20ème

15 May
Bouquet of red roses in an enamelled earthenware vase

Blanche Odin 1865 – 1957 Watercolor 26 X 32 cm presented in its period red, green and gold frame, “museum” glass and neutral pH mounting with cleats 35 X 41cm. A label from L. Locré, Toulouse and Luchon antique jewelry store on the back. If Redouté was the greatest watercolourist of flowers of the first

23 Dec
Max Jacob in an armchair

Pablo Picasso MAX JACOB IN THE ARMCHAIR 1916 1881 – 1973 Facsimile print on very thin and fragile paper 37.5 X 27.5 cm, in two tones, gray-green for Picasso’s drawing and black for Max Jacob’s handwritten poem “The Archangel struck down”, “museum” mounting in a Florentine Baroque frame in carved and gilded wood 51 X

12 Jul
Art Nouveau portrait 1919

Alice Guinepied 1880 – 1949 “Young woman with headband” oil on canvas 50 X 61 cm, signed and dated 1919, mounted in a period frame 62 X 72 cm. Eldest sister of Hélène (1883-1937), they were both eminent representatives of Art-Nouveau. The cleaning revealed the delicacy of the colors and made the upholstery at the

20 Nov
Paris under the snow in 1908

P. Bonis-Charancle Oil on re-used cardboard 70 X 42 cm, mounted in a molded oak frame 78 X 50 cm. Signed, located and dated 08 for 1908. Even if it is not to everyone’s taste, I very much appreciate these paintings where the Artist paints by touches revealing the background which contrasts with the opening,

04 Jun
sailor’s Wife, woman of sorrow

René de Pauw 1887 – 1946 Oil on panel 110 X 100 cm, mounted in a flocked frame with golden patina 125 X 114 cm, signed and located Heist (for Heist-sur- sea, near Knokke), countersigned and located again on the back which also bears a label overprinted with a stamp from the Spring Show of

09 Jan
Portrait of Rwandan

J. Willems Belgian school circa 1930. Oil on canvas mounted on panel 61 X 50 cm, mounted in a beautiful exotic wood frame adorned with silver rods 73 X 63 cm.  A small accident on the left shoulder deserves cleaning. This portrait full of nobility of a man proudly wearing traditional dress and especially this

07 Dec
Birch wood

Russian school circa 1900 Oil on panel 58 X 31 cm mounted in a large damaged golden frame 81 X 54 cm. Signature or monogram lower left made illegible by a paint chip. Photos are powerless to capture impasto and contrasts.  My research led me to the late works of Isaac Lévitan (1860-1900). Without claiming

07 Dec
Hills landscape

André Beaudin 1895-1979 Colored pencils 20 X 26 cm, signed with the stamp of the workshop and dated November 23, 1949, mounted by a bevelled Marie-Louise in a light wood frame 32 X 38 cm. Some interlayers dirt. When I saw this drawing at a well-known antique dealer in the Place de Pau, how many


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