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FERNAND AUDET (1923-2016) FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - Three Horses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Grey Horses"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 16 x 13 inches
A fine "mid century" oil painting by the listed Frenc...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
STILL LIFE OF A CAT, BASKET FLOWERS AND SCISSORS Nantucket Artist Reggie Levine
Located in Brookville, NY
Nantucket artist Reggie Levine, evolved from his figurative work in the 40's-50's to abstract in the 1960's and later to found object art. Interestingly I see his interest in found...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animal painting by Orovida Camille Pissarro titled 'Exercising Ponies'
Located in London, GB
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Exercising Ponies by Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on board
101.5 x 76 cm (40 x 30 inches)
Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1954
Provenance
Estate of Orovida Pissarro
With John Bensusan-Butt, cousin of the artist
Sotheby's London, 12th October 1988
G Hassell, 25th November 1988
With John Noott, 10th June 1992
Literature
K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 161 (illustrated)
Exhibitions
London, Bowmore Gallery, Women in Art 1850-1989, 2nd-11th November 1989
Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art, Camille Pissarro and his Descendants, January-April 2000, no.123
This work was included in the above important museum exhibition and a catalogue of the Fort Lauderdale museum show will be included with this painting.
Biography
Orovida Camille Pissarro, the only child of Lucien and Esther Pissarro, was the first woman in the Pissarro family to become a professional artist and the first Pissarro of her generation to take up painting. Born in Epping, England, in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London, where she was a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies.
She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style from her father and, after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913, she renounced formal art schooling.
Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment, she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed an unusual style that combined elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which, for the Pissarro family, was a way of life, and her simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and use simply Orovida as a nom de peintre, reflected a desire for independence and distance from the family legacy, of which she nevertheless remained proud.
Orovida's most distinctive works are her paintings from the 1920s...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
British impressionist Springtime with blossom in the English countryside
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really appealing view of the English countryside in the springtime with rolling hills, cattle grazing in lush pasture and a windmill off in the distance.
George Graham (1881-1949)...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Over and Above: No. 6, Surreal Cat w/ Fish Bones, 20th Century Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904–2000)
Over and Above: No. 6, 1963
Oil, sand & fish bones on canvas
Signed and dated upper left
53 x 31 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achie...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting Knight in Shining Armour on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight in Shining Armour
French Modernist painter, circa 1950's
oil on board unframed
board: 10.5 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Owl)
Located in Nuevo Leon, MX
Pintura
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights Gustaf Tenggren - Attributed - unsigned, unframed. Good condition with very sl...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Equestrian feeding a horse. Original holiday cover for The Sportsman magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original holiday cover for The Sportsman magazine, published December 1934. The image features an equestrian feeding a horse.
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Horses and Nude Figures
By Bela Kadar
Located in Miami, FL
This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with
Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Huntsman on Horseback with Hounds, Fine British Sporting Art Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Michael Wood, British 20th century, signed
Title: A huntsman mounted with four hounds at foot in a landscape
Medium: oil painting on can...
Category
Victorian Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucha Con El Toro
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lucha Con El Toro" c.1955 is an oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Francisco Pujol, 1927-1999. It is signed at the lower center by t...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Boxer Dog, dated 1960 by John Battenberg (1936-2013)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Boxer Dog, dated 1960
John Battenberg (1936-2013) New York Abstract Painter
Large 1960 American Abstract portrait of a Boxer Dog, oil o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fantastic, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Jockey, Horse Race, by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderful, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Jockey & Horse Race by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Painted circa 1955, the painting exemplifies the artist's love of horse racin...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cattery by Orovida Pissarro - Animal painting
Located in London, GB
The Cattery by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil and pencil on canvas
61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 ⅛ inches)
Signed and dated upper right Orovida 1964
Provenance
Estate of the artist
G Hassel...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
'The Stray Cat', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
'The Stray Cat', oil on board, by F. DuParc (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern depiction of a colourful, graceful feline most likely inspired by Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lions - Oil Painting - 1950 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Lions is an oil painting realized by an unknown artist.
Oil on canvas, signed lower right ''Lync...'' (last letter illegible), below dated 1945, patch with retouch on the nose of t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococo-Inspired Floral Watercolor with Butterflies and Vibrant Bouquet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rococo-Inspired Floral Watercolor
watercolour on artist paper, stuck in black paper
painting: 10 x 12.75 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound conditio...
