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French Oil Painting - The Cat's Meow

Circa 1940

French painting in bright blue green tones of fish by artist Jean-Charles Lauthe, 1971. Signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...

Colorful surrealist French painting of parachuter and lion, signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sle...

Oil painting of a bowler hat propped against a lantern with dark blue, brown, orange and a white background with orange hues by French artist Raymond Bailly, 1967. Displayed on a w...

Spectacular oil painting on paper of an elegant bouquet of roses in a decorative pitcher sitting upon a leather bound book by French artist Marrot, 1942. Signed and dated lower left....

Provenance: The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Sale, Christie’s, London, May 20, 1993, lot 315, as by Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart...

Study of a dog Oil on paper laid down on panel, 17.5 x 25.5 cm Provenance Private collection, the Netherlands Note: We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer for his attribution to Ludolf de Jongh Ludolf de Jongh was the son of a shoemaker. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later he studied under Anthony Palamedes in Delft and still later with Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht. In 1635 he travelled to France with Francis Bacon. Seven years later, in 1642, he returned to the Netherlands when he heard that his mother had fallen ill. He set up a shop in Rotterdam, and his earliest signed paintings date from that year. According to Houbraken, his travels had caused him to speak French so fluently, that his parents had to learn French in order to speak with him. De Jongh’s work shows a strong influence from the Utrecht school of Caravaggio admirers, especially Jacob Duck...

Oil painting and pastel on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist

Oil paint and pastel on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist