Regine David

Portrait of a Man with Pipe Mid 20th Century's French Post-Impressionist Oil

1950's

Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed lower right corner Title: Portrait of a man, with mustache and bow tie. Medium: oil painting on board, framed board: 22 x...

Woman in Apron, Knitting French artist, signed & dated oil on canvas, unframed dated 1943 canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: sound and good c...

The Couple French artist, mid 20th century signed and dated 59' signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 23inches canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condi...

Portrait by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Signed lower front oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors....

Herbert Morton Stoops American (1888 - 1948) Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine illustration, 1925 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Not signed Work is framed

Oil painting by Ta Byrne I love painting people, but I don’t want to paint portraits, I want my people to have a bit of character, a little of the night about them I want them to be ...

il dipinto (olio su tela 44.5 x 35 cm; with cornice in legno 64 x 54,5) è firmato Maccari in basso a sinistra e titolato "L'insidia" e datato 1956 a penna sul retro. La scena raffigu...

French Post-Impressionist painter Georges d’Espagnat captures a charming moment between a mother and her child in this vibrant oil on canvas. Rendered with a studied use of complementary colors and bold brushstrokes, the painting showcases the artist's unique Post-Impressionist style. Remembered as one of the most individualistic artists of the 20th century, his distinctive canvases bring together the loose brushwork of the Impressionists and the bold color palette favored by the Fauves. Together, they achieve a vibrant spontaneity that lends itself well to the carefree subjects of the present work. Masterfully composed, La lecture au jardin moves beyond the Impressionist instinct to capture a fleeting moment on canvas. Rather, d'Espagnat succeeds in creating a deep feeling of harmony in the work. Warm colors are perfectly balanced with cool tones, while vertical and horizontal lines are softened by the curves of the foliage and his subjects' figures. Through his simplification of forms and intentional use of color and line, he creates a scene that is carefully designed and thoroughly modern. A similar view of a mother and her child by d'Espagnat is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). The Post-Impressionist painter was an individualist since his youth, choosing to forgo traditional schooling in order to independently study the Old Masters in the Louvre. He soon became involved with the most prominent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters of the age, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Signac, who themselves existed outside the traditional norms of French Academic training. In 1891, he exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, and again the following year at the Salon des Indépendants. By 1895, he held his first one-man show in Paris, and just three years later his success earned him a solo show at the prestigious Durand-Ruel Gallery. Between 1905 and 1910 he made several trips to visit Renoir on the Côte d’Azur. Their close friendship resulted in a group exhibition at Marcel Bernheim...