Michael Matthews Art

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Olive Orchard (Croatia)" is an oil painting that depicts a impressionistic plains of yellow and green dotted with Olive trees and foliage Bio/Artist St...

'The Boat in Martigues', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Martigues is a small port town just northwest of Marseille in the South of France. Its nickname is the Provençal Venice. Further eastward down the coast is the town of Toulon where the artist was born in 1879. Nivouliès depicts a charming sailboat tied to the small pier yet with an unfurled sail. It looks to be a wondrous day along the Mediterranean, the kind we can always dream about. The painting is over one hundred years old and is in fair condition, yet recently brought back to life by an art restoration professional. Elegantly framed, it is stabilised now for decades into the future. Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video may be provided of the artwork. About the Artist: Although she was a direct descendant of the counts of de Pierrefort, Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort's (1879-1968) family was very poor. In spite of the poverty, Pierrefort attended a Catholic school run by nuns, obtaining a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts of Paris. While still a student, she attended workshops of great Impressionist masters such as Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). In 1910 she won a travel award from the school and traveled to Tunisia where she painted several Mediterranean landscapes. In 1938 the painter moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she painted the beautiful landscapes seen from her window. In Rio, Pierrefort had two individual exhibitions, both at the National Museum of Fine Arts, in the years 1946 and 1956. Although widowed in 1944, Pierrefort decided not to return to France until 1950. She remained there until 1959 when she definitively returned to Brazil. Her atelier in the neighbourhood of Glória was frequented by many emerging artists who learned the techniques of impressionism from her. Afterwards, Pierrefort painted for almost a decade in Brazil until she passed away in 1968 in Rio. After her death, many canvases were found in her studio but had been damaged or destroyed by humidity and by the intervention of her many cats. The painter Sergio Telles...

White, snow, skiing, winter, russia, dacha GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, ...

"The Path of Playing Hooky" ("Le chemin de l'école buissonnière"), by Yves Calméjane, is an evocative oil on canvas that sweeps the viewer into the pastoral tranquility of the Dordog...

Nahuala Market Day in Guatemala by artist William Kalwick depicts a typical market in one of the local towns that are held throughout Guatemala. Each town in Guatemala has their ...

"Beach Scene" is an impressionist painting of exactly what it sounds like, a beach scene with umbrellas, pop up tents and sun bathers across the horizon, glimpses of ocean behind the...

"The Fierce Seasons" (the original French title, "les Saisons fauves", could also be translated as "The Fauvist Seasons") by Yves Calméjane, is a captivating oil on canvas that measu...

This artwork depicts the Pont Coudé stone arch bridge in the French town of Brantôme, the "Dordogne's Venice". Interestingly, although most pictures of the bridge show the abbey acr...

Guatemalan Pottery Market is a 24 x 18 oil painting on canvas by William Kalwick. The artist travels frequently to paint in Antigua and the small vi...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "In a Croatian Village - Last Moments of Sunset" is an oil painting that depicts the architecture of a small Croatian village, all caught in the light of...

San Ildefonso Market in Guatemala by artist William Kalwick depicts a typical market in one of the local towns that are held throughout Guatemala. This market takes place in Anti...

Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible. The reliefs are quite thin, the painting often spread out, with frank touches ...