Francis Le Marchant

(1936-2016) ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING French Hilltop Monastery SIGNED

1966

ARTIST: Stephen Brown RBA (1947-) British TITLE: “On The Beach At Beer Devon” SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 75cm x 65cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Steph...

ARTIST: Dennis Syrett ROI RMSA (1932-) British TITLE: ‘Cafe Scene” (probably Italy) SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 105cm x 94cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL:...

Artist: Osmond Caine (1914-2004) English Title: "Rue De Furstenberg Paris" Medium: oil on board Size: 77cm x 90cm inc frame Condition: excellent Notes: Artist in oil, watercolour and stained glass and teacher, born Manchester, full name George Osmund Caine...

ARTIST: Anthony Atkinson (1920-2015) English TITLE: "Pastoral Landscape" SIGNED: lower Right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 57cm x 47cm CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Painter, teacher an...

Pluie a Venice is painted in Hambourg's preferred palette of muted blue-green, grey, and gold with splashes of ruby red, deep blue, and emerald green. The soft colors work well for beach scenes and rainy days such as the ones portrayed in this painting. The impressionistic scene shows multiple pedestrians strolling down the boardwalk, shielding themselves from the rain with colorful umbrellas that provide pops of color and balance the overcast sky. The background contains a three-masted ship and Piazza San Marco's famous bell tower and Basilica. Hambourg uses the minimum number of brushstrokes necessary to portray ships, seagulls, buildings and people as well as reflections on the glistening sidewalk. The brushstrokes in the sky have an interesting texture that is controlled yet carefree and there is heavy impasto throughout. His portrayal is both realistic and romanticized. Hambourg was clearly influenced by the great Impressionist artists of earlier generations, perhaps none more than the one with a direct connection to his family. Hambourg's wife, Nicole Rachet, was born into a family with a large collection of works by Impressionist master Eugene Boudin. Rachet's grandfather was a contemporary and friend of Boudin's, and a collector of his work. In their later years, Hambourg and Rachet donated over 300 canvases by Boudin and other artists to the Eugene Boudin Museum in Honfleur, France. It was such a large and important gift that the collection bears...

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

20th century figurative landscape oil on canvas on cardboard painting by Polish artist Magdalena Spasowicz. Artwork is in classic style, it resembles impressionism. Composition is pa...

20th century figurative landscape oil on canvas on cardboard painting by Polish artist Magdalena Spasowicz. Artwork is in classic style, it resembles impressionism. Composition is pa...