Michel Boussy Furniture

The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes. The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works. Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity”. It reminded the viewer of his or her own mortality. For these series of still lifes Sinke & van Tongeren not only created meaningful scenes of taxidermy, they also mined their enormous collection of great finds to gather the most beautiful and unusual antiques to complement each scene. Title of this work; ’RÉUNION D’OISEAUX ÉTRANGERS’ Cabinets of curiosity were of monumental importance in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Assembling them with interesting and rare objects was a competitive hobby amongst the elite, and to collect a great number of mounted species from everywhere in the world was the Holy Grail of the day. For ‘Réunion d’oiseaux étrangers’, we created that Holy Grail again, but this time stocking our cabinet with seemingly live species. This plentiful composition is staged in a cabinet with different boxes holding rare species such as a Toco Toucan, Scarlet ibis, Cock of the Rock...

Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin...

Huile sur toile représentation de Jésus Christ d'époque XVIIème de dimension 54 cm par 42 cm.

Miçao Kono - "Woman with Cat" (1934) Type : Huile sur toile Signature : Signée et datée 1934 en bas à gauche et au dos de l’œuvre Encadrement : Exceptionnel cadre Art Déco en marqu...

Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...

"PONA"; Dan Christensen. 1977, USA. Acrylic and gesso on canvas. Signed, titled and dated on reverse "D. Christensen Pona, 1977".  

1977 Joni Mitchell Style Portrait Signed Peggy Calvart. Oil on canvas. The artist subject looks very much like Joni Mitchell, the folk singer. 1970's style with the hat and clothing...

In 1968, Sheron Francis (American, b.1940) moved to NYC, birthplace a decade earlier of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Considered to be among the second generation of abstract ...

Tableau type sérigraphie en damier cinétique sur plaque d’aluminium des années 70, design abstrait italien dans le style de Victor Vasarely, couleurs noir, vert et jaune fluo, encadr...

Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...

Frambuesas Del Sur. Francisco Mery. Oil painting on linen. Francisco Mery is a Chilean artist born in 1961. He is a graphic designer and self-taught painter. According to the arti...

Georges Lepape (1887-1971) - "La Femme, l'Enfant et la Famille" Technique : Techniques mixtes sur toile Date de création : Vers 1937 Dimensions : H : 195 cm L : 131 cm Signature : Signé dans le décor Historique : Ce projet constitue une étude préparatoire pour la fresque réalisée en 1937 par Georges Lepape. L'œuvre finale décorait l'arc d'entrée du Pavillon de la Femme, de l'Enfant et de la Famille lors de l'Exposition Universelle de Paris. Bibliographie : Claude LEPAPE...