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Vintage Italian Fauvist Modernist Venetian Bridge Crossing

6002 A French vintage fauvist oil painting of a French village on artist board displayed in a wood frame, signed lower left by Groendain

#5-2815 A vintage fauvist style French village, oil painting on artist board displayed in a wood frame,signed lower left by Groendain

3905 Impressionist French village colorful landscape gouache on laid paper Image size 16x11.5"

5184 Vintage Italian cityscape of colorful houses

In this painting, I embraced a fusion of expressionism and impressionism to capture the vibrant, almost pulsating energy of Venice. I used bold strokes of acrylic and oil to convey b...

Claude Venard (French, 1913 - 1999) Venice Canal, Italy, circa 1950-55 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches Signed lower center Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Felix Vercel. Claude Venard was a notable exponent of the French mid-century post-Cubist movement. He was born to bourgeois parents from Burgogne in Paris, on March 21, 1913. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school's academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles. Not able to support himself as an artist, by 1936 he found employment as a restorer at the Louvre, further honing his artistic skills. Paris of the period was dominated by an art trend that strongly favored abstraction. Following a group show at the Galerie Billet-Worms in 1935, art critic Waldemar George declared: "Let's be young again! Painting is not dead… Its course has not stopped. Forces Nouvelles is born." Venard contributed and initially adhered to the strict disciplines of the Forces Nouvelle group. But as with many of his fellow members, he soon abandoned it seeking individual expression. Following WWII, Venard rekindled friendships with past Forces Nouvelles members, joining Pierre Tal-Coat, André Marchand, André Civet...

Work on wood Beige wooden frame 58.5 x 70 x 4 cm

Title: Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings By Fanch Les Size: 18.25 x 15.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Conditio...