Antique Breton

Combining a certain taste for antique-style nudes with a more naturalistic perception of the Breton coastline, our painting is a sketch for a large canvas exhibited at the Salon de l...

Qualified to represent agrarian traditions and rustic rituals, Pattein eventually met and became influenced by naturalist, Jules Breton in the mid-1880s. Pattein seldom traveled mu...

This charming swan planter is hand painted with vibrant geometric designs and decorated with a traditional Breton woman. Dimensions 8ʺW × 4ʺD × 6.5ʺH

Fortuney was also inspired by the sea, the Breton lights and those of the Mediterranean. He obtained the commission from the State for important canvases intended to decorate the Min...

French Faience Plate Henriot Quimper Circa 1900. Breton with a flute. 8 inches diameter.  

He was quickly noticed by the artistic personalities such as Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton and Paul Éluard. I love the back of the painting almost as much as the front!

The île d'Ouessant, perched at the western extreme of the Breton coast, became a defining subject in Moret's oeuvre — its ever-changing seas and skies offering an inexhaustible sourc...

The subject is presumably Breton. Meech and Gabriel, in “Japonisme Comes to America”, 1990, comment on the influence of Breton as well as Henri Riviérè on the young Nordfeldt.

This charming vase is hand painted with vibrant floral and geometric decorations and a traditional Breton woman in a scalloped fan shaped design. It displays beautifully, perfect wit...

Add charm, devotion, and collectible Breton artistry to a shelf or devotional grouping with this lot of six antique French faience figures, crafted in Quimper, Brittany, circa 1890.

Colb, promotes seaside tourism along the Breton coast between Granville and Brest, under the banner of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest (Western Railway Company).

Rare terracota tabacco boxe showing a head of an old Breton End of XIX century around 1900 France

His landscapes of the Norman and Breton countryside often reveal a strong Post-Impressionist influence, with their qualities of shifting light and reflections, and he was primarily k...

The style is indeed that of Jules Breton. For example, the Young Fisherwoman by Jules Breton (Douai Museum) and another young fisherwoman by Billet (also at the Douai Museum) can be ...

Among his most notable works are his depictions of the Breton coast and the lives of local fishermen, although he also produced numerous portraits and landscapes.

Later in his career, he painted mainly Breton-inspired sailors and views of Venice. His views of the Paris slums and the fortifications, sites which have almost completely disappeare...

Painted in Suire’s early career, the composition captures a serene Breton harbour scene with several small sailing boats gently moored in calm water.

His landscapes of the Norman and Breton countryside often reveal a strong Post-Impressionist influence, with their qualities of shifting light and reflections, and he was primarily k...

He was influenced by William Bouguereau and Jules Breton, gracing the figures in his compositions with a sense of nobility.

Pair of framed paintings (oil on canvas) representing for one the departure for the hunt and for the other the picnic of the hunters (probably Vendée) These 2 paintings are signed b...

All three firms made similar pottery decorated with designs of Breton peasants and maritime and flower motifs. The Eloury (Porquier) and Dumaine (Henriot) firms merged in 1913.

Shortly after the present painting, the artist dedicated another harbour scene in 1908-10 to his friend, the Breton artist Jean-Julien Lemordant (1878-1968). The latter work (almost ...

A 19th Century French Quimper faience vase by Porquier-Beau, hand-painted depicting scenes of a Breton mother and daughter sifting wheat and a father and son sharpening knives.

These charming plates are hand painted with a young Breton couple in traditional attire, the young man playing a horn, the young woman holding her baby with a sympathetic expression.

**Belle-Île-en-Mer** – Largest Breton island 15. **Guer** – Site of Coëtquidan military academy 16.

This gorgeous inkwell is hand painted with a traditional Breton man surrounded by ermine tails and beautiful flowers.

His Forest of Fontainebleau presented out-of-competition at the Salon of 1879 was acquired by the French State, as well as his large canvas from the Breton cliffs and the port of Pon...

This charming and nostalgic work depicts a family enjoying dinner in a typical Breton kitchen scene. An elderly lady, a man and two boys are seated at the table while a woman slices ...

A worthy student of the naturalist painter Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas (1869-1949), she began with interior scenes in chiaroscuro before representing outdoor scenes of rural life illust...

Laboureur produced many Breton landscapes during the 1930s, perhaps including this scene of one of the scores of small tributaries that feed the canals that run through the French co...

