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Campagne Contre Jour, Antibes
By Gustav Bolin
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right; signed, dated, and titled verso.
38.25 x 51.25 in.
39.75 x 52.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid maple floater with a matte white ...
Category
1960s French School Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Contre-Jour" original lithograph
By Andre Minaux
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed on Arches paper in 1974 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (318 x 235 mm). Not signed.
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Contre-jour" original drypoint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Printed in 1889 on cream wove paper and published by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Image size: 5 x 8 1/8 inches (125 x 205 mm). Signed in the plate, ...
Category
1880s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Belgian Abstract Contemporary Art by Nicole B. - Contre-Jour
By Nicole B.
Located in Paris, IDF
Pigments on paper Arches with anti-reflective glass metal black frame, 50 x 40 x 3 cm
Nicole B. is a Belgian artist born in 1944 who lives & works in Braibant, Ciney in Belgium.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Pigment
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 1.19 in
Ravello villa cimbrone
Located in PARIS, FR
Statues prises à contre jour à la Villa Cimbrone à Ravello Italy
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
El Gouna
Located in PARIS, FR
baryté, édition 1/20.
"Soudain dans le désert, surgit une quinzaine d’adolescents à contre jour
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Massai au parc Samburu Kenya
Located in PARIS, FR
Massai apparaissent dans un magnifique contre-jour.La beauté et la magie sont au rendez vous
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital, Lambda
Shadow and Light, Pasadena Arroyo
By Calvin Liang
Located in Pasadena, CA
air oil painting, depicting back-lit (contre jour) sycamore trees in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco. The
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Black Charcoal Matte Diamond Shaped Table Lamps
Located in Bronx, NY
geometric patterns on each lamp. The lamps have a strong yet discreet statement creating a beautiful contre
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Sunflowers
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
on the table and painting the scene bathed in the afternoon sunlight in a contre jour effect.”
—Jim
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Contemporary wall art At sunset in the mountains, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
flowers and illuminate them in a contre-jour. The nature of the mountains has learned to enjoy life in hot
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 39.4 in W 55.1 in D 0.1 in
Tapestry of Light (October Gold)
By Lee Tiller
Located in Deddington, GB
his ability to capture the effects of light on the landscape, and in particular using the contre-jour
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Pink Marilyn ", Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Benoit Montet
Located in Yardley, PA
contraste contre-jour fashion Hollywood mythe :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Into the Light: The Photography of Jérôme Brunet (Standard & Deluxe)
Located in Toronto, ON
, Robert Cray, B.B. King, and Dave Grohl.
Brunet’s breathtaking style of shooting “contre-jour” or “into
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Other Medium
Hunting Lady - British thirties art female portrait oil painting horse riding
By David Murray Urquhart
Located in London, GB
Urquhart’s work was his adoption of the contre jour, where the light is made to glow through the use of a
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
I Want to Tell You, Oil Painting
By Pamela Blaies
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsIn this painting, Pamela used a technique known as Contre-jour, where she
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Clay creations series: Autumn sunset (3 of 4), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
. Also in the painting, the composition of the light contre-jour is applied. Visit an artist's art
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 25.6 in W 39.4 in D 0.7 in
Dawn Frost, impressionistic art, landscape art, affordable art
By Lee Tiller
Located in Deddington, GB
landscape, and in particular using the contre-jour effect of light through the canopies and leaves of trees
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 20.08 in W 29.93 in D 0.79 in
Porte Rouge, 2006
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in ATLANTA, GA
, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
El Analisis Imposible, 1983
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in ATLANTA, GA
, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Imposture, 2010
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in ATLANTA, GA
, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Mer Melee au Soleil, 2009
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in ATLANTA, GA
, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Carlin, 2009
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in ATLANTA, GA
, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Robe 7
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an English gentility club in private spheres.
Certainly man plays
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Tischgruppe
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
blue Rhineland-Palatinate “dacha” under trees and the two leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an
Category
2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Tischgruppe
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
blue Rhineland-Palatinate “dacha” under trees and the two leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an
Category
2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Robe 2
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
blue Rhineland-Palatinate “dacha” under trees and the two leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Robe 4
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
blue Rhineland-Palatinate “dacha” under trees and the two leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Schwanken
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
blue Rhineland-Palatinate “dacha” under trees and the two leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Stuckrosette
By Fides Becker
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
leather canapés in the Contre Jour “of an English gentility club in private spheres.
Certainly man plays
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Egg Tempera
Promenade Estivale - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his artistic development
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Figure before a Church - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
start of his career he would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Winter's Night - Post Impressionist Oil, Snowy Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his artistic development progressed, he attached more and
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Empreintes dans la neige - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. At the start of his career he would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Church Gardens - French Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his artistic development
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Promenade au Village - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his artistic development
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Les Collines du Dauphine - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
, their exact chromatic opposite. At the start of his career he would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Admiral's Saber Early 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Ce sabre, par tradition familiale, a été porté par le contre-amiral ANGOT des ROTOURS, né le 2 juin
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Iron
Pendentif En or 18 Carats Avec Perle Fine Certifiée et un Diamant Epoque, 1900
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
alors secréter de la nacre pour se défendre contre cet intrus.
