Claude Vénard has a distinct style — it’s post-Cubist in its composition and he progressively accentuated the chromaticism of his palette up to reaching the crudest of colors, which he used in very thick forms and sometimes applied with a pallet knife.
Vénard was born in France in 1913 and, dedicating himself fully to making paintings at the age of 17, he studied at the École des Arts Appliqués for six years, having fled the Académie des Beaux-Arts after just 48 hours. In 1938 he signed the Rupture manifesto and participated in the first exhibition of the influential group Forces Nouvelles, alongside Francis Gruber and Pierre Tal-Coat at the Galerie Billiet-Vorms. A close affinity subsequently developed among these painters and together they were instrumental in forging the aesthetic of the immediate postwar period of the Ecole de Paris.
Vénard quickly became known for his rich impasto and varying texture. He received critical acclaim and was personally championed by Andre Salmon and Waldemar George, who described his painting as “Apocalyptic art! Beings and everyday things suddenly regain their meaning. Emotional values are once more felt.”
Vénard’s distinct and alluring compositions developed through a post-Cubist system that oscillates between abstraction and naturalism. He opens up perspectives projecting spatial vistas into every part of the canvas, in accordance with an emotional rather than a physical order. Familiar objects arise in the midst of a network of striations and hatching. Colors grow more intense in certain zones to stress the solidity of the composition; in other zones the light is more tenuous and diaphanous, as if to indicate space of different emotional intensity.
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Biplan
By Claude Venard
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Claude Venard was a French a French post-Cubist and still life painterand was born in Burgundy in 1913. At the age of 17 he began to take evening classes in painting at the Ecole des...
Mixed Media, Canvas
Nature morte au vase, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Nature morte au vase, Year: 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 29.5 x 29.5 in. (74.93 x 74.93 cm), Frame Size: 35.5 x 35...
Oil
$6,500
Montmartre
By Claude Venard
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Venard had a successful career during his lifetime, punctuated by one-man shows in Paris, London, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Munich, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Canada, Be...
Gouache
$35,000
Le Soleil Blanc, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Le Soleil Blanc, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower left and titled on verso, Size: 20 x 28.75 in. (50.8 x 73.03 ...
Oil
Green Sunflower, Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Green Sunflower, Year: 1968, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left and dated on verso, Canvas Size: 39.5 x 39.5 in. (100.33 x 100.33 cm), ...
Oil
Notre Dame de Paris
By Claude Venard
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Claude Venard was a French a French post-Cubist and still life painter and was born in Burgundy in 1913. At the age of 17 he began to take evening classes in painting at the Ecole de...
Oil, Canvas
L'Atelier Venard en Hiver - Abstract Interior and Landscape Oil by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas interior overlooking a landscape by French abstract painter Claude Venard. The piece depicts an interior scene with a table in the foreground. Amongst the items ...
Oil, Canvas
"Venice Canal, Italy" Claude Venard, French Post-Cubist Mid-Century Modern
By Claude Venard
Located in New York, NY
Claude Venard (French, 1913 - 1999) Venice Canal, Italy, circa 1950-55 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches Signed lower center Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Felix Vercel. Claude Venard was a notable exponent of the French mid-century post-Cubist movement. He was born to bourgeois parents from Burgogne in Paris, on March 21, 1913. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school's academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles. Not able to support himself as an artist, by 1936 he found employment as a restorer at the Louvre, further honing his artistic skills. Paris of the period was dominated by an art trend that strongly favored abstraction. Following a group show at the Galerie Billet-Worms in 1935, art critic Waldemar George declared: "Let's be young again! Painting is not dead… Its course has not stopped. Forces Nouvelles is born." Venard contributed and initially adhered to the strict disciplines of the Forces Nouvelle group. But as with many of his fellow members, he soon abandoned it seeking individual expression. Following WWII, Venard rekindled friendships with past Forces Nouvelles members, joining Pierre Tal-Coat, André Marchand, André Civet...