Framing tips: A rustic oak or driftwood frame complements the coastal and Breton character of the map. A cream or light gray mat enhances the engraving and soft pink tones.

Louis Desire- Lucas was a leading light in the famous Pont Aven School of Painters, encouraged and led initially by the artist Gaugin. Desire-Lucas was a Breton Painter who lived al...

Antique French wall mirror in carved light oak wood decorated in the Breton folk art style (French region). Antique frame measures width 11 cm / 4.33 in.

All three firms made similar pottery decorated with designs of Breton peasants and maritime and flower motifs. The Eloury (Porquier) and Dumaine (Henriot) firms merged in 1913.

In 1874, Mosler again traveled to Paris, but remained for twenty years this time and developed a reputation for his paintings of Breton peasant life. Mosler's final homecoming to his...

Framed Dimensions: 8.25 H x 10.25 W x 2 D Inches A charming, cabinet-sized, oil on panel showing numerous parishioners in native Breton costume leaving Church after Sunday service b...

Hand-painted in a vibrant palette of white, blue, red, and yellow, the barrel features traditional Breton figures—a man and a woman—while the cups complement the design with matching...

All three firms made similar pottery decorated with designs of Breton peasants and maritime and flower motifs. The Eloury (Porquier) and Dumaine (Henriot) firms merged in 1913.

He made other busts in the period until 1888 as those of "Jules Breton", "Vacquerie", "Loyse Labbé", "Franz Hals", "Ms.

Crafted in Quimper, France circa 1920, each hand-painted faience shell-form dish has scalloped edges, and depict a Breton male or female dressed in traditional attire surrounded by f...

A charming vignette at the top right depicts the Breton countryside with a wayside cross and a rural village in the distance—an homage to the region’s deep Catholic and pastoral trad...

This charming tea pot depicts a young Breton woman carrying a basket and umbrella and the opposite side depicts a young Breton man playing a bagpipe.

Framing tips: An ebonized or gilt frame with a wide ivory mat will highlight the engraved details and decorative vignettes. A narrow Breton blue inner liner could be added to echo th...

Lacombe produced numerous oil and pastel portraits and carved low reliefs in wood, such as Breton Dances, Cursed Women and Sower. He also produced busts, including those of Bertrand,...

All three firms made similar pottery decorated with designs of Breton peasants and sea and flower motifs. The Eloury (Porquier) and Dumaine (Henriot) firms merged in 1913.

All three firms made similar pottery decorated with designs of Breton peasants and maritime and flower motifs. The Eloury (Porquier) and Dumaine (Henriot) firms merged in 1913.

At the center, a delicately painted scene depicts a woman in traditional Breton attire sewing and mending clothes, surrounded by intricate green ivy arabesque motifs along the rim.

Here, Meunier depicts a cheerful seaside scene: elegantly dressed women and a child gaze towards the Mont Saint-Michel while a jovial Breton man gestures proudly, inviting travellers...

All three firms made similar pottery decorated with designs of Breton peasants and maritime and flower motifs. The Eloury (Porquier) and Dumaine (Henriot) firms merged in 1913.

The opposite side portrays a pastoral Breton scene with a man playing a flute to a woman, both dressed in traditional attire.

Created in Brittany, France circa 1895, the large hand-painted ceramic plate depicts a traditional scene with Breton people in attire costumes, gathering in front of a large church.

Marguerite was born into the powerful House of Dampierre in Flanders and married Jean de Montfort, whose claim to the Duchy of Brittany drew him into the Breton War of Succession (13...

Oval in shape with a scalloped rim, the tin-glazed earthenware piece is hand-painted with an elaborate Breton scene depicting villagers in traditional costume gathered in joyous cele...

Perfect for both everyday dining and special occasions, the set captures the charm of Breton life with intricate scenes of people, churches, towns, and countryside, many of which are...

Each side of the dish is richly decorated with a traditional Breton scene, showcasing the region’s artistic heritage.

Notable Surrealist artists include Salvador Dali, Giorgio de Chirico, Andre Breton, Rene Magritte and Paul Delvaux. Due to its cultural importance, much of this ideology spread on a ...

Hand painted with a couple of bretons and flowers.

Renan was the son of the Breton scholar Ernest Renan, who pioneered modern secular study of the life of Jesus.

Excellentes conditions.André Breton, né en 1896 et mort en 1966, était un écrivain et poète français.

Hand painted with a couple of bretons and flowers.