Charles Levier Landscape Paintings

CHARLES LEVIER – UNTITLED STREET SCENE Oil on Board ⚜ Signed Lower Right ⚜ Original Gilt Frame A VIBRANT MIDCENTURY CITYSCAPE BY A MODERN MASTER This original oil on board by Charle...

“PORT CORSE” BY CHARLES LEVIER (1920-2003) Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed ⚜ Framed A MASTERPIECE OF POST-IMPRESSIONISM & CUBISM An exquisite example of Charles Levier’s signature st...

La Rue (The Street) Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 37.5 x 32.5 inches

A beautiful woman sits at an open window, gazing down at a small bird who has landed nearby in this serene portrait by Charles Levier. Warm orange tones are played off their complements in shades of blue, the artist utilizing several different layers of oils to create a subtle and relaxed view of a spring day near the sea. Beyond the window a small chapel sits on a peninsula, surrounded tranquil blue waters. This work, like many of Levier's, belongs to the French figurative movement of the Glorious Thirty (Les Trente Glorieuses) - the golden period of thirty years after WWII which were a time of great hope and prosperity in France. Inspired by Hollywood cinema, Charles Levier sought harmony in composition and purity of color and form. His said that his creations represented "a light and delicate world, of dark and subtle shades and colors." Levier worked in a somewhat abstracted, cubist style. Additionally he often employed the French technique of "cloisonnism" (after the French for "partition"), a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours, also seen in this work. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on the occasion of the Salon des Indépendants, in March 1888 and was commonly used by artists like Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Paul...

He was born in 1920 of a French father and American mother in Corsica. He held a fascination with color and form that led him, at age seventeen, to the Ecole Nationale Superieure des...

French Hotels by the Harbor Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Circa 1960 Watercolor on Paper, signed lower left Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

Charles Levier (French, 1920-2003) Two Women with European Street Scene La Terasse du Restaurant Oil on Canvas Hand signed lower left Dimensions: Frame size: 51 in. x 40.5 in. Canva...

Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 La Plage a Girolato Oil on Canvas 30 by 40 in, w/ frame 38 ⅝ by 49 in Signed lower left, titled verso Charles Levier was born in 1920 from a French...

Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 La Rue Solitaire Oil on canvas 36 X 24 in. w/ frame 45 ½ X 33 ½ in. Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01747 Charles Levier was born in 1920 fro...

Les Soeurs (The Sisters) Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 29.5 x...

Rue Parisienne en Automne Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Circa 1960 Watercolor on Paper, signed l.r. Image Size: 18 x 23 inches Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

This artwork "Le Port" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French impressionist artist Charles Levier, 1920-2003. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ca...

Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Le Bord de la Mer Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm) Frame: 36 x ...

Oil on canvas painting by the well known American artist, Charles Levier. Signed lower left. Titled and signed verso. Circa 1970. This painting shows Levier at his best combining t...

Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Marseilles Harbor Year: circa 1960 Medium: Watercolor, signed Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)