Canvas, Oil
Nature morte en rouge et noir (Still-life in Red and Black), 1953
By Claude Venard
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Claude Vénard was born in Paris in 1913 to an established, middle-class family from Bourgogne. Although he was a businessman, his father accepted and supported his devotion to the arts. The blossoming artist was accepted at the prestigious École des Beaux-arts but quickly rejected the formality of traditional academic art training. Instead, Vénard began attending night courses at the École de Arts Appliqués at age seventeen to supplement his independent education. After six years of dedicated study the painter was forced, due to economic difficulties, to withdraw from the school and seek employment. Vénard became a restoration specialist...
Canvas, Oil
le Petit Déjeuner abstract cubist interior still life painting, studio, windows
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 21" x 24" Claude Venard’s 'Le Petit Déjeuner' is a wonderfully intimate and structured still life that transforms the quiet ritual of breakfast into a sophisticated mod...
Canvas, Oil
Jester 20th century Abstract painting of a Joker, checkerboard, joke, purple
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 37.5" x 32.5" Circa 1964 Provenance: Private Collection, Germany Venard was intrigued by the Jesters and Entertainers of Paris's night life. He would frequent bars, com...
Canvas, Oil
la Damier Checkerboard still life interior painting, smoking pipes, red, blue
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 21" x 17.5" Circa 1950 Provenance: Private Collection, New York Claude Venard’s Le Damier is a richly layered still life that demonstrates the artist’s remarkable abilit...
Canvas, Oil
Boats in the Harbour, France Abstract monochrome painting
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 15.5" x 25.5" Circa 1942 Provenance: Private Collection, Miami Claude Venard’s 'Boats in the Harbour' is a refined and atmospheric interpretation of the maritime landsc...
Canvas, Oil
le Dorade powerful abstract painting of a fish, monochrome colour palette
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 25.5" x 54.5" Circa 1958 Provenance: Purchased from the artist 1958. Private Collection, Paris In over 30 years of dealing in Venards work we have only ever seen one o...
Canvas, Oil
le Aeroship Abstract biplane painting, figure and Paris skyline, Eiffel tower
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 52" x 65" French painter Claude Venard frequently incorporated familiar domestic objects into his compositions, arranging them within intricate networks of abstract for...
Canvas, Oil
Pendule et Verre Abstract Still Life painting, yellow, goblet, interior
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 33.5" x 44" Circa 1955 Provenance: Private Collection, France Claude Venard’s 'Pendule et Verre' is a refined and architecturally balanced still life that exemplifies th...
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet, Pot Noir Abstract Still Life painting of flowers, purple, yellow
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 39.5" x 30.5" Claude Venard’s Bouquet, Pot Noir is a striking example of the artist’s expressive, textural approach to still life painting. Boldly composed around a ce...
Canvas, Oil
$34,500
Nature Morte aux Poires abstract still life painting of fruit, red, yellow, blue
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 30.5" x 30.5" Claude Venard’s 'Nature Morte aux Poires' is an exuberant and highly expressive still life that demonstrates the artist’s extraordinary command of colour...
Canvas, Oil
Sacre Coeur Sunset Abstract painting of the paris skyline, yellow, black, white
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 34" x 40" Circa 1962 Provenance: Galerie Romanet, Paris circa 1964. Private Collection, UK. Nestled high on a rooftop in Paris, easel and paint brush in hand, Venard has...
Canvas, Oil
$21,500
Cubist Abstract Still Life painting of glass goblet, yellow, blue, playing cards
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 21" x 24" Circa 1972 Provenance: Felix Vercel, New York circa 1970. Private Collection, New Jersey. This remarkable still life by Claude Venard is distinguished by its v...
Canvas, Oil
$22,500
Two Fish 20th Century Cubist interior painting of table, fish, french still life
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 21" x 29" Circa 1947 Provenance: Gallery Romanet, Paris circa 1948. Sothebys New York circa 1985. Private Collection, UK. Claude Venard frequently incorporated fish int...
