Carl F. Ruhnau Paintings

Artist/ School: French Post Impressionist School, circa 1950's Title: Figures in a sloped Provencal village landscape Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 23.75 x 28.7...

A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Here you see figures walking in front of the Théâtre de l'Atelier with an abundance of color and life. The magic is being felt with all the magnificent details, as Schiefer captures the architecture of Paris so beautifully; you can feel the energy of the day and the excitement. The piece is signed by the artist lower right and titled lower left and it comes housed in a gold tone French style carved wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed. Art measures 14 x 18 inches Frame measures 18 x 22.5 inches Johannes Schiefer was born in 1896 in the Netherlands, and quickly gained notoriety for his landscapes, still life’s and portraits. Schiefer won the Prix de Rome at the age of 19 and studied at the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany, and then moved to Paris where he continued his studies in art at the Beaux Arts, and later at the Villa Medici in Rome. He traveled to paint across Europe, primarily France and Italy and also Latin America. When he married, he settled down in Nice France, and during the late thirties, he traveled and painted the coastline of the South of France, as well as Venice and the Adriatic. He remained in France until 1942, when he moved to New York with his family after the birth of their daughter, future actress Joanna Miles. Already an artist of stature when he arrived in New York, he settled with his family on Long Island, and for the next 30 years, Schiefer kept on painting and built a solid reputation as an important American artist. The Schiefers also had a son, Johannes Jr. After the war, Schiefer maintained a Paris studio and became a resident of Los Angeles for a time in the 1950s. For the next 30 years Schiefer kept on painting and during his career had numerous one man shows, having exhibitions at: Gallery Zak in Paris; Kunsthaus in Hamburg; Kunsthalle in Munich; Stiebel Galleries in Paris; O'Connor Gallery in Ontario; Museum of Modern Art, Wildenstein & Co, Carol Carstairs Gallery and Schoeneman Galleries in New York City; Esther Robles Gallery, County Museum and Vigoveno Galleries in Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum. Like Picasso, Schiefer never permitted himself to be “type-cast” in a single monotonous style. If there is anything that typifies his work, it is his versatility, his deft handling of subdued tones to create a unique brilliance of light and color that stamps every painting with his own individuality. In February 1964, Ethel Kennedy...

A whimsical oil painting depicting figures in France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in the first half of the 20th Centu...

The Village Lane by Elie Anatole Pavil (Ukraine 1873-1944) signed oil on canvas, unframed 13 x 18 inches private collection, France the painting is in overall very good and sound con...

An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon at Cafe Paris in France by Mario Passoni, on a spring day with the busy activities of people walking and others seated at th...

English School, circa 1990/2000 signed 'H. Taylor' oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 30 inches canvas: 15 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, UK the painting is in overall v...

Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Le Jardin du Peintre Medium: signed oil on canva...

The Beach at Martigues, South of France French artist, signed and dated 1941 signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 22.5 x 26 inches canvas: 19 x 22 inches provenance: private...

French Impressionist, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 7 x 9 inches provenance: private collection condition: good and sound, some paint loss

"Somewhere there .. before sunrise" is a painting by Maestro Milena Mladenova. The painting is unframed. Her paintings bring emotion of happiness, lov...

late 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 14 x 18 inches condition: overall good. a few minor markings and dings to the surface.

Acquiring a French mid-20th-century modern Impressionist view of book sellers along the Seine, with Notre Dame in Paris by Joseph Tretter is an opportunity...