Véritable trésor divin, la perle fine
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Natural Pearl, 18k Gold
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H 0.95 in Dm 0.35 in
Abstract Composition CII, 1969 - oil paint, 74x93 cm, framed
By Carlin Michel
Located in Nice, FR
. Avec le recul, Carlin écrira que c’est ce jour-là sans doute qu’il est devenu peintre.
Il part pour
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
H 29.14 in W 36.62 in D 1.19 in
Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
Un autre monde (((Dans notre monde))), Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Maison
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 32.29 in W 47.84 in D 0.4 in
Bronze Sculpture "Neptune" by Edmond Moirignot
By Edmond Moirignot
Located in Paris, FR
qu’il est et le néant. Elle s’élève contre le non-sens et repousse la nuit. Elle refuse la vulgarité
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Mère Courage" by Edmond Moirignot
By Edmond Moirignot
Located in Paris, FR
s’interroge sur le temps, la vie, le monde tel qu’il est et le néant. Elle s’élève contre le non-sens et
Category
Vintage 1980s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Le Christ au Mont des Oliviers" by Edmond Moirignot
By Edmond Moirignot
Located in Paris, FR
qu’il est et le néant. Elle s’élève contre le non-sens et repousse la nuit. Elle refuse la vulgarité
Category
Vintage 1960s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 17.33 in W 9.45 in D 8.67 in
Arone Contre Jour
By Karine Bartoli
Located in Paris, IDF
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has devoted herself...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Yetivar Kaprielian - "la Seine à Lavacourt à Contre-jour" - Oil On Canvas, 20th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Oil on canvas by the French artist Yetivar Kaprielian titled "La Seine à Lavacourt à Contre-Jour
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 16.15 in W 18.12 in D 1.58 in
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Arone Contre Jour
By Karine Bartoli
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.19 in
Snowy Village - Post Impressionist Oil, Winter Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
start of his career he would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flower Garden - Post-Impressionist Oil, Summer Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
start of his career he would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Autumn Colors - Post-Impressionist Oil, Trees in Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. At the start of his career he would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Courtyard - Post Impressionist Oil, Figure in Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
would paint dusky scenes and contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his artistic development
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of LOUIS XVI
Located in Paris, FR
âgés de 14 et 6 ans.
Il lutte toute sa vie contre la pauvreté. En 1816, il met un tableau en loterie
Category
18th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosewood And Brass Inlaid Writing Table Attributed To Gillows Oxford Street Work
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Benington, Herts
faded rosewood, this writing table is related to the earlier bonheur du jour or lady's writing table
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 50.4 in W 44.1 in D 23.04 in
Mai Thu - Femme à sa toilette - Original Lithography
By Mai Thu
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
danse de 1900 à nos jours, Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2011
2010
Bernard, Sophie, "Dialogues croisés
Materials
Lithograph
Bateaux & 2 Personnages contre Jour
By Karine Bartoli
Located in Paris, IDF
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has devoted herself...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Camels Contre Jour, Trevor Waugh, Animal Art, Desert Paintings, Orientalism
By Trevor Waugh
Located in Deddington, GB
Trevor Waugh
Camels Contre Jour
Original Landscape Painting
Oil Paint on Canvas
Artwork Size: H
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30.99 in W 10.99 in D 1.58 in
El Gouna
Located in PARIS, FR
baryté, édition 1/20.
"Soudain dans le désert, surgit une quinzaine d’adolescents à contre jour
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Van Cleef & Arpels Pont des Amoureux Diamond White Gold Wristwatch
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Holland, PA
Dial: Contre jour enamel dial depicting the two lovers of the Pont des Amoureux on the famous Pont des
Category
2010s French Wrist Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Gold
Coucher de soleil - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
contre-jours in halftones and misty sunsets. As his artistic development progressed, he attached more and
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Easter at the beach, impressionist style
By Roy Petley
Located in Segovia, ES
places his models contre-jour. The resulting translucence renders the nudes ethereal, almost otherworldly
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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Contre Jour For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the contre jour you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Find Post-Impressionist versions now, or shop for Post-Impressionist creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking for a contre jour from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a contre jour to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. Finding an appealing contre jour — no matter the origin — is easy, but Fides Becker, Victor Charreton, Karine Bartoli, Lee Tiller and Jim McVicker each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and fabric can add an especially memorable touch.
How Much is a Contre Jour?
The price for a contre jour in our collection starts at $250 and tops out at $114,400 with the average selling for $8,318.