Category
Rococo Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Barbizon School Landscape, Where Sheep Safely Graze
Located in Cotignac, FR
1930s French Impressionist Barbizon School oil on panel view of a church in a bucolic landscape by Georges Guerin (1910-1984). The painting is signed bottom right and also signed top...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Double Over" Show Jumper Gouache By Paul Desmond Brown (1893-1958)
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 12 1/2"H x 16"W
Frame Sz: 18 3/4"H x 22"W
c1938
Conte Crayon w/ Gouache
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Conté, Gouache
Mid 20th Century A Pastel Study of Two Birds in Springtime
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Two Birds in Springtime
by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
pastel painting on artist paper
painting: 6.5 x 9 inches
condition: This painting is in excellent condition,...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Lion in Bowler Hat Graphic in Yellow, Red Blue, Holiday Magazine Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
A high-impact graphic of a whimsical Lion sporting a bowler hat is depicted for a cover for Holiday Magazine, April 1958. The issue was about England, and the editors finally ran a ...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Birds by Jankel Adler - Abstract painting
By Jankel Adler
Located in London, GB
Birds by Jankel Adler (1895-1949)
Oil and ciment on canvas
61.4 x 46.4 cm (24¹/₈ x 18¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Adler
Executed in 1948
Provenance
Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Denham Gallery, UK
Exhibitions
John Denham Gallery, Jankel Adler, June 9th - June 23rd 1996
Jankel Adler was born in Lodz, Poland and lived a life of wandering. In 1912 he moved to Belgrade where he began training as an engraver with his uncle and then went to Germany in 1914 where he lived for a time with his sister in Barmen. There he studied at the college of arts and crafts with Professor Gustav Wiethücher.
Between 1918 and 1921 he moved between Lodz and Germany until in 1922, he settled in Düsseldorf where he became a teacher at the Academy of Arts, and became acquainted with Paul Klee, who influenced his work. A painting by Adler received a gold medal at the exhibition “German art Düsseldorf” in 1928. In 1933, with the rise of Hitler’s Nazi regime, he left Germany for Paris.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he volunteered for the Polish army...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's French Impressionist Painting Cows Munching In Hay Field Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cows Munching
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist artist
signed gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting: 12.5 x 16 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1930's Oil Painting Cow In Grey Gloomy Meadow Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Meadow Landscape
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
artist oil on artist paper, unframed
painting: 16.5 x 13 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of th...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Naturalistic Ram Skull and Cactus Western Desert Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Early naturalistic western landscape painting by Texas artist Charles Schorre. The work features an intricately rendered ram's skull partially buried in the dirt next to a clump of c...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Godzilla like Dinosaur Monster, SciFi, Science Fiction Cover Illustration
By Paul Wenzel
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Godzilla like monster illustration from 1961. Wenzel was a prolific Disney Artist for decades. The work is beautifully matted and framed and lookes better in person.
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
Wart Hog, 20th Century Oil Painting by Magical Surrealist, Cleveland School
By Paul Riba
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977)
Wart Hog
Oil on paper
Signed lower right
18 x 15 inches
24.25 x 21 inches, framed
Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unreal j...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist Painting of Two Penguins Whimsical Companions Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
signed by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on card, unframed
painting: 18 x 15 inches
Superb original painting by the French abstract arti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Birds in Flight', Modernist Equestrian Gouache
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower right, 'Made for Ruth M.' and painted circa 1945. Titled verso 'Birds in Flight', additionally...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Illustration Board
Early Horses VIII, Charcoal on Paper, Drawing, Black by Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses VIII - 18.5 x 29 inches (unframed size)
Charcoal on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmoder...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Rocking Horse Children's Room
Located in Miami, FL
Eye-pleasing example of understated and muted colors. Gouache on masonite Ex-collection the Society of Illustrators Meticulously rendered in a post-cubist manner in subtle earth ton...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Great Bird - American Surrealism - Mid-Century - Yale
Located in Miami, FL
Frederick Haucke creates his own brand of surrealism in the 1941 stunner that was with the famous Perls gallery.
The painting is signed lower right
Signed and dated verso
Verso with Perls Gallery, New York label.
work is in original framed
Provenance: Millicent Rogers...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Contemplative Figure with Dog Abstract Watercolor Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure and Dog Sketch
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Watercolour and pencil painting on artist paper, beautifully painted.
very good condition
size: 25.5 x inches x 17.5 inches, un...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil
Delicate Watercolour of a Bird Encircled by a Floral Wreath Antique Rococo
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Delicate Watercolor of a Bird Encircled by a Floral Wreath
watercolour on artist paper, stuck in black paper
painting: 13 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very g...
Category
Rococo Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Horse Race Painting by Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Horse Race by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 24" x 36"; Framed size: 25" x 37". Signed "Pen" lower right and ti...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Mastiff Broomcourt Romeo Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mastiff: "Broomcourt Romeo"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, unstretched
5.5 x 7.25 inches (frame 7.5 x 9.25 inches)
Delightful ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's Gouache Painting Preparing The Horses and Kart In The French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Village Church
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
artist gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting: 12.5 x 16.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection o...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid century English portrait of a Boxer dog standing in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
This late mid-century English portrait of a Boxer dog standing proudly in a pastoral landscape is a striking and characterful piece that embodies both elegance and charm. The artist ...
