"Under the Parasol", 20th Century Oil on Canvas Attributed to Laureano Barrau

Circa 1925

JEAN GABRIEL DOMERGUE French, 1889 – 1962 "JEUNE FEMME AUX FLEURS" Signed & dated "Jean-Gabriel Domergue ´28 " (lower right) With the Atelier stamp on the stretcher and canvas on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 X 25-3/4 inches (81 x 65 cm.) framed: 39-1/2 X 33-1/4 inches (100 X 84 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Madrid Note: We are grateful to Mr. Noé Willer for confirming the authenticity of this work which is recorded in the archives of the Artist. Painter born in Bordeaux, in 1889 and died in Paris in 1962. He began painting his mother's portraits very soon. He studied at the National Superior School of Fine Arts. The artist considered his teacher and inspiring Degas. Between 1904 and 1907 he joined Fauvism. In 1905 he participated in the "Autumn Hall" and in the "Hall of Independents". In 1907 he presented his 1st individual exhibition at the Vollard Gallery. He specialized in female portraits of Parisian ladies, creating a unique, sophisticated and elegant female portrait prototype that characterized him forever. He played an essential role in the evolution of women's fashion of his time. He designed numerous dresses, hats and accessories for famous designers such as Paul Poiret and Henry Marque It goes down in history as the architect of a new type of woman, thin, with an elegant air, always with style, with unusual elongated necks, with impressive slanted eyes, that seem to look at the world in amazement, perhaps because they express a feeling of freedom towards Society and its norms. With these paintings of women, he showed the world the true French, elegant, beautiful and with a gooseneck. In 1914 he won the Rome Prize. Many celebrities of the time posed for the artist, Josephine Baker, Brigitte Bardot, etc. But although he painted numerous nude actresses...

CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 THE CLOWN signed and dated "Lagar 52" (lower right) gouache on cardboard 10-5/8 x 8 inches (27 x 20.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private French Collector Cel...

KARL KAUFMANN Austrian, 1843 - 1901 VIEW OF VENICE signed & dated "K. Kaufmann 1894" (lower right) oil on canvas 38-3/4 x 56-1/8 inches (98 x 142 cm.) framed: 41-1/2 x 59-1/4 inches ...

KARL KAUFMANN Austrian, 1843 - 1901 VIEW OF VENICE OF THE DOGE'S PALACE, VENICE signed & dated "K. Kaufmann 1894" (lower right) oil on canvas 38-3/4 x 56-1/8 inches (98 x 142 cm.) fr...

Naturalistic portrait of Jim Derrick by the artist Lou Benesch. The portrait features a central figure clad in a cowboy hat, nice work shirt, and a gold bracelet leaning against a po...

Yellow and blue-toned abstract impressionist portrait of a boy by Danish artist Hans Christian Bärenholdt. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Hung in a gold carved frame. Dim...

Early figurative portrait painting by Houston-based artist Buford Evans. The work features a black man looking to the sky with an anguished expression on his face as a young child cl...

Early figurative portrait painting by Houston-based artist Buford Evans. The work features a black woman dressed in a green dress gingerly caressing her young child. Signed by the ar...