Eugene La Foret

Evening Stroll, Modern Gouache Painting by Eugene La Foret

Early 20th Century

Artist: Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Farm Lane Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 18.5 x 12 in. (46.99 x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: ...

Artist: Jacques Despierre, French (1912 - 1995) Title: French Countryside Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed in pencil l.l. Image Size: 10 x 14 inches Frame Size: 16 x 20 inches

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Boy and Dog by House, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Illustration Board, signed l.l., Size: 14 x 20 in. (35.56 x 50.8 cm), F...

Artist: Ralph Hulett, American (1915 - 1974) Title: Funeral Range Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on Cardboard, signed Size: 12.75 x 39.25 in. (32.39 x 99.7 cm) Frame Size:...

“Late Afternoon Landscape” is set in the golden light of evening painted in the mid-west town of Utica, Michigan. It has the atmosphere of when work is done and peace and quiet blanket the countryside. The The farm machinery has ceased its racket as has the family dog wandering about for one last sniff. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and conservative glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...

Work on ark paper

Dreamy watercolor landscape of a figure heading to the shore to fetch water under a dazzling sky, circa 1910. Original artwork on paper displa...

Countryside is an original artwork, realized by Pierre Segogne in the 1950s. Hand-signed on lower right margin. Mixed colored watercolor on paper. This beautiful artwork represe...