French School Art

Charles-Emile FRANÇOIS (Paris 1821 - 1902) The Painter's Studio Oil on panel H. 28 cm ; W. 22 cm Signed and dated lower right 1901 A native of Paris, Charles-Emile François exhibite...

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 39.5 x 57.5 x 3 cm

Work on canvas

Cette huile sur carton de l’école française, aux dimensions de 60 x 46 cm (84 x 40 cm avec cadre), séduit par la sobriété maîtrisée de sa composition et l’atmosphère silencieuse qu’e...

Dog in a landscape French oil painting on canvas 19Th by Augustin Luc Demoussy French oil painting signed and date 1947 French painter and lithographer, born October 5 1809 in Paris...

Samuel Seeberger(French) Portrait of Louise-Marie of France After Jean-Marc Nattier Oil on wood panel 11.5" x 15.5" unframed, 15.5" x 19.5" framed

Gaston Le Sargeant De MONNECOVE Oil on Canvas Picture Size : 18 x 24" (46 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 32" (66 x 81cm) A classic example of De Monnecove's work capturing French hunting art...

Bathing woman surprised by Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed to the rear " Dalou " A very fine cast by " Susse Fres " (with t...

Work on wood

Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Les Parcs” Arcachon Bay, France. Oil on Canvas, framed. Signed lower right, signed and titled on back. Wonderful blues, greens and browns in a shore l...

Charming oil on canvas signed A. Mantelet, depicting a lively village scene set within a picturesque countryside landscape. The composition portrays what appears to be a rural proce...

Françoise Juvin - Hilly landscape over the Rhône river near Lyon, France Reference number FJ170 Framed with a natural oak floated frame. 24 x 32 cm frame included (19 x 27 cm without...

Red chalk on cream laid paper with a large heraldic many-scrolled watermark, 7 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (190 x 299 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with minor areas of adhesive resi...

Reve de Cirque (Circus Dream) Color lithograph, 1966 Unsigned (as issued) Pubished in XXe Siecle, Paris, Volume XXVI Publisher: Gualtieri di San Lazzaro (1904-1974). Printer: Mourlo...

Bust of a Young woman wearing a tiara by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina signed on the shoulder "A. Carrier Belleuse"...

Noel Bouvard French School (1912 - 1975) Signed bottom right Exhibited at the renowned Stacey-Marks Gallery in London with the exhibition label on the reverse. Canvas Size: 19 x 25...

"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu Colorful and expressive court scne by Toyohara Chikanobu,"Yoshu" (Japanese, 1838-1912). This is the r...

French bulldog also known as The Dog of Teresa Lorioli (mother of the artist) by Rembrandt BUGATTI (1884-1916) Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced black patina Signed on the base "R.Bugatti" A lost wax cast by "A.A. Hébrard" (with founder stamp) and numbered "11" Model created around 1905 Cast before 1934 Edition of 50 copies height 13,5 cm length of the base 13,2 cm depth of the base 8,4 cm A similar copy acquired in 1906 directly from the artist and numbered "35" is now part of the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin (inv. BI 251). This bronze sculpture is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity established by Véronique Fromanger, dated October 18, 2024. Bibliography : - Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt...

Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) Sitll life with a white and yellow cloth Reference number F283 50 x 60 cm Still lives are one of Pierre favourite subjects. Always in a very quiet atmosphere, with simple objects or alive nature. This work is painted with oil on a board. It is signed in the bottom left. Provenance : Workshop of the artist Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin...

Lady Reading - Figurative oil on canvas painting cm.100x80, Giovanni Santaniell, Italy 2002 In this painting, Giovanni Santaniello drew inspiration from ...

Still Life Signed Eugène Claude – 1841/1823 Dimensions without frame: 64 × 54 cm Dimensions with frame: 86 × 76 cm Period gilt frame. Signed at the bottom left This still life by Eug...

Reference number F355 Framed with a ebony color floated frame 41 x 60 cm frame included (27 x 46 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a board. Stamp of the signature in...

Reference number F372 Framed with an ebony color wood floated frame. 49 x 74 cm frame included (29 x 54 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on ...

