André & Madeleine Arbus Furniture

"La Madeleine" by Edouard Leon Cortes (French 1882-1969) signed Édouard Cortès l/l. Oil on canvas. Measuring 18 3/4 by 22 inches. Provenance: W...

An oil painting of a lying cat, painted on a wooden panel. In a wooden frame. Signed left under: Dimensions frame: 38 x 29 cm Dimensions painting: 28 x ...

The brilliant colors of this French nature morte are quite impressive, allowing the imagery to be seen crystal clear. Oil enhancements have been applied to this 20th-century transferred image to evoke similarities to the painting that it is after, which is currently housed in Le Louvre Museum in Paris. Our version is incredibly well-done and true to the Alexandre François Desportes original, which is entitled Game, Fruit, Flowers, and a Dog (1712). A variety of felled game (a rabbit and six birds) and a hunting rifle are displayed next to a stone fountain with a mythical creature mascaron water feature. The gadrooned basin is not filled with water, but rather a woven basket of blueberries next to a cluster of fruits including peaches and cherries (there is also a blue and white ceramic bowl full of peaches on a stone to the right of the fountain). Vibrant flowers in a wicker basket sit atop the thickly molded entablature of the cream-colored fountain. A pink rose bush grows on one side of the fountain, opposite from large, verdant bushes that obscure most of the blue sky. Laying beneath the fountain basin is a white hunting dog with black markings on its ears and face. Desportes was born in 1661 in Champigneulle, in northern France, later studying in Paris with the Flemish painter, Bernaerts. Initially, Desportes was a well-respected portrait painter, living in Poland during his mid-thirties to paint aristocrats such as King John III Sobieski. Upon the king’s death, Desportes returned to Paris and switched his focus to painting animals and floral arrangements. Both Louis XIV and Louis XIV commissioned Desportes to paint portraits of their favorite hunting dogs. Desportes would often join the kings on royal hunts, where he would travel with a notebook for still life sketches...

Stunning watercolor "Bouquet of Peonies" executed by Madeleine Renaud in the 1950s,the author demonstrates great skill in the use of colors, the various shades of blue purple and gre...

Madeleine Renaud (1900 - 1994) Vase with a bouquet of flowers. Watercolor on paper, framed under glass. France, 20th century. Dimensions with frame : 52 x 44 x 4.5 cm. Dimensi...

Original color lithograph 'Deux femmes nues et nature morte' by André Derain. Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in Fr...

Original 'Nature morte' color lithograph by Charles Dufresne. Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1932-1933. Published by Mourlot i...

A charming oil on canvas painting of 'La Madeleine' by Jean Salabet. Signed LR : J. Salabet, Paris, 1953 Measures: 11 x 14 unframed Jean Salabet was a French, 20th century artis...

Original 'Nature Morte' color lithograph by André Derain. Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1948. Published by Mourlot in Collection Pierre Levy in 1970, Paris. Framed and signed in the stone. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. About the Artist: André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement. In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet. With bold colors and compositions, Derain painted multiple pictures of the Thames and Tower Bridge. These London paintings remain among his most popular work. Art critic T. G Rosenthal: "Not since Monet has anyone made London seem so fresh and yet remain quintessentially English. Some of his views of the Thames use the Pointillist technique of multiple dots, although by this time, because the dots have become much larger, it is rather more simply the separation of colours called Divisionism and it is peculiarly effective in conveying the fragmentation of colour in moving water in sunlight." He experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists. Fernande Olivier...

A very charming French early 20th century Nature Morte - Still Life. Oil on canvas, a wonderful grouping of a bust, flowers and books. Wonderful craq...

Original 'Nature more a la napped de couleur' color lithograph by Charles Dufresne. Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1936. Publi...

Fine nature morte painting, signed and dated '31, oil on canvas.