20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, Hill Village

A Red Roofed Village in France by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper size: 13.75 x 10.6 inches unsigned, stamped verso conditi...

Figures with Geese on Farmland by Bernard Labbe (French, active mid-late 20th century) original gouache, watercolor and ink on artist's heavy paper size: 9.25 x 6.5 inches (sheet overall is 13.25 x 10.5 inches) condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed, the white margins surrounding the image have some minor marks provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso) Bernard Labbe (French). The artist was based around the Laval and L'Huisserie, Mayenne, areas in the Pays de Loire. Many items in this collection bear...

A very beautiful early 20th century landscape oil on board painting of the countryside in South West France. Expertly executed by Ernest Azema with bold brushwork and wonderful color...

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...