Andrea Smith Art

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk, 18th century interior scene Pastel on paper Signed upper right 20.5 x 15.8 cm Framed under glass : 37 x 31.5 cm It is known that Guirand de Scevola was very interested in the Palace of Versailles and its Old Regime atmosphere, that he often painted it and that he participated in the Versailles Revival movement at the beginning of the century. This probably led him to paint scenes in the 18th century style, for which he was particularly well known and which are still sought after. What is striking is the modernity of the execution of our pastel, which obviously contrasts with its subject in the style of the 18th century. Guirand de Scevoal is a great colourist and he proves it here with eclat, by building up his composition with white pastel highlights, contrasting with brown and black. There is something of the northern painters in this treatment of light. All this, as always with him, is very subtle. The light radiating from the window is almost an abstract notation, but it gives meaning to this interior scene. Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter. He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...

Home / Couple / Pair / Domestic / Still Life A’Court begins each painting with a broad, color plane—red, blue, pink or yellow—which acts as a table for the artist’s still life vocab...

oil on linen on mounted board outsider pastel on archival paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking f...

Georges Barat-Levraux (1878–1964) Young Girls Reading Pastel on paper, 39 x 31 cm Provenance: Private collection In this tender and intimate scene, Georges Barat-Levraux captures a ...

Pastel on toned paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive ...

Angela A’Court’s narrative and still life drawings use a simple and direct vocabulary to show the relationship of experience to expression of beauty and the quirkiness of every day m...

Pastel on paper this is a modern interpretation of the thee Graces

Pastel on toned paper Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...

Soft pastel on toned sanded pastel paper richly worked. Part of an ongoing series on mirrors and fame figures. Signed at bottom

Frammenti Mineral Oxide on Paper (Fabriano Elle) 100x70 cm 2023 Original Art Marilina Marchica's research delves into the relationship between Man and Nature and the emotional imp...

Frammenti Mineral Oxide on Paper (Fabriano Elle) 50x70 cm 2024 Original Art Marilina Marchica's research delves into the relationship between Man and Nature and the emotional impl...

Soft pastel on toned sanded paper signed and dated bottom right hand corner. Part of a series of human and animal interactions. This work has some surrealistic and outsider qualities...