Stephane Magnard

Country Scene of Madagascar

1950

Picturesque watercolor and gouache painting of Belgium Bayfront dock with buildings by French artist Stéphane Magnard, 1955. Original artwork on...

Lone tree gouache painting with light green colors and aqua painted doors on grey paper by French artist RB, 1960. Signed and dated on lower right....

Vintage gouache of a colorful field scene in Madagascar, Africa, by French artist Stéphane Magnard (1917-2010), circa 1950. Stéphane Magnard was the painter for the colonial govern...

French mid-century gouache painting on paper of industrial skyline with bridge in foreground. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic...

Lovely French gouache painting of village in Madagascar, Africa, by resident colonial artist Stéphane Magnard. Original artwork on paper displayed on...

Mid-century French gouache painting of urban canal scene by artist Boeme, signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic...

Gio Colucci (Italian 1892-1974) Untitled: Abstract Figure and Leaves. Gouache on paper laid down on matt board. Archival framing under glass. Originally from the Con-Agra Corporat...

Collections: With Martyn Gregory; Judy Egerton, 1984, acquired from the above; By descent to 2014. Exhibited: London, Martyn Gregory, Exhibition of English & Continental Watercolours, 1984, no. 94. London, Lowell Libson...

"Rejuvenation" by Don Athay, gouache, 10 1/2 X 14 1/2 inches "At this point in my life as an aspiring artist, I find myself composing paintings that reflect my feelings, when standi...

This very modern drawing presents a view of Ariccia, a small town 25 kilometres south-east of Rome. The Palazzo Chigi (in which the film-maker Luchino Visconti would film a large part of The Leopard a century later) and the adjoining church are seen from the bottom of the ravine that surrounds the town. This drawing is a moving testimony to the attraction of the city for artists of the Romantic period, who established in Ariccia a vivid artists' colony. 1. Achille Bénouville...

Neapolitan gouaches appeared in the eighteenth century when tourism in the Naples area was developing: the discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii made this city a mandatory stop on the Grand Tour, the journey made by wealthy Europeans to complete their education. Generally small in size for ease of transport and affordable in price, these gouaches were the ideal travel souvenir that these tourists of the early days were bringing back to capture the idyllic landscapes they had discovered during their journey and to share them with family and friends upon their return at home. The Bay of Naples and the eruptions of Vesuvius are the favourite themes of these views. Here we have a view of the Ovo Castle, which was rebuilt on the island of Partenope, in the middle of the Bay of Naples and about a hundred metres from the shore by the Normans in the 12th century on antique ruins...

Signed lower right dated 1875.