A. Kohler

Portrait of a Fisherman - European Post Impressionist Antique Oil Painting

c.1920

A beautiful 1930's English Art Deco oil on canvas portrait of a young lady wearing an evening dress and a stunning pair of earrings. An intriguing and unusual sketch like impression...

A beautiful large 1930's French post-impressionist oil on canvas nude portrait of a lady in the artist's studio, by Bertrand Py. Excellent quality and very good condition portrait ...

A striking c.1930 French post-impressionist oil on board portrait of a gentleman smoking a pipe by Antonin Guéton. Excellent quality and condition post-impressionist portrait. Signed...

A beautiful post impressionist/fauvist impasto oil on board portrait of a lady gardener resting on a bench, by modern British artist Paul Beauvais. Excel...

Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Seated woman seen from behind, preparatory sketch Oil on cardboard Circa 1920 32 x 21.5 cm unframed Our oil o...

"Touching" is a remarkable oil painting on canvas measuring 18" tall by 14" wide. For all it's modest size, it throws several punches above its weight. The title Touching could be a ...

By Gustav Likan The only known portrait of Gustav Likan's wife Barbara. 16" x 9.25" Oil on Canvas Framed Size: 22" x 15" 1982

JEAN GABRIEL DOMERGUE French, 1889 – 1962 "JEUNE FEMME AUX FLEURS" Signed & dated "Jean-Gabriel Domergue ´28 " (lower right) With the Atelier stamp on the stretcher and canvas on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 X 25-3/4 inches (81 x 65 cm.) framed: 39-1/2 X 33-1/4 inches (100 X 84 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Madrid Note: We are grateful to Mr. Noé Willer for confirming the authenticity of this work which is recorded in the archives of the Artist. Painter born in Bordeaux, in 1889 and died in Paris in 1962. He began painting his mother's portraits very soon. He studied at the National Superior School of Fine Arts. The artist considered his teacher and inspiring Degas. Between 1904 and 1907 he joined Fauvism. In 1905 he participated in the "Autumn Hall" and in the "Hall of Independents". In 1907 he presented his 1st individual exhibition at the Vollard Gallery. He specialized in female portraits of Parisian ladies, creating a unique, sophisticated and elegant female portrait prototype that characterized him forever. He played an essential role in the evolution of women's fashion of his time. He designed numerous dresses, hats and accessories for famous designers such as Paul Poiret and Henry Marque It goes down in history as the architect of a new type of woman, thin, with an elegant air, always with style, with unusual elongated necks, with impressive slanted eyes, that seem to look at the world in amazement, perhaps because they express a feeling of freedom towards Society and its norms. With these paintings of women, he showed the world the true French, elegant, beautiful and with a gooseneck. In 1914 he won the Rome Prize. Many celebrities of the time posed for the artist, Josephine Baker, Brigitte Bardot, etc. But although he painted numerous nude actresses...