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Style: Belle Époque
Painting of a Parisian Opera Ballet Dancer by Meynier Pastel
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
This beautifully framed painting by Meynier depicts a brunette dancer dressed in a ballet costume consisting of a white leotard and a tutu adorned with a blue sash. The dancer is sho...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Paste
Painting of a Parisian Opera Ballet Dancer by Meynier
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
This beautifully framed painting by Meynier depicts a blonde woman dressed in ballet attire, wearing a white leotard and tutu adorned with a blue belt. The woman is shown with her ey...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Paste
Portrait of a Parisian Woman by Meynier Pastel
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
The painting titled "Portrait of a Parisian Woman" by Meynier is a magnificent representation of a young, stylish woman from the 1890s and early 1900s in Paris. This captivating artw...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Paste
Antique Tricycle Horse Toy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique tricycle horse toy - children's tricycle with horse.
A French antique horse toy circa 1890 - 1910.
A horse toy on three iron wheels - tricyc...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Late 19Th Century , Black Forrest Carved Jewelry box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very finely hand carved Jewelry Cabinet . Has 6 small drawers that swing out for access to the bottom box . The top flips open and has two carved ani...
Category
1890s German Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unknown, Still Life with Meat and Vegetables, Oil on Canvas, Germany, 1909
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Unknown - still life with meat and vegetables, oil on canvas, Germany 1909.
An impressive still life painting depicting meat, and diverse vegetables. Painted in oil on canvas with pastell colors. Framed with antique richly decorated gilded frame. Signed with monogram of the artist "AP 09" (1909). This authentic antique painting will be a highlight in every dining room or restaurtant.
The Biedermeier period runs parallel to the Romantic period and both are characterized by similar features. Domesticity, closeness to nature, folksiness and need for harmony are buzzwords of this time. The focus is on the simple, the conservative and the tried and tested. There is little experimentation and more observation and enjoyment. The art style is kept very realistic and shows great similarity to photography. Domestic idyllic representations, beautiful landscape and impressive portraits are the most popular topics for oil paintings...
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Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large Oil on Canvas Mother and Child Signed L. Nicolas
Located in Stamford, CT
An Oil on Canvas Signed L. Nicolas. A follower of Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 - Paris 1743). This wonderfully detailed oil on canvas of mother and child in a solid carved wood frame....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique 1860 Childrens Tricycle Horse Glass Eyes Wood Metal Fabric
Located in Munich, DE
This quite amazing children's tricycle has seen it's best days along time ago, however it has retained all it's charm and magic.
The face, the handles and the wheels are made out of...
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1860s French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Dark-Brown Antique Metal Sheet, Black Wall Décor Sign
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, antique thin metal sheet from a shoe shop in Lyon. The black wall décor is in good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 1860,...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique 1890 Pair of Belle Époque Folk Art Frames Angel Prints
Located in Munich, DE
This pair of attractive !890`s frames is in good order and original condition. However, the prints with 'Raphael's angels' looking at each other were never protected by glass, it is ...
Category
1890s German Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Children's Skittles, circa 1900
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patina of age, perfectly cleaned. Box dimensions: 47 x 30 x 7cm, skittle height 20cm. In beautiful original condition, complete.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood
French La Belle Époque Lighted Bistro Cafe Sign
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic double sided bistro cafe metal sign from France's La Belle Époque period. Features a lacquer finish with pierced letters reading "Montre Ponctua"...
Category
19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Impressionistic Painting Of A Parisian Girl By H. De Bréval
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A late 19th century small French impressionistic oil painting on wooden panel representing a Parisian girl by a Café after a rain. This "La Bell...
Category
1890s French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Red Boot Maker Store Sign, Antique Parisian Metal Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique exterior sign of a Parisian shoemaker in painted metal of red color, designed as a hanging boot in a rounded shape. The French sign holder was handcrafted in wrought iron, in good condition. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1900, 14 Rue de l’Arrivee, Paris, France.
A collection of Roxane Debuisson.
Roxane Debuisson was a famous collector born in Paris, France and passed away in Paris 2018. Debuisson’s personal life and professional training remains lost in history. In the 1960s-1970s she spent her time collecting elements of Parisian patrimonies or heritage. Among her exceptional collection, she was collecting topographical paintings and drawings, vintage street signs and broken armatures from the metro...
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19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Brown Boot Maker Store Sign, Antique Parisian Wall Decor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French exterior sign of a Parisian boot maker in painted metal of beige and brown color with a spur painted in a silver color mounted on a w...
Category
19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
19th Century Wooden Lady Sculpture
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautiful carved wood sculpture of a lady.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Painted Figure of the Late 19th Century Cartoon Character Sapeur Camember
Located in London, GB
A painted figure of sapeur Camember from Les Face´ties du sapeur Camember.
The Face´ties Sapper Camember is a cartoon strip created by Christophe and published in Le Petit Franc¸...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Large Painted Iron "Parrot" Sign, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Large iron sign representing a parrot on its perch. Painted with lovely greeny yellow colours. This sign used to hang in front of a French Maison Close (bordello), at the beginning o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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19th Century Oil on Canvas Signed G. Campbell Stoddard Dated 1896
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Belle Époque folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
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