Kelly Houghton Paintings

Joseph Urbain MÉLIN (Paris, 1814 – Avon, 1886) Hyena head Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 40,5 x 32 cm without frame 65 x 57 cm with frame 1854 Born in Paris on Februar...

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti Italian (1834 - 1912) Feeding the Birds A genre painting of Venetians feeding pigeons in Piazza San Marco beside the Palazzo Ducale. Signed and inscribed Antonio Paoletti fi Giovni/ Venezia (lower left) Medium: oil on canvas Origin: Italian, Venetian Provenance: Richard Green...

About this work: “Faces, Butterflies, and Birds, 1999” by Hunt Slonem (b. 1951). This fantastic, monumental painting by Slonem brings together some of his most recognizable motifs i...

This charming naivist painting by Swedish artist Olof (Olle) Casimir Ågren (1874–1962) depicts a horse standing gracefully beside a tree. Executed with bold, textured brushstrokes an...

This striking artwork showcases a vibrant cow, masterfully portrayed using an eclectic mix of colors that blend seamlessly into a vivid abstract background. The cow, a compilation of...

About this work: “Billy Bruins” (1939) by Ludvík Vacátko (1873-1956). A grand, wonderfully theatrical equestrian portrait by the renowned horse painter, Ludvik Vacatko. This work sh...

19th Century Dutch

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 30.5 x 25 inches Framed size: 35 x 29.5 inches Signed and dated 1865 lower left

Wonderful young standing life size realist girl with peacock by Elias Delman (1898-unknown). Oil on canvas, circa 1910. In a period frame, overall with frame 51x43 inches and image...

Maurice ALBE (Beaugency 1900 - Périgueux 1995) The grape harvest, from a 16th century tapestry Oil on canvas (burlap type) H. 170 cm; L. 100 cm Signed and dated upper left 51 Proven...

Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...

Joséphine Beaudouin (1909-2005) Poetry of the Bird, surrealist painting, 1948 Oil on canvas Signed "Joséphine Beaudouin" and dated "1948" lower left 13,7 x 10,6 inch Born in Albi in 1909, Josephine Beaudouin (née Cals) showed an early interest in drawing. At the age of twelve, she moved to Paris where her mother, Jeanne Ramel-Cals, ran a literary salon that was frequented by art world figures such as Ambroise Vollard. In 1925, while her first drawings appeared in the magazine Crapouillot, the young artist entered the School of Decorative Arts where she studied fresco painting. She married the architect Eugène Beaudouin in 1928, with whom she traveled throughout Europe. Beaudouin, a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, designed a series of buildings that were precursors of modern architecture in France (Clichy, Maison du Peuple; Antony, Résidence universitaire Jean Zay). Josephine Beaudouin exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. The work of the one that Jean Cocteau described as "bewitching" is full of mystery. Her work bears the stamp of an extraordinary personality. Indeed, Josephine Beaudouin developed a penchant for dreams at a very early age and took refuge in the works illustrated by Gustave Doré. Her technical virtuosity and overflowing imagination were praised by the critics of her time who unanimously greeted her Marmorées (ill.1). Named by René Barotte, these are paintings made on marble slabs from 1955. The artist exploits the infinite resources of the veins of this support which inspires him poetic compositions with unusual subjects. Marked by surrealism, she returns to the fantastic by delivering a prodigious creation of the mind made of dreamed cities and trompe-l'oeil. The 1948 painting that we propose probably represents a red-billed chough. The bird is a recurring theme in the work of Josephine Beaudouin, as in her life. An avid ornithologist, she kept an aviary in her Parisian home where many island birds were kept. She also built up a collection of stuffed birds. Still on this theme, the writer Claude Aveline (1901-1992), author of the poem L'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas, invited several visual artists to freely interpret what this bird could be. The first series of works was produced between 1956 and 1963. In 1957, Joséphine Beaudouin delivered a work with a pen of great finesse, now preserved at the Centre Pompidou (ill.2). Several renowned artists also responded to the invitation of the poet such as Jean Cocteau and Ossip Zadkine. The precision of the graphics of our painting testifies to an attentive observation of the anatomy of the birds. The artist paints with great delicacy: the technique is impeccable, the drawing is careful, the material is smooth, the details are represented with great finesse and mastery. Bibliography : Fernand Pouillon...