Josine Vignon

Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of a Lush Garden Overlooking Coastal Scene

1950's

Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting - Coastal View from the Hills Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.25 (height) x...

Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Coastal Town with Hills Overlooking the Sea Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (he...

Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Town and sea View with Sunlit Trees Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (height) x ...

Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Hillside View Looking down to Coastal Town Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (hei...

"The Humming of Cicadas at Chenequa" is an original pastel drawing on Canson paper by Peggy Leonard. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece depicts a view into dense vegetation, likely the edge of a forest, in green, orange, yellow, and blue. 19 1/2" x 25 1/2" art 26" x 32" frame Peggy Leonard received her BFA in painting and drawing and an associate’s degree in nursing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is both a registered nurse, and accomplished artist, residing in Milwaukee, WI. From the artist: “These paintings are my prayers,” muses Leonard, reflecting on her driving need to express herself through her art. “We are made of the stuff that requires us to respond with our hearts and hands. Often, it requires terrible sacrifice and suffering, something not everyone can understand. But it is done with reverence of life, not irreverence.” Leonard’s pastels and oil paintings capture her reverence of life and reflect her own life’s journey, including earlier forays into the wilderness. Her venture into art began in early childhood, as childless neighbors nurtured her natural ability to draw; concurrently, Leonard’s parents instilled a respect for academic excellence and the higher order of nurturing others. As a young nurse, Leonard “heard and saw poignant messages to travel while one was young and free…while one had one’s health.” Consequently, she took to the open road and public lands, camping across America for months at a time. During these years, her “celebration of the natural splendor of this country” helped shape her sense of artistic expression. She was moved by such sights as the sunset on St. Mary’s Lake...

19th century Impressionist view, in pastel, in the style of Turner, of a beach, 'La Plage', in South of France, by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...

ARTIST: Unsigned early / mid 20th Century Continental School TITLE: "Coastal Expansive Landscape" (probably France or Italy) SIGNED: appears unsigned MEDIUM: oil on relined canvas SI...

"Country Landscape View" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) signed pastel on unframed paper paper: 8 x 10.5 inches Fine original French Impressionist painting by the well lis...