The French Cancan

Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Seated woman seen from behind, preparatory sketch Oil on cardboard Circa 1920 32 x 21.5 cm unframed Our oil o...

Leopold STEVENS Paris 1866 - 1935 Regattas at Trouville, Normandy Oil on cardboard Signed lower left and dated 1906 lower right 37.5 x 59.5 cm 57 x 77 cm framed Perfect condition Beautiful white lacquered wood frame from the 1950s Léopold Stevens was the son of Belgian-born painter Alfred Stevens (1823-1906), and was taught to paint by his father from an early age. He did not attend an art school. In 1887, Léopold Stevens met the then-unknown Claude Debussy, befriended him and introduced him to his family, who received him on a regular basis. He received a travel grant in 1892. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, winning a bronze medal in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle; at the 1902 Salon, he was given an entire room at the Grand Palais. Gradually, Léopold Stevens specialized as a genre painter, executing portraits...

Blanche ODIN Troyes 1865 - Bagnères-de-Bigorre 1957 Throw of flowers, nasturtiums Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 25 x 16.5 cm sheet 37 x 30.5 cm frame

Théodore GUDIN Paris 1802 - Boulogne Billancourt 1880 Unloading on the beach Watercolor on paper Signed and dated "T Gudin 1827" bottom left 15 x 23 cm sheet 31.5 x 38 cm framed Bea...

Reference number F355 Framed with a ebony color floated frame 41 x 60 cm frame included (27 x 46 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a board. Stamp of the signature in...

Reference number F296 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 51 x 66 cm frame included (46 x 61 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a canva...

Reference number F356 Framed with an ebony color wood floated frame. 61 x 44 cm frame included (41 x 24 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a board and placed in a mad...

Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) Sitll life with a white and yellow cloth Reference number F283 50 x 60 cm Still lives are one of Pierre favourite subjects. Always in a very quiet atmosphere, with simple objects or alive nature. This work is painted with oil on a board. It is signed in the bottom left. Provenance : Workshop of the artist Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin...