Yves Brayer
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is pencil signed by the artist, it is a very limited editions in very good condition. It is part of my private collection.( Guilde De La Gravure).
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Gouache, Lithograph
$396 Sale Price
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Sicilian Farmhouse
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Sicilian Farmhouse', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). A dedicated lover of Mediterranean countries and their varied landscapes, this charming and diminutive work by the ...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,933 Sale Price
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Rape of the Sabine Women - Original etching, 1943
By Yves Brayer
Located in Paris, IDF
Yves BRAYER
Rape of the Sabine Women
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch)
Printed in Haase...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
