"La Demoiselle" by Pierre Cornu

Pastel on canvas, signed lower right, measuring 38" x 48.25" including the frame. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse His first studies were with his father, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carri...

Framed watercolor by Albert Andre signed lower right. Measures 17" x 15" including frame and 12" x 9" sight. Provenance: Sothebys Andre came to Paris in 1889 as an industrial designer. At the age of 23 he enrolled at the studio of William Bouguereau at the Académie Julian, where he met Ranson, Louis Valtat and the young poet and dramatist Henry Bataille, who at the time was training as a painter. He illustrated L'étang de Berre by Charles Maurras and Les Petites Alliées by Claude Farrère. He produced cartoons for tapestries for the Beauvais factory. In his youth he worked in Paris and Loudun, but later settled in the Midi, where he became curator of the museum in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, building up a major collection of contemporary art, including works by Monet, Renoir, Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse and Despiau. In 1923, as a friend of Renoir, he compiled his recollections of the painter in a preface to an album of collotypes of his works. He was initially influenced in his painting by Delacroix, and it was Cézanne's paintings that helped him discover how to give the impression of volume using colour: warm tones for illuminated surfaces and cool colours for shadow. But it was undoubtedly Renoir who had the most profound influence on him, especially as it was Renoir who noticed his paintings in 1894 and introduced him to Paul Durand...

Watercolor on paper, signed. Lower left and on reverse. Provenance: Sothebys London 1989 Measures 11.5" x 13.75" painting and 17.5" x 20.25" including the frame. Elisée Maclet...

Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right featuring a vibrant street in Paris. Henri Alexis Schaeffer (1900-1975) was born in Paris, France in...

Pencil and gouache work on paper of a nude female by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro. Provenance: Private collection The Netherlands, purchased from Stern Art-Dealers London, 1996. Ludovi...

Charcoal and pastel on paper measuring 24.5" x 17.25" including frame. Signed lower right and with the stamp of the Leonetto Capiello, Paris workshop at the bottom left. Catulle-Me...

A nice oil on canvas by the noted French painter Jean-Pierre Clement. It is signed titled and dated upper right corner. It is dated and titled La Parade, 196...

Oil on canvas 13 by 16 in. W/frame 20 by 23 ½ in. Provenance: Mme Emile Dupuis collection, Fontainebleau

Oil on canvas. Titled and signed. A sketch in the back.

Oil on pasted-paper on panel, signed and dated.   

Oil on canvas, signed.

Terrific original watercolor of a Parisian side street by the artist "Pierre". Vibrant reds, blues, and greens blend together to add a fun jolt of color to any room. This classic Eur...