Duong Viet Nam

'Spring' Impressionist Oil Painting of a Street Scene

2010

Duong Viet Nam is a Vietnamese contemporary artist known for his Post-Impressionistic style of painting. He often captures city scenes during busy parts of the day. In his paintings...

Ford Crull explore the expressive power of personal and cultural symbols in a series of densely painted and vividly colored compositions. He uses identifiable images such as hearts, ...

Ford Crull explore the expressive power of personal and cultural symbols in a series of densely painted and vividly colored compositions. He uses identifiable images such as hearts, ...

Ford Crull explore the expressive power of personal and cultural symbols in a series of densely painted and vividly colored compositions. He uses identifiable images such as hearts, ...

Ford Crull explores the expressive power of personal and cultural symbols in a series of densely painted and vividly colored compositions. He uses identifiable images such as hearts,...

Ford Crull explore the expressive power of personal and cultural symbols in a series of densely painted and vividly colored compositions. He uses identifiable images such as hearts, ...

A beautiful woman sits at an open window, gazing down at a small bird who has landed nearby in this serene portrait by Charles Levier. Warm orange tones are played off their complements in shades of blue, the artist utilizing several different layers of oils to create a subtle and relaxed view of a spring day near the sea. Beyond the window a small chapel sits on a peninsula, surrounded tranquil blue waters. This work, like many of Levier's, belongs to the French figurative movement of the Glorious Thirty (Les Trente Glorieuses) - the golden period of thirty years after WWII which were a time of great hope and prosperity in France. Inspired by Hollywood cinema, Charles Levier sought harmony in composition and purity of color and form. His said that his creations represented "a light and delicate world, of dark and subtle shades and colors." Levier worked in a somewhat abstracted, cubist style. Additionally he often employed the French technique of "cloisonnism" (after the French for "partition"), a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours, also seen in this work. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on the occasion of the Salon des Indépendants, in March 1888 and was commonly used by artists like Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Paul...

Scottish artist John Maclauchlan Milne, RSA, (1885-1957) is a contemporary of Scottish Colourists Peploe, Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter. Like the...

Jacques BOUYSSOU (1926-1997) Le port de Dieppe, 1969 Oil on original canvas, in perfect condition, original canvas. Large size : 90 x 118 cm Signed lower left Vintage frame Provena...

Georges YOLDJOGLOU ( né en 1933) Paris, vue sur les jardins de la Tour Eiffel Oil on canvas Size : 60 x 73cm Signed lower right Titled on the back...

Gaston Sebire (1920-2001) Vue de Rouen Oil on canvas Size : 65 x 81 cm Signed lower right Provenance : Private Collection, France Very good condition. Original canvas. Frame included...

Oil on canvas by Jallais, France, 1960s. Boats in port. In its pretty dark brown wooden frame. With frame: 68x58 cm - 26.8x22.8 inches, without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. 12F ...