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Jean Dupas (French, 1882 – 1964) The angel of light Pen and ink and charcoal on paper 14.3/4 x 12.1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.8 cm.) One of the leading artists of the Art Deco period, Jean Théodore Dupas was the son of a merchant marine captain and began his adult life as a merchant seaman. Poor health meant that he had to abandon this career and he enrolled in art school instead, first in his native Bordeaux and later in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome in the category of painting in 1910 and studied at the Académie de France in Rome, from where he sent several paintings to the Paris Salons, although his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of war. Dupas’s work came to public prominence on the occasion of the seminal Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925. He was chosen by the furniture designer Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann to provide paintings for the latter’s Maison d’un collectionneur, alongside furniture by Ruhlmann and objects by many of the leading Art Deco craftsmen of the day, while other paintings by Dupas were also displayed to great effect elsewhere in the Exposition. In the late 1920’s and 1930’s Dupas won a number of important and prestigious commissions. In 1926 he worked alongside Ruhlmann and the sculptor Alfred Jeanniot on the decoration of the tearoom of the ocean liner Ile-de-France; the first of the grand transatlantic ships to be built in France after the First World War. By this time Dupas had firmly established his reputation. Writing in 1927, his fellow artist George Barbier could already note that ‘Few artists have at such an early age attained such a degree of success, or gathered around them such swarms of imitators and disciples.’ Dupas reached the height of his fame in the mid 1930’s, and in 1934 he received his most important commission to date; a series of large glass murals...

Charles Gir (French, 1883 – 1941) Ballerinas on point Pastel on paper Signed ‘CH. Gir’ (lower left) 24 x 18.1/2 in. (61 x 46.8 cm.) Charles Gir was born in Tours, France on November 1, 1883. He was a noted painter, watercolorist, pastellist, sculptor and illustrator. Gir was married to the well-known actress, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, and attended the Paris Opera every night for 17 years. He made many sketches of dancers and caricatures, and at the end of his wife’s performance used to deliver them to the newspapers he worked for. He knew Raoul Dufy, Frances Carco and Jehan Rictus. He sculpted a bronze statue of Don Quixote that now stands near the Prefecture of Cergy-Pontoise; and he also illustrated several books, including Edmond Rostand...

Jean Dupas (French, 1882-1964) The Triumph of Venus charcoal on paper signed and dated '33/JEAN DUPAS' (lower right) 25 x 31.1/8 in. (63.5 x 79 cm.) Dupas was born in Bordeaux. He...

Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) The Turkish hurdy gurdy pencil on paper signed V Nechoumov, 1921 (lower right) 7.3/8 x 8 in. (18....

Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Turkish bath scene in Istanbul Watercolour/ gouache and pencil on paper 5.1/2 x 8.1/2 in. (14 x 21.4...

Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Study of a Turkish warrior pencil on paper signed and dated ‘V Nechoumov, 1921’ (lower left) 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.) Fig...

Presenting an exceptional Art Deco original pastel by Spanish artist Fernando Luziarte. "Femme et Chien", is an original pastel, signed, dated 1924, with an image dimension of 19 ...

An original Pastel by French artist Jean Jannel, known for his figurative, genre portraits. Fleurs, is an original pastel on paper, signed, c.1930, offered superbly framed.

Moroccan Woman with Girl, Pastel with Gold and Silver on Paper Pastel with gold and silver on paper 47 x 62cm (18 ½ x 24 ⅜ inches) Signed lower right, Manzana Pissarro Painted circa ...

Pastel on paper, signed (lower left), 63cm x 49cm (framed 75cm x 60cm). Bouchéne was a Russian artist and costume and set designer for theatre, opera and ballet. Primarily working ...

Presenting an original pastel on paper by Fernando Luziarte. "Les Amie" is an original pastel, signed, dated 1924, with an image dimesnion of 19 x 25 inches, offered in good origi...

Charcoal and pastel on paper 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 ⅜ x 25 inches) Signed lower left, Manzana Executed circa 1920 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by L...