Henri Stenn Art

Signed oil on canvas by Spanish post impressionist painter Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts beachgoers in Deauville, France taking the last of the sun as it disappears beyond the horizon. The pale yellow light reflects on the sea, illuminating the water. Two horse riders gallop across the sand. The piece is painted in beautiful shades. Signature: Signed lower right and further signed and titled verso Dimensions: Framed: 27"x36" Unframed: 20"x29" Provenance: Private Collection - France Emilio Grau Sala studied at the fine arts school in Barcelona, where he became friends with Antoni Clavé. While still very young he began exhibiting at the Humourists Exhibition. In Paris he exhibited at the major annual Salons. He also exhibited at many international group exhibitions and in 1937 received an important award at the Carnegie Foundation International Exhibition in Pittsburgh. He showed collections of his work in many solo exhibitions starting in Barcelona in 1929 and 1930. His first solo exhibition in Paris was in 1937 and he went on to exhibit in Madrid, London, Buenos Aires and New York. After three trips to Paris he finally settled there in 1936. In Paris he was influenced by the paintings of Marcel Gromaire and especially Julius Pascin. He created theatrical sets and costumes for several plays including The Woman of Easy Virtue ( La Demoiselle de Petite Vertu) by Marcel Achard. He also illustrated many literary works including Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, Colette's series of four Claudine novels, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time ( À la Recherche du Temps Perdu), and works by poets including Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal...

A perfectly Impressionistic work with beautifully loose, almost pointillist brushstrokes, focussing on the scintillating light and the remote hilltop atmosphere. Artist Frans Hog...

Unframed Josep Serrasanta was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1916 - 1998 Valdoreix (Barcelona), to Catalan parents of Spanish nationality. His f...

Sierra Mountain Waterfall, Vintage California Landscape w. Ornate Giltwood Frame Beautiful large-scale vertical landscape of a majestic waterfall in the Sierra Mountains by Califor...

This painting by Jurgen Winter depicts a beautiful figure with a parasol overlooking the scene along the Seine river in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many i...

This atmospheric landscape from 1910 offers a rare glimpse into a lesser-known side of Sam Uhrdin’s work. Painted before his formal art education, the canvas reveals an emerging arti...

A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a riverside wooded park in a beautiful sunny day at the early fall season. A figure seated on a blue bench with a bridge behind, a couple...

Dynamic depiction of a rider with a group of horses near the water's edge. Several horses are in for foreground, running towards the viewer. Just behind them, a rider in American col...

A beautiful oil painting on canvas by the French artist Georges Gerbier, depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view of "Maxims C...

As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Delarue's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his charming compositions and with a passion to portray life by ...

The artist painted this plain air painting on a rocky mountainside in Turkey, depicting a sunny coastal landscape on the outskirts of Turunc, masterfully executed in an impressionist...

Stunning vertical landscape of dramatic rock formations towering over the desert below by Ken Lucas (American, 20th Century). Location and date are written o...