Julie Houck Art

Oil on canvas figures in cityscape circa 1970 by French post impressionist painter Antoine Blanchard. The work depicts a bustling scene at the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, France. Lights illuminate the shopfronts and the street lights as people walk along the paths in their coats and horse drawn carts pass along the cobbled street. Signature: Signed lower right and stamped with artist's cachet verso Dimensions: Framed: 27.00" x 29.00" (68.6cm x 73.7cm) Unframed: 18.00" x 22.00" (45.7cm x 55.9cm) Provenance: The Boydell Galleries - Liverpool Antoine Blanchard trained at the École de Beaux-Arts in Rennes for three years. Then from 1932 attended the École de Beaux-Arts in Paris for four years. He painted exclusively Parisian street scenes in which the view is of an idyllic Paris in any season, but always in 1900. Blanchard received his initial artistic training at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes, Brittany. He then moved to Paris in 1932 where he joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Prix de Rome. Like Edouard Cortes (1882–1969) and Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941), Antoine Blanchard essentially painted Paris and the Parisians in bygone days, often from vintage postcards. The artist began painting his Paris street scenes in the late 1950s. And like Cortès, often painted the same Paris landmark many times, in different weather conditions or various seasons. The most recurrent topics were views of the capital city on cloudy or rainy days. Showing streets busy with pedestrians in a rush to go home, and bright storefronts reflecting on wet streets. Many of the French Quarter art...

A stunning oil on canvas urban landscape by sought after French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The piece depicts a very rare view of the Manhattan skyline - pai...

Charming 1940's Claude Bouteur landscape Oil on a wood panel painting in a Post Impressionist style representing the banks of Seine River and the Pont Marie Bridge, a lovely composit...

Oil on board study of a Blue Agave in its landscape by French artist Louis Michel Bernard. Signed bottom right and with atelier stamp to the rear of the panel. Presented in fine custom carved wood, gesso, silver leaf and patinated frame. A charming painting of an iconic plant, the thick tendril leaves reaching out from the centre ground surrounded by the ancient oaks and olive tress in the landscape. Bernard has used browns and ochres for the ground surrounding the plant and trees which gives the painting almost an abstract quality. His use of material gives a vivacity to the composition and texture to the surface of the painting. A wonderful addition to any collection or interior. Louis Michel Bernard (1885–1962) was a French artist who primarily focused on landscapes, and he gained recognition as an Orientalist painter...

Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Sitges - Oil Oil on canvas glued to cardboard. Measures work 33x41 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan...

This painting depicts a colorful Mid Century Street in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important impressionist 20th Century painters. This piece is a bol...

Stunning signed post impressionist oil on panel circa 1920 by French painter Emile Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet. The work depicts a summer garden filled with vibrant flowers in reds, pinks, yellows and whites, with green lawn and trees beyond. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 28"x32" Unframed: 20"x24" Provenance: Private US collection Émile Guillonnet was a student of Lionel...

Signed post impressionist landscape oil on panel circa 1910 by French painter Henri le Sidaner. The work depicts a view of Lake Maggiore, a large lake located on the south side of th...

Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - Plaza Nueva Barcelona Spain - Oil on canvas Canvas measures 73x60 cm. Frameless. MUNDO Ignasi Ignasi Mundó trained at t...

Canvas measures 33x41 cm. Frame measures 59x67 cm. He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing. A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes. Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro Palmero...

Signed divisionist landscape oil on panel circa 1920 by French painter Henri le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts a white house framed by trees at nighttime. Light glows from the...

In this painting, I've sought to capture the crisp essence of a spring morning, where the light dances on architectural facades and water alike. Using both acrylic and oil, I've laye...