Antique Brittany

Bretton Arts & Crafts copper cloakroom wall cabinet A great little piece of local Arts & Crafts furniture from Brittany, made in wood with a delightful copper picture panel in the...

Faïenceries de Quimper has been potted and hand painted in a factory near Quimper, in Brittany, France since 1708. The pottery reflects a strong traditional Breton influence and the ...

He spent 1878 and 1879 painting in Pont-Aven, Brittany, alongside Barbizon School painters. He moved to New York City in 1881 and shortly after began to practice genre painting and...

He paints many landscapes and scenes from the life of Normandy and Brittany. The Channel is particularly inspiring, especially the banks of Siena, a "Mother and her child in front of...

The large platter is decorated with a blue and yellow leaf border, and is signed on the front Henriot Quimper; it is further embellished with the Brittany coat of arms at the top. Th...

Rivière first visited Brittany in 1884, spending most of his summers there until 1916.

From 1913 Valtat turned his attention more towards Brittany and Normandy, though without losing any of the aggressive quality of his palette.

Map of the French department of Finistere, Brittany, France. This area of France is known for its cider production and excellent boar hunting.

In 1890, Thornton visited Le Pouldu in Brittany with Arthur Studd and met Paul Gauguin. In 1895 he went on a painting trip to La Roche Guyon with another friend, Roger Fry.

In 1890, Thornton visited Le Pouldu in Brittany with Arthur Studd and met Paul Gauguin. In 1895 he went on a painting trip to La Roche Guyon with another friend, Roger Fry.

From 1913 Valtat turned his attention more towards Brittany and Normandy, though without losing any of the aggressive quality of his palette.

He criss-crossed the districts of Paris and frequently travelled outside the capital, mainly to Auvergne, Île-de-France, Brittany and Normandy, all places where he set up his easel.

(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan) Watercolor on paper, 7 ¾ x 10 ½ inches unfr...

When he returned to Paris he was called for national service in 1879, first in Brittany, and later in Paris, where he was able to pursue his career as an engraver.

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

Map of the French department of Cotes du Nord, a maritime region in Brittany, France. The whole is surrounded by elaborate decorative engravings designed to illustrate both the natur...

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

Figural forms, four each of the Breton men, and the Bretonne women of the Brittany region of North-Western France. Showing the traditional dress of head coverings, aprons, and wooden...

However, sailors come to the islands from the coasts of Brittany and Normandy during the cod fishing season on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St.

However, sailors come to the islands from the coasts of Brittany and Normandy during the cod fishing season on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St.

His travels through Flanders, Normandy, and Brittany further deepened his connection to the landscapes he loved to paint.

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

In 1908, he went to Paris to study, and stayed there for thirty years, splitting his time in between Paris and Brittany. It was there that he married his first wife, Valentine Laudel...

Faience is a type of tin-glazed earthenware that originated in Italy and became popular in France during the 17th and 18th centuries. Quimper, a town in Brittany, France, became part...

Rodo enjoyed a rich career travelling extensively painting and exhibiting throughout Normandy, Brittany, Paris, London, the south coast of England, Jersey, Rotterdam, Germany, and Be...

In the wake of the Barbizon painting school, he painted landscapes of Ile de France, Brittany and french riviera. He exhibited to the salon of the French Artists from 1889 to 1898, w...

Faïenceries de Quimper has been potted and hand painted in a factory near Quimper, in Brittany, France since 1708. The pottery reflects a strong traditional Breton influence and the ...

A stately and beautifully aged tall buffet in the Louis XV Provincial style, handcrafted in Brittany, France, circa 1820. This elegant cabinet is composed of solid pear wood with a d...

During the school holidays, he travelled to Brittany and Normandy to paint landscapes and seascapes.

During the school holidays, he travelled to Brittany and Normandy to paint landscapes and seascapes.

Rodo enjoyed a rich career travelling extensively painting and exhibiting throughout Normandy, Brittany, Paris, London, the south coast of England, Jersey, Rotterdam, Germany, and Be...

In 1907 Lecourt returned to the Le Havre region and settled in Fontaine-La-Mallet, but travelled regularly for painting trips to Normandy, Brittany, Auvergne, the Pyrenees and the Al...

Argy Rousseau’s Algues nightlight displays the Fucus, a brown algae harvested in Brittany, flanking a spray of water in an arresting teal and amethyst.

A most unusual antique 18th century French Provincial chestnut cabinet, Brittany, circa 1720. The cabinet is made from solid figured chestnut, decorated with the original brass stu...

In 1893, he visited Brittany and, in 1895, had a small showing at the Salon.

Luce spent four years in the military, starting in 1879, serving in Brittany at Guingamp. The next year, he received a promotion to corporal, and he became friends with Alexandre Mil...

In his landscapes, he painted scenes of England, Brittany and the Netherlands. By age 19 Boughton was a landscape painter of note and opened his first studio in 1852.

From 1913 Valtat turned his attention more towards Brittany and Normandy, though without losing any of the aggressive quality of his palette.

The remaining revelers are engaged in various states of merriment, including a man and woman dancing beside a Brittany spaniel wagging its tail. If you look closely, you will even no...

Career beginnings At age 19, Delaunay left Ronsin to focus entirely on painting and contributed six works to the Salon des Indépendants in 1904 He traveled to Brittany, where he was...

These painters traveled a lot and sought out picturesque sites, particularly in Normandy, Brittany, Switzerland and the Pyrenees. Blanchard participated in the illustration of “Pictu...

The grant also enabled him to travel to Florence, Rome, Vienna and Munich to study the work of the great masters. In Pont-Aven, Brittany, he found an ideal artistic climate. After h...

He stayed in France in the early 1900s, painting many of his works in Brittany and Normandy, where he depicted a peasant lifestyle which was already disappearing in England.

Luce spent four years in the military, starting in 1879, serving in Brittany at Guingamp. The next year, he received a promotion to corporal, and he became friends with Alexandre Mil...

The cove of Launay is a beach in Brittany, located a short distance from the town of Paimpol and the island of Bréhat.

Kuwasseg specialised in coastal views particularly of the Normandy and Brittany coast. As well as painting views of Northern France, he also spent time travelling around visiting Be...

He travels to Pont Aven in Brittany over the summer of 1913. In September, he went directly to Stockholm for his first solo exhibition with the French title Exposition des tableaux d...

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

For many years he lived in France and painted the majority of his pictures in Normandy, Brittany and on the Cote d'Azure.He won many medals and became an elected member of many of th...

Dierckx’s artistic journey took him on inspiring travels to regions like Campine, Brittany, Italy, and the Netherlands. His works transcended borders and found acclaim in numerous in...

Maurice Asselin is famous especially for his female figures, among which numerous nudes, often caught in scenes of maternity, in which he reached rare levels of delicacy, but also fo...

In 1908, he spent some working in Brittany at the invitation of Jean Frélaut [fr]. In 1910, he was one of the winners of the Abd-el-Tif prize and spent two years at the Villa Abd-el...

In 1898, he had bought a small villa at the beach in Perros-Guirec in Brittany, which was then a remote and little-populated fishing village.

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summe...

The third is Isoult of the White Hands, the daughter of Hoel of Brittany and the sister of Kahedin. Born in Albany, New York, McCartan studied at the Pratt Institute with Herbert ...