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Large Framed Original Oil Painting of a Family Picnic by Philip Henri Noyer

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A lovely original original oil painting by French artist, Philippe Henri Noyer (1917-1985). Untitled. This painting is signed and date 1975. This incredible work features a family of six enjoying an afternoon picnic in or near a fountain. There is incredible detail to the work. There is a boy on a mule. The mule has baskets that carry food for the picnic. The mule is interacting with a small dog. An older girl is off to one side of the painting taking photos. There is a younger girl standing in the water and off to the other side an even younger boy playing. In the foreground there is a picnic blanket set out with a bounty of food. The detail is amazing. The painting is mounted in the most spectacular gilded frame. Measurements were taken of the painting and the frame. The work showcases Noyer's unique style of painting and his incredible talent. This painting was one of many owned by a couple in the Chicago area that were close friends of Noyer and his wife. They often stayed with them in France. Philippe Henri Noyer was born on June 28, 1917 in Lyon, France. After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon. He eventually moved to Paris, where he discovered his talent for oil painting, officially starting his painting career in 1943. That same year, Noyer met the famed Parisian art deal, Emmanuel David, who promoted his work and career. Noyer produced many portraits, for which he quickly gained an international reputation, but he also painted dream figures in rural or maritime settings, compositions that were classical in technique but surreal in concept. In 1947, Noyer held his first one-man show at the prestigious Drouant-David Gallery in Paris. In 1949 the gallery consigned twenty of Noyer’s paintings to an American art dealer who had agreed to organize an exhibition of them in the United States. However the American dealer sold the paintings at cost (to cover a gambling debt) to Robert Goldstein, the former President of the 20th Century Fox movie company. Goldstein was so pleased with his purchase, that he distributed the art to his friends, including Samuel Goldwyn, who, in turn, made Philippe Noyer’s name known on the West Coast. These events led to a lifelong friendship between Noyer and Goldstein. In the years that followed, Noyer was commissioned to paint portraits of many celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Dinah Shore, and Jean Wallace. In the sixties, Noyer put aside portraiture in favor of painting delicately stylized, sophisticated, slim, long-limbed ladies who were his favorite subject. This painting is a fine example of that style. Throughout his career, Philippe Noyer's art has always remained quite unique. Modernist yet slightly Surrealist, he compensated for the rigor of his method by the remarkable freedom of his subjects. The elements Noyer uses in his paintings - the women, the monuments, the animals and the flowers - come alive under the brush which translates them in strictly realist terms in compositions that are the fruits of his fantasy and intellectual or literary reminiscences.
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 46.5 in (118.11 cm)Width: 46.5 in (118.11 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
  • Style:
    Other (In the Style Of)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1975
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. The painting and the frame are in very good condition.
  • Seller Location:
    Chicago, IL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU8831240559032

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