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful and big oil on canvas painting Composition in Blue colors by Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Beautiful and big 100X100 cm oil on canvas painting Composition in Blue colors by the well known French artist Claude Venard. the painting is showing white sails and nets.
Canvas, Oil
$35,000
Nature morte florale, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Nature morte florale, Year: 1974, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 25.5 x 21.5 in. (64.77 x 54.61 cm), Frame Size: ...
Oil
Nu au Tub
By Claude Venard
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed "C. VENARD" at lower right Overall dimensions, including the frame, are 33 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches
Canvas, Oil
$4,800
H 21 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
"Maine Landscape - Seascape, " Oil on Canvas, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Houston, TX
Alfredo Gisholt's understanding of composition shines through here. Adhering to principles of design, the visual language employed is enough to convey a sense of landscape without gi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,850
H 24 in W 36 in D 2 in
American Modernist Everglades Florida Wildlife Park Garden Painting Lilly Pads
By Russ Elliot
Located in New York, NY
Here we have 1960’s Russ Elliott Florida painting Painting depicts a Park with figures overlooking a canoe with a lilly pad pond Russ Elliott 1960’s signed lower right oil on canva...
Oil
$1,444
H 20.87 in W 24.81 in
Still Life - Mid 20th Century Belgian Cubist Oil on Canvas Modernist Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on works of art * A superb mid 20th century Belgian cubist still life depicting objects on a table top, by Rob Debont. Excellent quality and condition...
Canvas, Oil
$675
H 18 in W 22 in D 2 in
Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist watermelon still life pastel painting. Pastel on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 18 by 22 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
$7,900
H 49 in W 60.5 in
Soft Summer - Large Contemporary Abstract Textured Cool Tone Landscape Art
By Lee Herring
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lee Herring is a contemporary painter specializing in vibrant, textured, and abstract landscapes that convey fleeting moments. Herring's energetic artworks are inspired by everyday m...
Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,258
H 21.66 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
Asters ~ 1970, oil on canvas, 55x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Asters ~ 1970, oil on canvas, 55x80 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always...
Oil, Canvas
$550
H 16.15 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in
"Wraiths Petals" (abstract, dark, flora, floral landscape, black, pink, green)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, flora, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, ...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
$859
H 24 in W 20 in
Still Life with Neon Green Glass Bottle Earthy Tones French Post Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life with Green Glass Bottle and Earthenware Jars in Soft Pastel Light by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 20 inc...
Oil
$2,950
H 36 in W 48 in
Rural Life Remembrance, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, Floral Landscape, 36x48
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...
Canvas, Oil
$36,000
H 20 in W 30.25 in D 2 in
Late Afternoon - Modernist Mid-Century Midwest Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
A quintessential American Scene landscape painted by the Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz. Workers in tilled fields surrounding a farmstead under dramatic skies. Painted in 1935...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 25.125 in W 31 in D 1 in
"London" Cityscape Oil Painting on Canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, Framed
By Denis Paul Noyer
Located in Encino, CA
"London," an original oil on canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, is a piece for the true collector. Noyer's capture of the architectural details of the surrounding buildings projects from th...
Oil, Canvas
$1,424
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
HOLY SPLIT I 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT I is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms suggesti...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil
Marine
By Claude Venard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Claude Venard (1913-1999) France Our composition is an early work that features an abstract presentation of a harbor scene with Venard’s signature color palette of bright and earthy ...
Oil
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H 33 in W 28.5 in
Nature morte florale, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Nature morte florale, Year: 1974, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 25.5 x 21.5 in. (64.77 x 54.61 cm), Frame Size: ...
Oil
Vue de Paris
By Claude Venard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A superb large signed oil on canvas by Claude Venard depicting a view of Paris. The work is signed lower right and was originally sold by Galerie Romanet in Paris. The work is in exc...
