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1926

House of Bernard Founded 1905. Watercolor over pencil. Some with gold or silver leaf highlights Paris, France. Coats, 1923. Evening dresses, 1926. French fashion has influe...

House of Bernard Founded 1905. Watercolor over pencil. Some with gold or silver leaf highlights Paris, France. Coats, 1923. Evening dresses, 1926. French fashion has influe...

House of Bernard Founded 1905. Watercolor over pencil. Some with gold or silver leaf highlights Paris, France. Coats, 1923. Evening dresses, 1926. French fashion has influe...

House of Bernard Founded 1905. Watercolor over pencil. Some with gold or silver leaf highlights Paris, France. Coats, 1923. Evening dresses, 1926. French fashion has influe...

House of Bernard Founded 1905. Pen and ink. Paris, France. Coats, 1923. French fashion has influenced men and women, kings and queen, rich and poor throughout time. Tumultuo...

House of Bernard Founded 1905. Pen and ink. Paris, France. Coats, 1923. French fashion has influenced men and women, kings and queen, rich and poor throughout time. Tumultuo...

Signed and dated "Houtin 20" (lower left) Indian ink wash on paper mounted on canvas This utopian gardenscape was composed by the celebrated French artist François Houtin. Executed ...

Be Mine Valentine, ink and watercolor on archival paper. Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid & exacting mediums of watercolor and ink...

"La Corrida [Bullfighting]," an original mixed media drawing on paper by Bernard Lorjou, is a piece for the true collector. Lorjou's use of colored inks and felt tip markers demonstrate his ability to convey his abstract concepts across media. This work is part of a highly collectible series of drawings he executed depicting various bullfighting scenes mid-action. This bullfighting theme reoccurred throughout Lorjou's work. Both the technical talent of Lorjou and his choice of subject matter pair perfectly with this minimalist custom frame designed to showcase the art in its entirety. An extremely rare example where the left binding edge is still intact, as many have been cut away or disintegrated over time in many other examples. This masterful work would make a great addition to an art collection and enhance most any home, perfect for those who have an affinity for satirical works, abstracts, and modern art. Bernard Lorjou’s career as an artist, notwithstanding the loneliness and penury of the beginning, is a success story; by the time he was 36 the whole world of art had heard of him and there was a ready market for anything he cared to paint. In the early years he talked mainly of Tintoretto and El Greco and his enthusiasm for Rembrandt developed somewhat later. He professed not to like Van Gogh, but it seems evident that Van Gogh’s late Provençal landscapes must have emboldened him in his early approach to both landscape and portraiture. Lorjou was represented in numerous exhibitions through his career as an artist – in the great salons of Paris and Musee d’ Art Moderne – and alongside some of the leading artists of the 20th Century, including Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Georges Rouault, Marc Chagall, and Raphael Soyer. At several times in his career, Lorjou might be called an abstract expressionist, inspired by the configuration of the external world, though none of the details relating to authenticity impressed him very much. In exuberant celebration of the natural forms, he developed upon his canvas supernatural, jewel-like pigments and arbitrary, rugged textures that carried the overall pattern so far that one scarcely knows or cares what it represents. But the painting expresses what inspired it with a force of emotion stronger than most abstract canvases. Artist: BERNARD LORJOU (1908-1986) Title: LA CORRIDA [BULLFIGHTING] Medium & Surface: ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER (framed) Signed: HAND SIGNED BY ARTIST LOWER RIGHT Year Created: CIRCA 1955 Country of Creation: FRANCE Image Area Dimensions: 18 x 21.5 INCHES Frame Dimensions:* 24.25 x 27.75 x 1.25 INCHES *This work of art is being sold framed. Additional Info: HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WORK BY BERNARD LORJOU, IN GREAT CONDITION AND IN A CUSTOM WOOD FRAME USING FLOAT MOUNT TO ALLOW FOR VIEW OF ENTIRE WORK – FRAME IS IN GREAT CONDITION. WORK HAS GREAT PROVENANCE AND IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS SUBJECT MATTER THAT LORJOU PRODUCED. Provenance: (1) SWANN GALLERIES, NEW YORK, MARCH 3, 2011; (2) GALERIE C. BUSSIERE, PARIS Artist Info/Bio: ARTIST BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED Documentation: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY IS INCLUDED About the Artist: Bernard Lorjou was born on September 9, 1908 in Blois, France, a somber village of picturesque houses on the Loire River, thirty-two miles from Tours. He was the youngest of 3 children and a born painter, indulging in all the childish pranks to obtain crayons and suitable materials to satisfy his strong desire to draw and paint. In 1924, he headed to Paris, where he lived in extreme poverty in a small room on the rue Raspail. Eventually, his funds ran out, so he started sleeping in the Orsay train station. Within a year, he found work with the silk house Ducharne. He used his income at Ducharne to finance his formal studies at the Evening School of the City of Paris. As a matter of course, he was taught a kind of 19th Century realism...

In celebration of the lunar new year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered early 20th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...

Vivid French gouache and pencil sketch of a jester costume for a Parisian theater, circa 1920. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plasti...

Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, c26_8 -- Audrey Hepburn enjoyed designing clothes as a hobby. She worked with Designer Edith Head on the costumes for the film Sabrina. Image s...

Original watercolour for Town & Country Magazine c.1950 by Peruvian fashion illustrator, Reynaldo Luza (1893-1978) Image: 6.5"H x 5"W Frame: 13"H x 11.75"W Reynaldo Luza (1893-1978...

Follower of Jean-François de Troy Esther’s fainting before Ahasuerus France, second half of the 18th century Oil on canvas, measures: cm 50 x 59 The valuable painting, made in oil on canvas, depicts The Fainting of Esther before Ahasuerus. Esther is a character in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. There are two versions of Esther’s story, one traditional in Hebrew and another in Greek; both tell the same story, however the names, dates and places are different. The Greek text amplifies the content of the original Hebrew and makes its religious meaning explicit. Esther is the daughter of Abigail of the tribe of Benjamin...

With cultural icons and world events acting as inspiration, artist Soren Grau strives to communicate meaning through figures and colors. He paints in a street art-inspired Neo-expres...

SGARRA Robert (1959) Technic :Mix Acrylic paint and photograph Collage Mount : Wood panel Dimension : (H) 100cm x (L)150 cm x (T) 10 cm SGARRA Robert (1959) French Painter and Sculp...

Hackney, 20th Century A Costamonger touting for business on Duke Street, Burslem Signed ‘Hackney’ (lower right) Ink pen on paper 11.3/4 x 9.3/8 in. (30 x 23.7 cm.)

Late 18th century mixed media portrait of the head of an old man, perhaps the biblical figure Moses. Italian school . Composed of graphite, colored chalk, watercolor and gouache on ...

Delicate sepia, watercolor and gouache drawing of a lush landscape with two figures and a donkey crossing a bridge in the background. Circa 1830. Condition is very good; no issues....

An exceptionally fine, pen and wash mythological figurative study showing a centaur interrupted in his playing of pan pipes and casting a sp...

Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Women In Bath", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1967 Colors: Black,...

Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Solo Seated Nude Twist", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late 20th Century Colors: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Purple, Red *Unidentified/ Unknown Artist signature...