Bernard Labbe

20th Century Modernist Painting Black and White Figures In The Park

1950's

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original biro pen drawing on artist paper size: 19 x 25 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: t...

Figures in Park French School, circa 1980's oil painting on board, unframed 7.5 x 9.5 inches Signed lower corner Conditon: very good

Statues in Parisian Park, Large French Oil French School, Mid 20th Century Oil painting on board, framed Painting size: 20 x 31.5 inches provenance: private collection, Paris Wonder...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 22 x 18 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good ...

"Monkey Island at Washington Park Zoo" is an original graphite and charcoal drawing on paper by Francesco Spicuzza. It depicts a number of figures gazing out at a monkey enclosure at a zoo. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" art 17 1/4" x 21 1/8" frame Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in...

Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Rainey Bennett' (American, 1907-1998) and dated 1958; titled, verso, 'Romantic Landscape' and accompanied by original ...

The Park is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil. Good conditions. The artwork is represented through def...

3938 French Figural park landscape oil on canvas in a gilt wood frame Image size 19.5x29.5" I