Oil
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H 29.53 in W 29.53 in
Beautiful oil on canvas painting Composition in Blue colors by Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A Beautiful oil on canvas painting Composition in Blue colors by the well known French artist Claude Venard. The painting will match and add color to the living room, guest rooms and...
Canvas, Oil
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H 29.53 in W 29.53 in
oil painting colorful by the artist Claude Venard still life with lamp abstract
By Claude Venard
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A fabulous figurative abstract oil painting with very good preserved impasto which adds fabulous depth and texture. The painting shows still life with lamp in the artist his own abs...
Canvas, Oil
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H 29.5 in W 29.5 in
'Le Port' Abstract landscape painting of a harbour, boat, lighthouse and moon
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Le Port' by Claude Venard is an abstract landscape painting of a harbour, boats, lighthouse and the moon. Using a modern and intense colour palette, the composition is complimented ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 6.7 in W 19.3 in D 0.4 in
Still Life With Fruits - Original Oil on Panel Hand Signed
By Claude Venard
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude Venard Still life with fruits Oil on panel, c. 1930 Signed at bottom left On panel size 17 x 49 cm In wooden frame size 38 x 71 cm Very good condition
Oil
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H 12.75 in W 16.25 in
"Still Life of Fruit, " Claude Venard, French Post-Cubist Mid-Century Modern
By Claude Venard
Located in New York, NY
Claude Venard (French, 1913 - 1999) Still Life of Fruit, circa 1965 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 13 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, California Claude Venard was a notable exponent of the French mid-century post-Cubist movement. He was born to bourgeois parents from Burgogne in Paris, on March 21, 1913. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school's academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles. Not able to support himself as an artist, by 1936 he found employment as a restorer at the Louvre, further honing his artistic skills. Paris of the period was dominated by an art trend that strongly favored abstraction. Following a group show at the Galerie Billet-Worms in 1935, art critic Waldemar George declared: "Let's be young again! Painting is not dead… Its course has not stopped. Forces Nouvelles is born." Venard contributed and initially adhered to the strict disciplines of the Forces Nouvelle group. But as with many of his fellow members, he soon abandoned it seeking individual expression. Following WWII, Venard rekindled friendships with past Forces Nouvelles members, joining Pierre Tal-Coat, André Marchand, André Civet...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Still Life
By Claude Venard
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 21.25 x 25.75 inches Framed size: 29.25 x 33.75 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
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H 15 in W 18 in
Post-Cubist 20th Century Oil Painting by Claude Venard 'Cabane de Plage'
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
‘Cabane de Plage’ is a relatively early work of Venard’s. The colours are organic, the impasto rich with scratches into the paint for definition. Venard paints on an emotional rather...
Oil
Les Filets
By Claude Venard
Located in Missouri, MO
Claude Vernard (French, 1913-1999) "Les Filets" Oil on Canvas 18 x 20 inches / 26 x 29.5 in framed Claude Venard was a notable exponent of the French mid-century post-Cubist movement. He was born to bourgeois parents from Burgogne in Paris, on March 21, 1913. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school's academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles. Not able to support himself as an artist, by 1936 he found employment as a restorer at the Louvre, further honing his artistic skills. Paris of the period was dominated by an art trend that strongly favored abstraction. Following a group show at the Galerie Billet-Worms in 1935, art critic Waldemar George declared: "Let's be young again! Painting is not dead… Its course has not stopped. Forces Nouvelles is born." Venard contributed and initially adhered to the strict disciplines of the Forces Nouvelle group. But as with many of his fellow members, he soon abandoned it seeking individual expression. Following WWII, Venard rekindled friendships with past Forces Nouvelles members, joining Pierre Tal-Coat, André Marchand, André Civet...
Canvas, Oil
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H 29 in W 45.5 in
'Aeroship' A Chromatic Post-Cubist Oil Painting by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
‘Aeroship’ is a truly striking piece. The monochrome palette accentuates the imposing shapes and scratches into the impasto. The result is a bold uncompromising piece that creates a ...
Canvas, Oil