Paul Albert Laurens Art

Original 1947 Paris 1900 lithographic movie poster by the artist Raymond Peynet. The poster had originally been folded, and there is some wrinkling at the bottom edge of the poste...

BARBIER, George. Nijinsky and Karsavina in Le Spectre de la Rose. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression ...

BARBIER, George. Vaslav Nijinsky as Siegfried in Swan Lake. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced...

BARBIER, George. Nijinsky in L’Apres Midi d’un Faune. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by ...

Framed watercolor by Albert Andre signed lower right. Measures 17" x 15" including frame and 12" x 9" sight. Provenance: Sothebys Andre came to Paris in 1889 as an industrial designer. At the age of 23 he enrolled at the studio of William Bouguereau at the Académie Julian, where he met Ranson, Louis Valtat and the young poet and dramatist Henry Bataille, who at the time was training as a painter. He illustrated L'étang de Berre by Charles Maurras and Les Petites Alliées by Claude Farrère. He produced cartoons for tapestries for the Beauvais factory. In his youth he worked in Paris and Loudun, but later settled in the Midi, where he became curator of the museum in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, building up a major collection of contemporary art, including works by Monet, Renoir, Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse and Despiau. In 1923, as a friend of Renoir, he compiled his recollections of the painter in a preface to an album of collotypes of his works. He was initially influenced in his painting by Delacroix, and it was Cézanne's paintings that helped him discover how to give the impression of volume using colour: warm tones for illuminated surfaces and cool colours for shadow. But it was undoubtedly Renoir who had the most profound influence on him, especially as it was Renoir who noticed his paintings in 1894 and introduced him to Paul Durand...

Large-format painting of a mythological scene with references to Triton and other sea creatures as well as male nude figures by Aksel Jorgensen (1887 Copenhagen - 1957, ibid.). The p...

BARBIER, George. Nijinsky in Cleopatre. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by Nijinsky in hi...

BARBIER, George. Nijinsky as 'the poet' in Les Sylphides. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced b...

One of the most fanciful and dramatic depictions of the St. George and the Dragon story we have ever seen, this painting by Manne Östlund shows a shirtless, modern St. George slaying...

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Omer Coppens (1864–1926) is a splendid study in realism by the artist, at once depicting a typical day in a rural life while simultaneously i...

Hand signed & numbered by the artist. From the edition of 325. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. Pl...

Albert Lang 1847-1933. Southern European landscape with houses, forest, riders and animals. Oil on canvas signed A. Lang. Measures: 74 x 100 (107 x 134) cm...