Etching on Chine collé mounted to wove paper, 4 x 5 5/8 inches (101 x 144 mm); sheet 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (242 x 319 mm); full margins. A first state impression. In good condition w...

Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” attr. to Alfred De Dreux 19th Oil on canvas, restored and cleaned in good condition. Very nice painting for hunting scene art...

Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper This finely detailed watercolor painting captures a serene countryside setting with an old stone church, a rustic hous...

Portrait of a lady . Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger. ( Paris, 1612-1689), attributed. Circa 1680. Oil on canvas, resting on cardboard. In 19th-century giltwood frame. A female...

Général BONAPARTE by Pierre Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856) Description : medallion in gilt lead alloy cast , signed lower right and dated 1831 presented on a museum-mount display ...

VERY IMPORTANT DRAWING BY JACQUES DUMONT called « LE ROMAIN" (Paris 1701-1781) Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30, 1729, for the bi...

Horse "Symbole" by René PARIS (1881-1970) Animal sculpture in bronze with a nuanced light brown patina signed on the base "René Paris" and dated "1942" Cast by "A. Valsuani" (with f...

The Spring by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Sculpture made in white Carrara marble signed on the base "A. Carrier " presented on its red marble base France circa 1860...

A circa. 1800 engraving by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, "Vue intérieure de Paris prise du milieu du Pont Royal regardant le Pont Neuf". Artwork size: 16 3/8" x 26". Archivally matted...

The Lily by Auguste CLESINGER (1814-1883) Outstanding bust sculpted in white Carrara marble Signed on the ribbon " J. Clésinger, 1871 " Presented on a rounded white marble base France 1871 height 76,5 cm width 48 cm depth 35 cm Noted in "Clésinger – Sa vie, ses œuvres - Le catalogue de ses œuvres", A. Estignard, Librairie H. Floury, Paris, 1900, p.169. Biography : Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger, known as Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), was a French romantic sculptor. His father, Georges-Philippe Clésinger, himself a sculptor, trained him at the School of Fine Arts in Besançon where he was a teacher. Auguste also studied sculpture under the direction of Bertel Thorwaldsen...

Raimond Louis Lecourt French ( b.1882 - d.1946 ). Chevaux À L'Abreuvoir, 1908. (Horses At The Trough). Oil On Canvas. Signed & Dated 1908 Lower Left. Image size 14.2 inches x 17.3 in...

Red chalk on paper Image size: 9 x 7 inches (23 x 17.75 cm) Acid free mount The Greek god Attis was the spouse of Cybele, the fertility goddess.  He was from Phrygia, a kingdom in c...

Half-blood Horse, head raised by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base "Barye" Stamped "Barye" Numbered "25" A rare ...

