James Aponovich

Calla Lilies

2013

Aponovich paints complex still life compositions, with a strong undercurrent of surrealism pervading the work. His exquisite paintings are distinguished by their geometry, proportion...

Aponovich paints complex still life compositions, with a strong undercurrent of surrealism pervading the work. His exquisite paintings are distinguished by their geometry, proportion...

Roger Marcel Limouse, (Algerian/French 1894 - 1989) Still Life, October 1939, Oil on canvas. Signed upper right and marked Oct 39 on back. Greens, Blues, and Yellow/Browns prevail in this still life of a table with fruits, cake, and a candle. Nude is painted verso on stretched canvas under frame. Frame 24.5 x 28.875 x 1.625, Canvas 21.875 x 23.875 A student of Paul Albert Laurens (1870-1934) at the Académie Julian, his figurative work, very colorful, with powerful and stripped down forms, made him one of the last representatives of Fauvism and the eldest of the group of Painters of Poetic Reality. He belongs to the School of Paris. In 1943, Jacques de Laprade dedicated a book to Roger Limouse in the collection "The Masters of Tomorrow" directed by Francis Carco. He writes, "One of the characteristics of this personality is strength. There is nothing in Limouse that lacks relief. This small and extremely vigorous man seduces by his direct and dru language, by his deep conviction, by the picturesque of his stories, by his very life which testifies to his energy. In 1948, Roger Limouse was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (Professor at the School of Fine Arts). He held this position until 1964. In 1949, the journalist Gisèle d'Assailly (1904-1969) devoted a book "With the Painters of Poetic Reality" to eight friendly painters, supporters of a colorful and intimate figurative painting of French inspiration, Maurice Brianchon, Christian Caillard...

Bouquet de Fleurs Pieter Wagemans Oil on Canvas Signed 'P Wagemans' (lower right) 74 x 60 cms / 29¼ x 23½ inches In Bouquet de Fleurs, Pieter Wagemans masterfully revives the Dutch ...

Josep Puigdengolas Barella (1906-1987) - Still Life - Oil on canvas Oil measures 89x116 cm. Frameless Josep Puigdengolas Barrella (Barcelona (1906 - 1987), was a Spanish landscape ...

Title: "Mediterranean Flowers" Artist: Josep Miquel Serrano i Serra (Barcelona, 1912 – Sitges, 1982) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36.2 x 24 in (92 x 61 cm) Date: Circa 1970s ...