Ottavalo Market, Tapestry by Bernard Cathelin and A3 Workshop, 1979

Paper size: 12.75" x 16", image size: 7.5" x 10.25" unframed. Sized and annotated by Cathelin to his American Dealer, Dave and Mimi (Finlay). Not fra...

Bernard Cathelin was a French painter and lithographer known for his stylized abstractions of flowers, landscapes, and figures. This signed and numbered lithograph depicts primroses in a small pot. Cathelin used thick palette knife applications and rich colors to produce a sense of light and corporeal form in his paintings, not unlike the work of Nicolas de Staël. Many of Cathelin’s landscapes depict the area of Provence, France, where the artist’s mother was from. Born on May 20, 1919 in Paris, France, he went on to study at the Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. In 2000, Cathelin was the subject of a retrospective at the Shanghai Art Museum. His works are in the collections of the Milwaukee Art...

1077 - 18th century tapestry from the Aubusson Manufacture. Representation The Capture Of Birds Perfect state of conservation.

Made of non-woven textile (Artaig) by Drahomíra Švejdova. Signed. Marked by VUV Brno (Research Institut in Woolen) Very good original condition.

This remarkable weaving, using yarns in shades of pale purple, burnt umber, ruddy brown and deep blue, is a masterpiece of post-war Egyptian artisanry. It depicts a crowd of birds in and around a stylized tree and was influenced by the work of the famed Ramses Wissa Wassef...

1950s Spanish hand woven wool tapestry with Arab market scene.