Antique Breton

His work vividly depicted the customs and harsh realities of Breton life, drawing inspiration from the region’s landscapes, religious festivals, and traditional culture.

He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault initiated the periodical Littérature together with the writers Bre...

Like all the Brettevilles , this Norman toponym is formed from the old French brette which means “Breton”, but in a sense preceding the Middle Ages, that is to say originating in pre...

The piece depicts a rural landscape with washerwomen in traditional Breton clothing washing laundry from the bank of the River Marne, an eastern tributary of the Seine in the area ea...

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.

After, Masson came into contact with surrealist circles through André Breton. Under the influence of the surrealists, Masson experimented with several «automatic» artistic productio...

He was in contact with Andre Breton in the 1930s and befriended Salvador Dali, Paul Eluard and Max Ernst.

He began by depicting historical scenes, then around 1880 he was inspired by Breton landscapes and turned to realism by painting the daily life of sea workers.

After, Masson came into contact with surrealist circles through André Breton. Under the influence of the surrealists, Masson experimented with several «automatic» artistic productio...

Influenced by his French contemporaries Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) and Jules- Adolphe-Aimé-Louis Breton (1827-1906), during the middle 1870s Knight began to paint sentimental r...

Influenced by surrealism , the first two woodblock albums were released in 1923 and 1935, and were marked by Breton or Mediterranean maritime landscapes, underwater life, New York , ...

These include: Magic Lantern in the Evening, around 1896, Festival over the grand canal in Venice around 1894, The Sea, Sunset, around 1925, Breton Women with Chinese Lanterns, aroun...

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...

.): Showing at Tattersalls (oil on canvas) Southampton (City AG): A Sale at Tattersalls (1911, oil on canvas); Cumberland Market, North Side (1912, oil on canvas) Walsall (New AG): B...

Displaying wonderful character and of good proportion In a rouge finish with gilt figural appliqué Strong Breton taste throughout Glass aperture decorated with bright green petals...

The signature belongs to a prominent member of the Breton naval dynasty, most likely Jonathas-Marie-Théobald de Kergariou (1773–1850) or his relative Pierre-Joseph de Kergariou.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

Associated with the School of Paris, he was best known for still lifes, nudes, and Breton landscapes He painted in a restrained, sober palette influenced by Cézanne.

He has also been called a "proto-surrealist" [2] and was greatly admired by André Breton and others in the movement. Grandville was born in 1803, in Nancy, France into a family of a...

He has also been called a "proto-surrealist" [2] and was greatly admired by André Breton and others in the movement. Grandville was born in 1803, in Nancy, France into a family of a...

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...

The engraved work of Jean Frélaut is present in the collections of the Musée de la Cohue in Vannes and in that of the Breton Departmental Museum in (Quimper), which also preserves so...

Description: Antique map titled 'A New Chart of the Coast of New England, Nova Scotia, New France or Canada, with the islands of Newfoundland, Capte Breton, St John's (..)'. Map stre...

Turnbull makes a very careful use of line and brings a thousand subtleties from what seems at first sight to be generalized strokes. His Breton peasants and fishermen have the angula...

Turnbull makes a very careful use of line and brings a thousand subtleties from what seems at first sight to be generalized strokes. His Breton peasants and fishermen have the angula...

Signed on lower left Marie-Paule Carpentier Marie-Paule Carpentier painted in oils and watercolours, notably views of Versailles and Breton landscapes. She exhibited examples of he...

Jou, A. Latour, C. Le Breton, F. Masereel and P. Pinsard. Edition realised on the occasion of the tricentennial of Perrault's birth.

Dinan is a walled medieval Breton town and commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of northwestern France.

He has also been called a "proto-surrealist" [2] and was greatly admired by André Breton and others in the movement. Grandville was born in 1803, in Nancy, France into a family of a...

The Surrealists were particularly taken with the dreamlike quality of those charcoals and lithographs, and André Breton, their de-facto leader, was a particularly great admirer.

During that time, he painted several works of harbour scenes, as well as town views depicting the local Bretons going about their daily lives as fishermen, merchants & market vendors.

He painted marine and peasant themes, often Breton, particularly after a stay on the Île de Sein.

It features hand-painted scenes of Breton villagers engaged in traditional activities and wearing traditional costumes.

A refined set, bound by Bayntun Riviere, with 108 hand-colored plates. Breton de La Martinière, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1777-1852) "La Chine en Miniature & Coup d'Oeil sur la Chine; ...

The left side shows Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) and its surrounding waters, including important locations such as the Île du Cap Breton and Grand Bank fishing areas. 2. The right si...

The left side shows Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) and its surrounding waters, including important locations such as the Île du Cap Breton and Grand Bank fishing areas. 2. The right si...

Today, facing the North Sea and the mighty Atlantic, the Bretons still look outwards towards the rest of the world rather than towards Paris.