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St. Sebastian
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is Barnabe's Modernist re-imagining of the dramatic Renaissance and Baroque paintings he would have known in his native Italy of St. Sebastian, an early Christian saint...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rue dans la banlieu de Paris (Street scene on the outskirts of Paris)
By Roger Lersy
Located in Chicago, IL
This exuberantly-painted Parisian street scene is typical of Lersy's colorful and energetic style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects beloved by the Impre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arlecchino in blu e grigio (Harlequin in Blue and Gray)
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This work is signed by Barnabè in the lower right. Harlequins were one of Barnabè's favorite subjects, reminders of the costumed revellers at the famous Carnival of Venice celebrated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache
Figura seduta (Seated figure)
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is signed at the lower right by Barnabè.
In 1959, French art critic Michel Concil-Lacoste, in the newspaper Le Monde, expressed his views on Barnabè: "Barnabè is a pain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Pitcher (Nature morte au pichet)
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is signed and dated by Barnabè in the lower right. Barnabè's still-lives of simple everyday objects such as water pitchers, coffee cups, vases and bowls are painted in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Girl in Pink
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Béla Czóbel, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1996: no. 60 and reproduced on page 95 of catalogue.
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boats in a Harbor
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is signed and dated by Barnabè on the lower right.
In 1959, French art critic Michel Concil-Lacoste, in the newspaper Le Monde, expressed his views on Barnabè: "Barnab...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young Girl in Green
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
In a letter written to Czóbel after he had become quite ill in 1975, famous Portuguese painter Vieira da Silva writes:
“My very dear Czóbel, We em...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in a Red Dress
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
In an article published in Le Figaro (Paris, March 19, 1964), Raymond Cogniat comments on Czóbel’s unique artistic style. He writes:
“...Czóbel, who arrived Paris in the first years...
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior Atelier
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed, lower right
Category
1960s Expressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior Scene - Szentendre
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed, lower right
Provenance:
R. S. Johnson Fine Art
Private collection, Chicago
Category
1960s Expressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street in Szentendre
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed lower right
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Black Mountain
By Albert Zavaro
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil on canvas
88.9 x 130.1 cm.; 35 x 51 1/4 inches
Signed, lower right
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Approaching Storm: Horsemen on Normandy Beach
By Albert Zavaro
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil on canvas
60.3 x 73 cm.; 23 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Sculptured Head
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Béla Czóbel was born in Budapest, Hungary where his artistic pursuits began. He eventually moved to Paris and was immersed in the Fauve art movement. He exhibited in the important ...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ferryboat from La Bouille, Morning (Le Bac de la Bouille, le matin)
By Albert Lebourg
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed and dated, lower left: "A. Lebourg 1912"
Provenance: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris
Exhibited: "Exposition Albert Lebourg", Galerie Georges Petit, Paris: November 1923.
Lebourg’s roots were in Normandy and particularly Rouen where his painting has been appreciated since the early 1870s. His recognition in the Parisian world came with his participation in the fourth Impressionist Exhibition...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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"Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978)
"L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980)
"Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986)
"Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006)
"Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007)
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