Francois Cloutier Art

"In my paintings I take on the role of poet-painter, creating sentimental and idealized landscapes that are devoid of any figures or formal devices traditionally used to tell a story...

Portrait of a Seated Woman oIl on canvas, c. 1930 Signed on the reverse in oil paint: "Paul W" Created while the artist was a student at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Provenance: Estate of the artist Condition: Cleaned and stretched by Monica Radecki, South Bend, Indiana. The painting is unframed Canvas size: 30 x 24 inches This work created while the artist was in art school. Winchell studied art at the Minneapolis and Chicago Art Institutes in the 1930’s. He went on to teach at both institutions. Winchell studied under the noted artists Daniel Garber and Leon Kroll. Winchell exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Art Institute of Chicago and the Kansas City Art Institute. He retired to a quiet life in Painsville, Ohio. Paul H. Winchell (1903 – 1971) was a printmaker, illustrator, teacher, and gilder according to Crump, 2009 (Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900- 1945, Minnesota Historical Society Press). He was the son of Mrs. Looman Winchell of Shepherd Rd as noted in a 1937 newspaper article (Painsville, O. Telegraph). Winchell grew up in North Perry, Ohio and then studied and worked as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied with Leon Kroll (1884 – 1974), Boris Anisfeld (1878-1973), Daniel Garber (1880 – 1958), Charles Woodbury (1864 – 1940), George Oberteuffer...

This charming painting depicts a group of gentlemen gathered around a kitchen table and admiring an English Setter. The snowy rooftops, just visible from the kitchen window, combined with the lit fire and holly decorating the picture frames in the room, implies that this is a Christmas scene. It also appears that the gentlemen have just returned from a fox hunt, and are now warming themselves, drinking port and smoking long pipes by the fire. Five men — three gathered behind the table and two standing in front — are identically dressed in long black riding boots...

Original oil on canvas painting of a lavish interior dinner party scene by Venancio Zolla. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Bibliography printed label on frame verso. O...

German Realist painter (19th century) - Two children training a dog. 56.5 x 46.5 cm (without frame) - 69 x 59 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in a gilt wood frame. Signed indistin...

British painter (late 19th century) — Landscape with Highland Cattle by a Lake. 51 x 76 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Signed lower left: indistinct signature. The painting depict...

Sidney Richard Percy (London, 1822 - Bedfordshire, 1886) - River landscape with swallows in flight. 51.5 x 76.5 cm (without frame) - 57.5 x 82.5 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in ...

This evocative 19th-century oil portrait by renowned Swedish artist Julia Beck features a young woman in meditative repose. Captured during Beck’s influential years in France, the pi...

Dennis Sheehan Spring Thaw Signed lower left, titled on verso Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School wit...

W. Richards (British, late 19th century) — Scottish Highland Landscape with Cattle. 51 x 76 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Signed lower right: “W. "Richards." A Scottish Highland l...

18th Century Austrian or South German School Portrait of a Cleric Holding a Book Oil on canvas, circa 1780 Presented in its original carved giltwood frame Not Signed A most engaging...

In our painting of Claudine, Dyf returns to one of his favorite genres, and with most likely his favorite model. Realized with dramatic suggestive strokes of thick paint, Claudine is...