Kay Christensen 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...

Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Campos de Jaén - Oil on canvas cardboard Oil measurements 33x41 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan pa...

Ireland Lake Seascape Landscape with Boats & Figures by Contemporary Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons Art measures 36 x 16 inches Frame measure 40 x 2...

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...

Unframed Barcelona, 1953 Painter, sculptor and draftsman of deep-rooted post-impressionist tradition among the most colorful exponents of the moment: Mir, Amat, Sanvisens ..., who f...

Michael Quirke was born in 1946 and studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London. After moving from London, Michael became a member of the art community in St Ives and was elected Pr...

Pierre Bonnard 1867-1947 French La neige au Grand-Lemps (The Snow at Grand-Lemps) Signed "Bonnard" (lower right) Oil on canvas Pierre Bonnard is widely celebrated as one of the g...

Le Jardin de Lagny Provenance: Arthur Tooth, London Radon Gallery, NY This beautiful evocation of a lyrical French landscape is a fine example of of Po...

The painting "Werdenberg in May" (70x60 cm, oil on canvas) is a lyrical landscape painted from life in the open air, in which the artist subtly conveys the character of a miniature S...

This painting was painted from life in the summer of 2025, from the balcony of the apartment where the artist stayed while traveling in Italy. The landscape is imbued with an atmosph...