F. Lavastre

Battle Scene

1853

Jean Eugene Gilbert Despres (1889-1980) was born in Avallon, a small town in Burgundy, where his parents had a small shop selling jewelry and gifts. At the age of 16, he went to Paris to apprentice with a friend of his father, who had a jewelry and metal workshop in the Marais. At night, he studied design. Any spare time was spent in Montmartre, where he met Modigliani, Soutine, DeChirico, Signac, and most important, Georges Braque, who, with Picasso was the founder of Cubism. Despres and Braque became great friends. Jean Despres was one of the most important French Art Deco designers...

Dan Ostermiller is an American sculptor best known for his depictions of animals. As of 2012, he is president of the National Sculpture Society. He resides in Loveland, Colorado. ...

"PANTHER" Sculpture covered in a cold patina. c.1930 Rests on marble base. Inscribed in script: D. H. Chiparus. Cold patina wa...

Francois Gall ( 1912-1987) François Gall was a Hungarian-born French painter best known for his Impressionistic style. Primarily focused on the figure, his brushy oil paintings are largely inspired by the Impressionist masters, Edgar Degas in particular. Gall often painted women engrossed in traditionally feminine activities—ballet, fixing their hair, sewing—rendered in loose, expressive marks and bright pastel colors. In addition to his figurative work, the artist also captured the French landscape, most notably the beach. In A Day at the Beach (c. 1948), loosely sketches bathers frolic under striped umbrellas in a picturesque rendering of French summer vacation. Born in 1912 in Transylvania, Romania, Gall received his formal training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Workshop Coromaldi in Rome, Italy. He would later settle in Paris in 1936, where he befriended prominent artists of the day—including Pablo Picasso—and became a naturalized French citizen in 1942. As his work grew in esteem, Gall was granted the Francis Smith...

David Halbach (1931- ) American artist, well represented and winner of multiple awards. Artist is an active member of CAA = Cowboy Artists of Ame...

Russian Icon, oil on wood, with beautiful cloisonné enamel around. Icon is surrounded with floral motifs decorative insert that is placed into the thick carved wooden frame. Icon is signed verso with dedication to the church that it was made for. c. 1860s 23.5”h x 20.5”w, overall size is 47.5” x 34” Wring on the back of the icon says: "Painted family icon was donated to the church of the name of Pokrova of Virgin Mary with additions of flora and laurel and with 3 saints: Vasiliy the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom by people born at the village of Gubino and later by the merchant Vasiliy Miheev from Saint Petersburg with his wife Tatiana Yakovleva-Miheeva. Done in the memory of completion of this church with stone fence...

Alchemy II by British artist Charlotte Aiken. Aiken is a Surrey-based artist, who responds to her surroundings through the medium of paint, working on ...

Concrete casting unique sculpture. Concrete part is 40x14 cm + extensions are various sizes. Concrete works can be a part of your library as the artist's abstract art objects as book...

Concrete casting unique sculpture. Concrete part is 40x14 cm + extensions are various sizes. Concrete works can be a part of your library as the artist's abstract art objects as book...

"Eternity" Mixed media work on wood 18.5" x 71" inch by Alfons Louis Wooden works with Mixed Media (Bronze) ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Cairo 1959- Graduated from faculty of fine art (painting) Alexandria. In 1982 – Member of plastic art Egypt, member of Atelier Alexandria And member of Alexandria Work shop center...

Limited edition of 999 With this book, Jaume Plensa pays tribute to the poet Vicent Andrés Estellés and artistically reads L'Hotel París, a work that had ...

Slip and Copper Carbonate on handbuilt stoneware with bespoke 9ct gold transfers