Category
English School Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brown Arabian Horse In Wired Green Field Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Arabian Horse
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed and stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 10 x 13 inches
Colors: Green colors, brown, grey, white, blue and...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clown with Orange Wig
By Henry Botkin
Located in Storrs, CT
Oil on canvas laid on board measures 14 3/4 x 9 7/8; frame dimensions measure 22 3/8 x 17 x 3 1/4. Artist's signature, lower left.
A fragment of a gallery brochure entitled, Peintures de Botkin is included with the painting. A partial title for the painting is listed under Number 3 in the exhibition. On the verso of the brochure is a label from Frank Rehn...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Impressionist Signed Oil Painting - Lion resting in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date:
Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021)
American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The White Camel', Paris, Cairo, Danish Modernism, De Tretten, Group of Thirteen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anton Hansen (Danish, 1891-1960) circa 1935 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Provenance: Airforce Captain A.P. Botved, a personal friend of the arti...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
The Splendid Outcast
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medium: Gouache on Paperboard
The present work was published as the main illustration for a short story by Beryl Markham published in The Saturday Even...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board
Saint Michel Slaying the Dragon
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Direct from the artist's studio
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Horse Show"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973).
The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist.
There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s French Cows Munching In Summer Green Field Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Releasing the Dove
By Fred Nagler
Located in Dallas, TX
Fred Nagler was born in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he first studied wood carving. From 1914 to 1917, he studied at The Art Students League of New York, where his profe...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Edward Saidi Tingatinga’s art career lasted only four years from 1968–72; cut tragically short when he was shot dead at the age of forty. His impact on Tanzanian art however has been...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Mid Century French Expressionist Signed Oil Horse Racing Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Horse Race
French expressionist artist,
mid 20th century
signed oil on artist paper, unframed
artist paper: 20 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ov...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Post Impressionist Oil Rustic Farmyard Scene with Horse and Carriage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rustic Farmyard Scene
signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
mounted in a card frame
oil painted on artist paper, beautifully painted.
very good condition
framed: 21.5 x 29 inches
ar...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's Century French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Green Fields with Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest
by Marguerite Lacroux (French/ Swiss 1898-1972)
signed oil on board, unframed
inscribed verso
painting: 23.5 x 28.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France; also w...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noah’s Ark, 1967 beautiful painting by Yosl Bergner
By Yosl Bergner
Located in Jerusalem, IL
This mesmerizing and richly detailed work by acclaimed Israeli artist Yosl Bergner offers a unique and dreamlike interpretation of Noah’s Ark. The composition is divided into arched ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Huge Mid Century French Oil Still Life Dead Game Bird
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nature Morte
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 25.5 inches
Colors: Green, pink, brown and red
Very good condition
Provenance: from ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Goats in the mountains
Located in Genève, GE
Unsigned work
Work on paper
Carved brown and gold wood frame with glass window
68.5 x 53 x 2 cm
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-Century "The Horse Race" Pierre Bosco #50 B (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Horse Race" #50 B
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
15 x 12 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It i...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', oil on board, by F. DuParc (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern depiction of a colourful, contented feline most likely inspired by Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism corresponded to Cubism sharing several elements including faceted or segmented shapes. Cubism however, was generally static and more subdued whereas Futurism was bright and dynamic embracing technology, mechanisation, power and energy. In this work, the vibrant colours and serene look on the subject transmit a sense of optimism - life is good...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"My Best Friend", Oil, Hand-Painted Frame, Female, Pet, Rich Earth Tones
By WILLIAM GIRARD
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
In “My Best Friend” Girard has captured a tender symbiotic relationship between the woman and her sweet pet. The entire piece swirls with the soft beauty and magical exchange shared by the two individuals. The frame does not enclose so much as enfolds the scene and its decorations are an integral part of the work. Upon close inspection tiny animal figures cavort in the air adding to the spell - almost like fairy characters from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream.” The jewelry is beautifully render as are the loving expressions of the faces of both the animal and the woman. The composition is filled with objects and figures but captured softly and in rich detail. The figures appear to be completely self-absorbed and the decorative elements about their heads could suggest the intensity of their thoughts and feelings.
Girard was a Detroit figurative painter and teacher at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan where he taught for 30 years. Other College for Creative Studies (formerly Center for Creative Studies) faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), and John Louis Krieger...
Category
Pre-Raphaelite Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
