Small Oil Painting from France

This painting of a guitar provides a simplistic interest to the viewer with it's different lines, shapes and brush strokes. It's signed J. Lacoste.

The beauty in this piece is evident. Lines flow and shapes curve as we see the artist's portrayal of the female form in this harmony of warm and neutral colors.

Decorate a home office, living room or den with this beautiful vintage Paris cityscape painting. Created in France circa 1940 and set in the original black frame, the hand painted ar...

Great grandson of the famous writer Victor Hugo, the painter Jean Hugo (1894-1984) was in the thick of the Paris art scene between the wars. A member of the avant garde, he was a friend of Picasso, Cocteau and Colette and was associated with the Neo Romantics. His small gouaches on paper were avidly collected by Dr. Albert Barnes, and can be seen today in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. Hugo's most desirable work -- landscapes, interior scenes, set designs -- date from the mid 1920s to the late 1930s. This whimsical painting, signed and dated 1927, is set in a curtained, classical interior furnished with Victorian lighting fixtures...