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Abstract Geometric Oil Painting - Undiscovered Artist

c.1999

''Cubist Composition" by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with thick impasto oil and bold colo...

The French City French School, circa 1970's, signed lower corner oil painting on canvas: 31 x 38.5 inches framed: 23.5 x 32 inches condition: sound condition though with minor crack...

''Cubist Abstract" by Édouard Righetti (French, 1924-2001) signed with initials lower corner oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with thick impasto oil and bold colors. sound condition, original and with some marks and stains to surface/ dusty. size: 24 inches x 29 inches Colours: deep range of purple, grey, blue, turquoise, yellow and green colors provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in France. Biography Edouard Righetti : Born July 14, 1924 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes). Died in Paris in December 2001. 20th century. French. Engraver, painter and draftsman of compositions with characters, figures, landscapes, urban landscapes, seascapes, interiors, still lifes, animals, flowers. Édouard Righetti began by taking courses at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier. He then continued his training at the School of Decorative Arts in Nice. In 1949, he met the engraver Edouard Goerg and was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in his studio until 1954. There he learned to work with copper, aquatint, etching. at the waist, the drypoint. In 1953 he made a trip to Rome, Florence and Pisa. In 1956 he obtained a two-year scholarship to Casa Velasquez (Madrid). He participates in group exhibitions, among which: 1953, 40,000 years of Modern Art, Paris; 1958,1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, Salon Le Trait; 1959, Galerie Greuze, Paris; 1964, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, as well as at the Salon Pointe et Burin and at the Biennale de Paris. He shows his works in personal exhibitions, including: 1951, Menton; 1953, Galerie Eliane Norbert, Paris; 1961, Galerie Bonaparte, Paris; 1963, 1964, Le Nouvel Essor gallery, Paris; 1965, Galerie Bernier, Paris; 1965, Galerie La Gravure, Pully-Lausanne; 1979, retrospective, Palais de l'Europe, Menton; 1985, Bernheim-Guiot gallery, Paris. He moved to his studio on rue Léon-Dierx in 1964. Righetti's first engravings were still lifes and biblical scenes. He also engraved the sadness of the suburbs, melancholy portraits, and several medals for the Monnaie de Paris. The Department of Prints and Photography of the National Library of France keeps more than 200 of his works. He had been married to the artist Andrée...

Contemporary British, 21st century oil on board, framed size: 21 x 10 inches board: 19.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, Surrey, England condition: The painting is in ...

Contemporary British, 21st century oil on board, framed size: 21 x 10 inches board: 19.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, Surrey, England condition: The painting is in ...

Contemporary British, 21st century oil on board, framed size: 21 x 10 inches board: 19.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, Surrey, England condition: The painting is in ...

Untitled Geometric Abstraction, an original oil on masonite by Juliette Steele, is a piece for the true collector. Steele's use of color and patterns immediately captivates the viewe...

Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....

Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....

Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....

Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....

Leslie Wilkes’ pieces are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, these works exhibit opaque and smooth surfaces. “Wilkes’ geometric patterns are unique in that ...