Louis-Gabriel BLANCHET (Versailles, 1701 – Rome, 1772) Presumed self-portrait of the artist Oil on canvas H. 73 cm; W. 60 cm Circa 1730 Originally presented in a Restoration period frame with a "Mignard" cartouche, this beautiful painting initially appeared to us as a work from northern Italy. However, it exuded a rather French form of refinement, suggesting that its artist may have assimilated a dual influence from both sides of the Alps. We thank our colleague and friend Philippe Mendès for spontaneously and judiciously "bringing out" the name of Louis-Gabriel Blanchet, a Romanized French portraitist, whose spirit and stylistic characteristics we clearly recognize here. Blanchet's "French" years, before his final departure for Rome in 1728, following his winning of the second Grand Prix for painting after Subleyras in 1727, are extremely poorly documented. His father, Gabriel, was valet to Blouin, himself Louis XIV's first valet at the time. According to Thierry Lefrançois, Blanchet was one of the few students of Nicolas Bertin (1667-1736), whose studio he is said to have joined in the early 1720s. At a baptism on March 24, 1724, where he was godfather, he is mentioned as a painter in the picture store of the Duke of Antin, the director of buildings between 1708 and 1736. At this time, he was probably already married to Jeanne Quément, with whom he had a daughter also named Jeanne, who would marry Nicolas Aviet, the son of a valet in the queen's wardrobe, in Versailles in 1738. When Blanchet arrived in Rome in October 1728, he was accompanied by Subleyras, Trémolières, and Slodtz. He enjoyed the goodwill of Vleughels, the director of the Académie de France, which had been based at the Palazzo Mancini since 1725, even though the latter was not always kind to our resident. From 1732, he was under the protection of the Duke of Saint-Aignan when he took up his post as ambassador to Rome. Along with Slodtz and Subleyras, they formed a trio of friends, joined by Joseph Vernet shortly after his arrival in Rome in 1734. Slodtz and Blanchet, on the occasion of Subleyras's marriage in 1739, were there to attest that their friend was not bound by any marital commitment, and Blanchet was a witness at Vernet's wedding in 1745. It is most likely from these early years in Rome that our portrait of the artist dates, the expression and turn of his face irresistibly reminiscent of a self-portrait. The still relatively youthful features may correspond to Blanchet's thirty-something years, and the fluffy wig was still fashionable at this time. The painting fits well with the depiction of a young painter wanting to display both the beginnings of success and a certain simplicity or restraint. A slight smile expresses a form of assurance in this man with a gentle, sincere gaze and a face radiating a keen sense of wit. We find here the air of intimacy present in almost all of Blanchet's portraits, even those from the 1750s and 1760s, as well as an almost complicity with the viewer. The spirit of the painting is quite close to that of the presumed portrait of Bouchardon (painted around 1730) and the portrait of Pannini, painted in 1736, but it possesses a more natural quality, notably thanks to the absence of decorum. Our work exhibits the characteristics of Blanchet's paintings: elegance, luminosity (especially in the whites), vibrant and refined colors (here, the harmony of the garnet of the garment and the slate blue of the background, whose uniformity is tempered by a very sketched landscape and a grove of greenery), light complexions, rather rosy cheekbones, often full lips, and rather tight framing. According to the Academy's rules, Blanchet's stay should have ended in the spring of 1732, but, for reasons unknown, he remained in the Eternal City until his death, as did his friend Subleyras, with whom he shared accommodation until the late 1730s. The latter regularly called upon him to collaborate on his paintings, such as The Meal at Simon's. Through Saint-Aignan's intervention, Blanchet was employed in the late 1730s by the Stuart princely family, then exiled in Italy. He notably produced copies (now lost) after Liotard of the portraits of Charles Edward and Henry Benedict, the sons of James III Stuart. The latter also commissioned three other portraits (now in the National Portrait Gallery in London), whose more formal character contrasts with the intimate spirit of Blanchet's portraits. Blanchet frequented English painters, such as the landscape painter Richard Wilson, and studied with the Scottish portraitist Katherine Read...

From: XXe Siecle, No. 31, 1968 Publisher: Gualtien di San Lazzaro, Paris Printer: Muorlot, Paris Large unspecified edition, c. 2000 Reference: Poliakoff/Schneider 68 Composition roug...

Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854-1941) "Theatre du Chatelet" watercolor and gouache on paper signed 'E Galien Laloue' lower left, within a giltwood and gesso carved frame and behind a prot...

Mythcial Kindgom by Jean Fourie (1927-2015) French artist, painting in the Champagne region of France watercolour and pencil painting on card , unframed painting: 16.5 x 21 inches co...

Green Field Landscape by Jean Fourie (1927-2015) French artist, painting in the Champagne region of France oil painting on un stretched canvas , unframed painting: 14 x 20.5 inches...

A fine grisaille oil painting on canvas of putti in the clouds, unsigned, labeled on verso BOUCHER (genre de Francois), titled “Amours sur des nuages jouant avec des colombes ” (literally translated “cupids on clouds playing with doves”), dating to the 19th century, unframed. French artist Francois Boucher (1707-1770) was well known for Rococo portrait, landscape and mythology painting...

This splendid early 18th-century French oil painting represents an ‘ex-voto’ with Emilian Jacobin and a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ and angels. Ex votos are votive offe...

This early 20th century oil painting on wooden panel, titled "Chemin de Guicherd. Savoie Nuit," is attributed to François Charles Cachoud (1866-1943), a French master of nocturnes. W...

Famous french painter of XXth century, born in Moscow in 1902 and died in Paris in 1976. The Count André Lanskoy works are exhibited in the world's greatest museums like : National ...

