Stan Reszka

Pointilliste View of Istanbul - Painting by Stan Reszka - 1951

1956

Oil on wooden paneld realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970. Includes a coeval wooden frame cm. 42x53. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano...

Mosque in Constantinople is an original artwork realized in the mid-20th century, and attributed to Gustavo Francalancia. Original mixed colored tempera and watercolor on plywood. ...

A substantial mid-century, pointillist oil cityscape showing a view of San Francisco with Coit Tower overlooking the neighborhood of Telegraph Hill looking ...

Yvonne Canu French, 1921 - 2008 Collioure Oil on canvas 13 ¼ x 16 inches (33 x 40.6 cm) Framed: 20 ½ x 23 ½ inches (52 x 60 cm) Signed lower right: Y Canu Provenance: Private Collection, US Titled and with inventory number 1052 on verso Yvonne Canu was influenced by the Pointillists school and very strongly so by Georges Seurat and by Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte, in particular. She was actually born in Moracco but studied at the Ecoles des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, forced to interupt them due to the outbreak of WWII. She later spent time in Montmarte and met artists including Francois Gall and Foujita, who introduced her to not only drawing but also plein-air landscpae painting and basic Impressionist trends. It was not until 1955 when she had met Seurat did she gravitate toward Neo-Impressionism and Pointillism. The artist’s round brushstrokes of juxtaposed pure colors allowed the viewer to observe this fusing of these colors directly. She adopted the Pointillist technique and applied it to most of her work, primarily of seascapes and harbour scenes. She exhibited extensively after the War and for the rest of her life. Our painting, Collioure, is in Southern France at a known area in the Pyrenees-Orientales. It’s a charming and colorful depiction of one primary sailboat with its passengers aboard and other boats and hillsides behind it. The right side of the composition shows the Shoreline with small boats parked...