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
Silas Broux 1867 – 1957 Oil on canvas 60 X 90.5 cm, mounted in a large dark oak frame 77 X 107 cm. Signed and dated 1897. The artist from Douai painted both in France and in Belgium, his best works exuding a post-impressionist poetry of great delicacy. Our painting is related to these, describing
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
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
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
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,
Alexander Roslin 1718-1793 Oil on oval canvas 73 x 58 cm, mounted in a beautiful gilded frame 94 x 78 cm. Relining and old restorations. Resumption of the Roslin painting kept at the Jacquemard André Museum. Painted in the 1750s, this exceptional portrait is characteristic of the art of the great painter of Swedish origin
French school circa 1820 – 1830 Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm, mounted in a superb gilded frame 109 x 88 cm. A masterful restoration accompanied by re-lining has revealed the old repaintings which camouflaged the coat and the signature incised on the handle of the brush (L….). Still in the neo-classical vein, in
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