Henri-Camille Danger was a French Impressionist and Modern painter born in 1857. The artist died in 1937. His work has been featured in an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Arte, ...

Le Village (The village) Original lithograph in colors, listed in the artist's catalog raisonne of his prints, 1977 From: Derriere le Miroir, No. 225, Edition 15,000 as published in...

Hippolyte-Dominique HOLFELD (Paris, 1804 - Paris, 1872) Mutual Instruction Oil on canvas H. 65 cm; W. 82 cm Signed and dated lower left 1852 Exhibition : Paris Salon of 1852, no. 64...

Pheasant by François Pompon (1855-1933) Exceptional bronze with old gilded patina Cast by Valsuani Period cast France circa 1930 height 8,2 cm length 14,2 cm width 3,6 cm A similar model is represented in "Pompon, Catalog raisonné", Editions Gallimard, RMN, 1995, page 202, n°95B. Biography: François Pompon (1855-1933) is known for his animal sculptures whose innovative style is characterized by the simplification of shapes and polished surfaces. Pompon entered as an apprentice in the workshop of his father, Alban Pompon (1823-1907) who was a "compagnon du devoir" of the carpenter-cabinetmakers. Thanks to a scholarship obtained by the parish priest, he left in 1870 for Dijon where he became an apprentice stonemason with a marble worker. He attended evening classes at the School of Fine Arts in Dijon, first in architecture and engraving with Célestin Nanteuil, then in sculpture with François Dameron (1835-1900). After a short stint in the army in 1875, Pompon arrived in Paris where he became a marble worker in a funeral business near the Montparnasse cemetery. He attended evening classes at the Petite École, the future National School of Decorative Arts. His teachers were the sculptors Aimé Millet (1819-1891) and Pierre Louis Rouillard (1820-1881), also professor of anatomy, who showed him the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes. In 1890, François Pompon entered the studio of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), where he worked as a practitioner at the marble depot, rue de l'Université. He quickly gained the master's confidence since he ran the workshop in 1893. His role then was to pass on the accounts, pay for the marbles and supervise the work. It is in this same workshop that he met Ernest Nivet and Camille Claudel. He worked for a long time as a practitioner for other sculptors such as Jean Dampt...

Westminster Palace Etching, Drypoint, Aquatint, roulette and salt ground lift 1884 Depicts the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben Clock and Tower and the...

Bustling European Street with Market Awnings and Historic Architecture Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Watercolour on artist paper, unframed. Paper: 4.75 × 6.75 inches. Provenan...

Paris River Bridge and City Buildings under a Sweeping Blue Sky Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Watercolour on artist paper, unframed. Paper: 4 × 6 inches. Provenance: from the ...

Expressive Mountain Landscape with Trees and a Rural House Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Oil on card, unframed. Card: 5.75 × 8.25 inches. Provenance: from the artist’s estate ...

Fishing Boats and Figures on a Sunlit Beach with a Bright Blue Sky Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Watercolour and pencil on artist paper, unframed. Paper: 5 × 7 inches. Provena...

Figures Walking Along a Coastal Harbour with Fortifications and Boats Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Signed lower right. Pencil on artist paper, double-sided, unframed. Paper: ...

Atmospheric Beach Scene beneath a Dramatic Evening Sky Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Signed lower left and dated 1990. Size: 6.5 x 11 inches Watercolour on artist paper, laid ...

Eiffel Tower and Seine Bridge beneath a Soft Parisian Sky Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Watercolour and pencil on artist paper, unframed. Artwork: 7 × 10 inches. Provenance: f...

Arched Stone Bridge over the River Seine with Parisian Buildings Beyond Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924–2021) Watercolour on artist paper, unframed. Unsigned. Artwork: 5 × 7 inches. P...

Portrait of a Military General Fine 19th C European, Neo -Classical half-length portrait of a Military General, a handsome man wearing military regali...

Robert GIGNOUX (Paris, 1872 - 1906) Equestrian Portrait of Carl Costa de Beauregard Oil on canvas H. 65 cm; W. 54 cm Signed and dated lower right 1904 A student of the painters Fern...