La Galerie Cotignac Paintings

Late 20th century abstract expressionist oil on board representation of a lively jazz night by French artist, Thierry Miramon, signed top left and pres...

A colourful French Tachiste abstract oil on canvas by Antoine Arlandis. Signed bottom right. Arlandis was born in Valence, Spain, in 1946. His family moved to Algeria but eventually settled in Marseille, France. From an early age Arlandis loved to draw and paint. An autodidact his first formal training came when he worked with Roche a former pupil of Matisse...

Mid Century Abstract in polymerised macro-molecular paint on canvas applied to a painted wooden board by Belgian artist Paul H Saffre. Signed and dated {1963) on the board below the ...

A vibrant colourful French portrait of Janine, muse of the artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated mid right. Presented in new contemporary framing under glass. Armand Avril (1926) i...

Large scale French society portrait from the 1920s featuring a lady in a 'flapper' dress before a castle and it's garden by Georges Gaudy. Signed bottom left and dated, 1925. The painting is by repute of La Comtesse de Blacas, in front of her home Château d'Ussé. Ussé was the subject of a French railroad poster issued by the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans in the 1920s which may have been designed by Gaudy and this may be where the commission for this painting came about. Presented in very fine custom carved wood, gilt Florentine frame. The early 1900s were the zenith of 20th century society portraiture by the likes of Philip de László...

Mid-century design for a sculpture, in acrylic, attributed to French artist and sculptor Guy Benoist. The design is not signed but was bought with other si...

Mid-century Surrealist oil on board depicting War and Peace by Belgian Artist, Willy Smitz. Signed and dated bottom right with his recognisable triangular motif ( initialed WS ), in ...

Mid 19th century French oil on canvas of a snow scene in the Jura by Gustave Courbet. Signed bottom right in his characteristic 'ox-blood' red. Our painting is very similar in compo...

A mid 19th Century oil on canvas of horses and their drover. The painting is signed MM, dated 1849 and carries a signature to the stretcher Marie Munch. The painting is presented in ...

Contemporary Aboriginal inspired abstract by Menno Modderman, a Dutch artist painting in the south of France, signed and dated to the bottom on the passepartout. Working for several...

Mid-century oil on panel by Robert Perniaux , Belgian artist, signed and dated 1952 bottom right. Robert Perniaux , born in Grez-Doiceau in 1906 and died in 1973, was a Belgian architect, painter, ceramicist and illustrator. He trained from 1923 to 1929 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. His work as a ceramicist, illustrator, watercolourist and painter had a characteristic style, which according to Paul Piron was "close to popular art " . He illustrated many books with his unique style of art. Robert Perniaux was the husband of the painter Georgette Devroye with whom he came to settle in La Ciotat...

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...

Contemporary abstract mixed media on paper by Belgian artist Francis Besson, signed bottom right. Francis was born in Dundee (Scotland) in 1943 however...

Contemporary mixed medium on paper of a forest scene in Provence, France by Belgian artist Francis Besson, signed bottom right. Presented in oak 'case' ...

Mid-Century French still life of roses in a vase, oil on canvas by Marseille artist Henri Reboa. The work is signed bottom right and is presented in a gilt...

Mid-Century impressionist oil on board by Italian artist J. Torrelli. This painting of a lakeside at dusk, reminiscent of the 'Barbizon School', showcases impressionist painting tec...

Large Aboriginal-inspired abstract oil on board. We have shown the painting hanging in 'portrait' form but it could also be hung 'landscape'. This painting shares some of the qualit...

Large square French fantasy naive oil on canvas by Jean Henry Brossat. Signed to the front and bearing a title in Russian (?) script to the rear. In a plai...

Large surrealist contemporary oil on canvas by Scottish artist Frank McLean Docherty R.S.W. This piece whilst wonderfully colourful, playful and erotic is typical of the witty sense of humour this artist displays in all his work. The title 'Hello Hen !' ( Hen being the scottish slang for 'girl' ) is used playfully as a double-entendre. In the image we see the artist has before him a beautiful naked woman and yet chooses to paint the real hen. Also we notice that the plant's flower heads under the woman are wilting and the artist pictured (a self portrait of Docherty), an older man, suggest that the artist's desires are on the wane. Docherty likes to tease us visually and asks questions and presents conundrums to the viewer. Frank McLean Docherty was born in Glasgow , Scotland in 1942. He became a student at Glasgow School of Art in 1960 and graduated from the Department of Printed Textiles in 1964. He taught in a secondary school in the East End of Glasgow for two years, thereafter departing to work in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland as a textile designer (Marks & Spencer, Heals and Liberty of London). He was also an illustrator for a range of newspapers and an Art Director of magazines. In 1973, he was appointed Principal Teacher of Art in a Scottish High School and in 1978 was honoured by the Queen when he was appointed Member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (R.S.W.) He left education in 1994. Since that time he has developed a vision which is quite unique in Scottish Art. Bank Managers, toucans, lighthouses, penguins, bowler hats, Frank Docherty...

Mid century oil on canvas portrait of a young girl in period dress, in fine gilt frame. Signed in full, dated 1944 and with artist's monogram. Emile Patoux (Belgian 1893-1985) studi...

Abstract mixed media triptych. This abstract "Air" by African artist Kugbe Kukoff from Togo is the third in a trilogy of works titled " Air, Fire and Water" all of which are availab...

Abstract mixed media triptych. This abstract "Feu" by African artist Kugbe Kukoff from Togo is the second in a trilogy of works titled " Air, Fire and Water" all of which are availa...

Abstract mixed media triptych. This abstract "Eau" by African artist Kugbe Kukoff from Togo is the first in a trilogy of works titled " Air, Fire and Water" all of which are availab...