Marcel Gatteaux

"Lavender, Provence", Post-impressionist evening scene, original oil painting

2021

This is an original unique oil painting by the artist, Marcel Gatteaux. He was born in London in 1962 and started drawing and painting from an early age. Following studies at Camber...

Charles Theunissen (1871 - 1948) was a painter who was born and lived in Belgium.

Born in well-to-do nobility in Sweden, Allan Osterlind (1855-1938) moved to Paris at age 22 to pursue his artistic ambitions. He quickly became part of the Nordic artistic community there, becoming friends with the likes of Ville Vallgren, Christian Skredsvig, August Strindberg...

Michael Stephanon (b. 1937) A well executed oil on canvas painting of a clipper at full sail by the Scandinavian artist Michael Stephanon. Although there are very few recorded det...

Signed lower right, 'K. L. Hilkier' for Knud Ove Hilkier (Danish, 1884-1953) and painted circa 1950 A lyrical Expressionist oil showing women fetching water from a fountain in the sunny piazza of a northern Italian town, with a view beyond towards the Alps rising in the distance. A powerful and vibrant work by this prominent member of the Bornholm School. Born in Copenhagen, Knud Hilkier first studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1901-7). He was the recipient of numerous prestigious scholarships including the Hielmstierne-Rosencrone (1913); Raben-Levetzau (1914 and 1919); the Ronge Award (1915) and the Akkadian Scholarship (1916) which allowed him to further his studies in Spain and Italy and, most importantly, to make frequent visits to Paris. In Paris, he was influenced by the prevailing Impressionist style which caused his palette to lighten and his brushwork to become looser and more expressive. His subsequent studies with Sigurd Swane...

Signed lower right, "Valeur" for Mogens Valeur (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1963. A vibrant, Post-Impressionist seascape showing green breakers rolling in towards a sandy shore beneath an evening sky tinged with lilac and mauve. A prominent member of the Bornholm School, Mogens Valeur was, at heart, a colorist and focused on representing his chosen subject with line and forms. A student of Peter Rostrup...

Signed lower left, 'Ejnar Kragh' (Danish, 1903-1981) and dated 1950. A substantial, mid-century Impressionist oil showing a view of Paris with a figure strolling beside the Seine. ...

Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956. Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen and, later, attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He su...