Leonard Sarluis 1874 – 1949 pair of oils on panels 46 X 38 cm, mounted in dark wood frames Hellenistic with tori decoration 61 X 52 cm. Tiled panels (arrow 18 mm). Circa 1920. The artist, born Salomon-Léon Sarluis in The Hague, took the pseudonym Leonardo in homage to the Renaissance genius Da Vinci with
Claudio Castelucho i Diana 1870 – 1927 oil on canvas prepared using a process of his invention (Castelucho process) 81 X 65 cm, mounted in a Parnassian frame with an inverted slope, later but which suits him well 100 X 85 cm. Circa 1910. Although Catalan by origin, he settled in Paris at just 22
Hugo Pratt 1927 – 1995 Original comic strip For Ernie Pike”, Indian ink, felt-tip pen and blue pencil on thin paper, reassembled and completed on cardstock, 50 X 35 cm at sight, mounted in an old burl veneered frame with fillets 65 X 50 cm. At the request of the publisher, Pratt took old original
Marcel Bouissou 1916 – 2007 Oil on canvas 65 x 92 cm, mounted in a silver frame 73 x 100 cm. Signed and dated 1943. This Still Life, characteristic of post-cubist Art-Deco, is attractive in its arrangement of details, cello and bow, metronome, sheet music and books, olive branches (symbol of an expected peace) ,
Pierre Labrouche 1876 – 1956 Oil on canvas from the Maison Blanchet 83.5 X 92.5 cm, mounted in an exceptional dark oak frame with reverse slope 111 X 119 cm. Various labels and annotations on the back tell us that this painting dates from 1936, that it was exhibited at the Salon of the Société
Augustin Carrera 1878 – 1952 Oil on canvas 117 X 73 cm unframed, unsigned, annotation A.Carrera and a label bearing the number 51 on the back. After his death, Carrera fell into a long period of totally unjustified oblivion from which he is only just beginning to emerge. Born in Madrid to French parents, he
René Aubert 1894 – 1977 Oil on canvas 132 X 97 cm, mounted in its original Louis XIII style gilded frame 144 X 110 cm. A very small restoration on the back not visible from the front. Circa 1930. The artist, a regular exhibitor of French Artists, but also a legal illustrator, was also a
Laroche French school circa 1900/20 “Preparing the semolina” and “Lady on the terrace” A pair of small orientalist paintings, oils on fine canvas mounted on cardboard, approximately 17 X 12 cm, mounted in Flemish-style frames in wavy blackened wood with a gilded border, 23 X 20 cm (one of them slightly cussonné). Despite their small
Watercolor 37 X 55 cm, mounted by a cream marie-louise with gold thread in a modern gold baguette 61 X 77 cm. If Redouté was the greatest watercolorist of flowers of the first half of the 19th century, Blanche Odin is the greatest of the first half of the 20th. If, of course, it is
André Barbier 1883 – 1970 Oil on canvas 54 X 65 cm, presented in a beautiful RG gilded frame in the Regency style 74 X 84 cm. The Artist, influenced by his friend Claude Monet, shows an intimate understanding of the subtleties of Impressionism and his personal sensitivity to the endless play of light in
