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Persephone, 19th Century Classical French Academy Drawing, Chalk and Pencil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th Century French Academy drawing of a classical maiden, signed Xavier Rendeley bottom right, numbered and dated 2nd April 1883. Presented in ...
Category
1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Mid-Century Romantic Watercolor on Paper. 'The Valley, Rouen'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French mid 20th Century watercolour landscape on paper by Roger Tolmer. Signed bottom right. Presented under glass in fine custom giltwood frame with a ha...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
French 18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Young Lady in Period Costume.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned oval'. In gilt wood frame presented under glass.
Very much of its period and similar ...
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Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Mermet. Mid-Century Design for a Sculpture. Acrylic and Crayon on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid-century design for a sculpture, signed or titled Mermet bottom left corner. Presented in period metal frame.
A very strong image which is almost certainly a design for a sculpture due to the three dimensional nature of the piece accentuated by the lines of the image extending beyond the subject itself showing the different planes to be worked.
This extremely energetic and forceful application of the crayon and the extension of the lines is highly reminiscent of the work of the expressionist Bernard Buffet who lived and worked in Tourtour in the South of France. The angular features of the figure and the dark intense lines are particularly in line with the style of his work. Expressionism was a form of art less interested in the correct anatomical representation of the subject but more in portraying the feelings and emotions that the subject evoked.
The model appears to be for a sculpture quite possibly inspired by African art as the image is reminiscent of African fetish...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Acrylic
'Suzanne', Large Mid Century French Portrait Drawing by Gourdon
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, Mid Century, pastel and crayon portrait of an elegant young lady by Gourdon. Signed and dated bottom left. Trade label to the back board. Presented in period deep 'tray' frame.
This seems to be an early work by the artist and hence it carries his name rather than his later more distinctive signature 'Aslan'. Alain Gordon was one of two brothers, his sibling Michel also went on to achieve notable success with his distinctive 'comic' style.
Alain Gourdon...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
Long View to the Sea, Collioure
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. A sketch from his Colliioure series from 1937 or his St Tropez series fr...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Jardin du Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts for his painting Jardin du Luxembourg from 1948 (SK115 Monografie en Oeurvr...
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1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Landschap te St Tropez, Landscape at St Tropez
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century drawing study on paper of a Provencale landscape by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. Possibly an atelier sketch for the painting Landschap te St ...
Category
1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Mid-century Ink on Paper. 'Jardin du Luxembourg'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century study of a park and garden on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. A similar sketch to TK 048 in the Monografie en Oeuvrecatalogus. Carrying...
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Watercarrier, Orientalist Gouache and Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour on paper by Aiveill, signed bottom right.
In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Cattle, Goats and Sheep Grazing, Orientalist Gouache and Watercolour on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour of cattle grazing signed Aiveill bottom right.
In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"The Long Walk Home". Orientalist Gouache and Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour on paper by Aiveill, signed bottom right.
In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Sunshine, The Golden Orb, Large Contemporary Pastel and Mixed Media on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary mixed media and pastel on paper of a golden sun like orb by Belgian artist Francis Besson, signed bottom right. In plain contemporary oak f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mid Century Italian Tablescape With Red Cloth, 1956, Circle of Giorgio Morandi
By Giorgio Morandi
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Italian watercolour on paper of a tablescape, signed and dated (1956) bottom right. The artist is currently unknown.
Presented under glass in original, period plain woo...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Barcelona Street Scene, Watercolour on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1940s Barcelona street scene watercolour on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard, signed and dated bottom right.
André Pierard had a second home near C...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sunset on the Alps
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 19th century drawing and crayon view of a sunset over the Alps by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. Initial signed (HBB) by the artist.
Brabazon would have vi...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Crayon
Late Art Deco Period Cubist Nautical Harbour Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Art Deco Period, Cubist watercolour of a nautical harbour scene painted by Yan Bernard Morel (dit Yan Bernard Dyl ) in 1939.
Yan B. Morel, born on June 18th 1887, was a French painter, landscape designer, decorator, illustrator and film maker.
Morel was a friend of Robert Delauney...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Mid 20th Century Large Paris School Watercolour of a Tablescape
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large, colourful, Mid Century French watercolour of a tablescape by Roger Decaux. Signed bottom left.
Roger DECAUX was born in 1919 in Dombasle sur Meurthe in the Lorraine. He studied art in Paris with Gino Severini and Jan Brusselmans...
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Mid-20th Century French School Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Bellagio, Lake Como. Pastel.
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century pastel drawing view of Bellagio on Lake Como by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. The work is under its original mount and initial signed (HBB) b...
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1860s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
19th century pastel of a river scene, The Chapel Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland.
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century pastel drawing view of the Chapel Bridge and river Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. The work...
Category
1860s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
