20ème

11 Feb
The sailing boats

Paul Michel Dupuy 1869 – 1949 oil on canvas 27 X 41 cm, mounted in a silver frame 38 X 52 cm. Studio stamp barely legible at the bottom right. Perfectly constructed with a remarkable economy of means, this painting with fauve accents and swirling touch lets us glimpse behind the pleasure sailboats a coast

05 Aug
The naturalist

Joseph Calvi 20th century Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm, mounted in a superb Parnassian frame 106 x 88 cm. The restoration and cleaning have restored all of its qualities to this incredible painting. Signed and dated upper right in a way that can be read either 1951 or 1931, the model’s clothing style

21 Jul
Reading in the living room

Guillaume Larrue 1851 – 1935 Oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm in a frame 92 x 78 cm circa 1900 Artist from Bordeaux , a student of Cabanel and regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français of which he was a member, was familiar with interior scenes, a pretext for varied lighting effects,

26 Jun
Spring made by myself

Ger Lataster 1920 – 2012 Spring made by myself Mixed technique (oil, acrylic and silver paint) on canvas 150 x 140 cm, signed and dated 1977, titled on the back. Probably the most famous of the Dutch Abstract Expressionists. A grant from the French state in 1950 allowed him to come to Paris where he

26 Jun
Still life with cake

Maurice Soudan 1878-1948 Oil on panel 44 x 52 cm mounted in a beautiful silver Art-Deco frame with tiers 58 x 65 cm. Signed Mce Soudan, dirty varnish, small accidents on the frame. This beautiful Belgian artist went into exile in Toulouse during the First World War where he left pivotal works between the Fauves

11 Aug
Red-haired lady with glasses

German Taibo Gonzales 1889 La Corogne -1919 Paris Oil on canvas 41 X 33 cm, mounted in a contemporary gilt frame 51 X 43 cm. In this rare portrait of a Lady with Spectacles, when he was barely 16 years old, we find the intensity of the touch and the psychological depth which make us

11 Aug
Italian villa

José Maria Jardines 1862 – 1914 ? Oil on canvas 38 X 46 cm, mounted in a gilded frame 49 X 56 cm. Signed lower right, not very legible: thanks to Guillaume who identified it for me! This beautiful villa in its flowery park under a blue sky is very pleasant and luminous, this precise

20 Jun
Waves and seagulls

Jean Louis Paguenaud 1876 – 1952 Oil on panel 48 X 74 cm, mounted in a superb contemporary Parnassian frame 64 X 88 cm. You know that I particularly like these “sea portraits” in which Gueït, Auguin, Gélos, Ogier, Roby and precisely Paguenaud have excelled, to name only those who have worked in our region

20 Jun
Carpet merchant on the beach

Raymond Diedrickx 1904 – 1978 Oil on hard cardboard 48.5 X 65.5 cm mounted in a gilt baguette with white marie-louise 64 X 75 cm. Slightly more recent than the other works that we present, probably the end of the 1950s, this carpet merchant unrolling his wares in front of a couple he is trying

20 Jun
At the restaurant

Véronique Wirbel 1950 – 1990 Mixed technique (gouache, charcoal and collage) on paper 158 X 129 cm, mounted by the edges on a new canvas frame for its protection. We have chosen to present it without glass or frame for transport, but it is obvious that it will be necessary for display. Signed and dated


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