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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Harry Kernoff's July Morn, Place du Tertre, Paris, with footnotes, Part 88

Harry Kernoff, R.H.A. 1900 - 1974

A July Morn, Place du Tertre, Paris, c. 1937

Oil on board

63.5 by 94cm.; 25 by 37in.

Private collection

Sold for 50,800 EUR in May 2023

We see Kernoff's artistic focus reflected in name of the café on the left of the present work: Jeune Peinture. Discreetly sat underneath it - between two cloth capped locals - is Kernoff himself, wearing his customary trilby hat. In the lower right corner, an elderly figure stands with a portfolio under his arm, another artist beginning his day. Restauranteurs prepare their tables, while a few early patrons have taken their seats. Colourful umbrellas stand in front of ‘Maison Catherine’ – a sign still visible today. Located above in a window overlooking the square, a lady stands on her balcony. In the foreground, two girls and a dog loiter idly. More on this painting

The Place du Tertre is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile, it is near the summit of the city's elevated Montmartre quarter. Place du Tertre was the heart of the prestigious Benedictine Montmartre Abbey, established in 1133 by King Louis VI. Montmartre Abbey thrived through the centuries and until the French revolution under the patronage of the Kings of France. Place du Tertre was opened to the public in 1635 as Montmartre village central square. From the end of the 18th century until World War One, the whole Montmartre Boheme could be seen here: painters, songwriters and poets.

With its many artists setting up their easels each day for the tourists, the Place du Tertre is a reminder of the time when Montmartre was the mecca of modern art. At the beginning of the 20th century, many painters including Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and Maurice Utrillo were living there, some at the nearby Le Bateau-Lavoir. The Musée de Montmartre, the former home and studio of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Suzanne Valadon, and the L'Espace Salvador Dalí, a museum principally dedicated to the sculpture and drawings of Salvador Dalí, can be found near Place du Tertre. More on The Place du Tertre

Henry Kernoff (1900-1974) was born in London and was not only a talented painter, but also a wood cutter and lithographer. His family moved to Dublin in 1914 where he studied at Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and won the Taylor Scholarship. He was employed as a woodworker for a time which led to his production of woodcuts, but also took influence from Seán Keating, painting Irish landscapes, genre scenes and portraits.

He exhibited regularly with the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1926, the Water Colour Society of Ireland and a variety of international and Irish galleries throughout his life. He had published multiple woodcuts in his own books and illustrated a number of other publications, including Patricia Lynch’s A Storyteller’s Childhood (1947) and Tinker Boy (1955). He was made a member of the United Arts Club in Dublin (1974) and a memorial exhibition was held in his honour at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery (1976). More on Henry Kernoff

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Lucien Laurent-Gsell's Suicidée, with footnotes, Part 87

Lucien Laurent-Gsell, French 1860–1944

Suicidée!

Oil on canvas

113 ½ by 83 ½ in.; 288.2 by 212 cm

Private collection

Estimate for 30,000 - 50,000 USD in June 2023

The painting, which is larger than life-size, may be «Suicidée!» which Laurent-Gsell exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. A young woman has been pulled from the Seine by two strapping men, wearing workman’s boots and blue trousers, with water still dripping from her skirt and pooling beneath her hair. Her limp right hand hangs lifelessly by her side, her eyes are closed, her skin is turning green, and her mouth is slightly ajar. A modestly dressed young woman standing nearby–wearing a gold ring on her right wedding finger—bends towards the body with concern, while a policeman and other passersby arrive on the scene at left between mounds of sand dredged up from the river. Looking at the Pont des arts, the Academie des Beaux-Arts is visible across the Seine at right with the steeples of Sainte Chapelle at center and the Cathedral of Notre Dame at left. Stanislas Lepine realized a similar view of the Pont des arts, seen from the Pont Royal, which gives a fuller sense of the working activity along the Seine. More on this painting

Lucien Laurent-Gsell was born on November 19, 1860, in Paris. His father Gaspard is renowned for his stained-glass windows and the quality of his restorations. The name of Laurent is attached to Gsell, the name of his mother, daughter of Emile Laurent, a famous glassmaker. Lucien Laurent-Gsell entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of Gaspard Gsell, his father and Alexandre Cabanel. Both of their teachings gave him a passion for the rendering of light in colors, combined with remarkable technical virtuosity in the mastery of drawing. He painted numerous Orientalist scenes as well as scenes of the genre, where the female characters were overflowing with vitality and sensuality. His works are included in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Laurent-Gsell died in 1944 in Paris. More on Lucien Laurent-Gsell

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris,Victor Gabriel Gilbert's A flower seller on les grands boulevards, with footnotes, Part 86

Victor Gabriel Gilbert

A flower seller on les grands boulevards, Paris

Oil on panel

18 by 14 3/4 in., 45.8 by 37.5 cm

Private collection

Estimate at 60,000 - 80,000 USD in June 2023

Filled with concert venues, theatres, cafés and restaurants, the Grands Boulevards area has long been popular with Parisians as a place of enjoyment and relaxation. There are many treasures to be uncovered: grand architecture, places steeped in history, covered passages that have retained their old-world charm, and unusual museums.

Victor Gabriel Gilbert, born in Paris the 13 February 1847 and died in the 21 July 1933. He was a French painter. He is buried in Montmartre cemetery in Paris. In 1860 he apprenticed to a painter and decorator. He followed with evening art classes under the direction of Father Levasseur, the School of the City of Paris. In the late 1870s, his taste for naturalism is developed and he turned to genre painting with scenes of streets, cafes, markets, especially that of Halles . He obtained a second class medal at the Salon of 1880 and a silver medal at the 1889 World Fair . It becomes a member of the French Society of Artists in 1914.

Victor Gilbert was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1897, and received the Prix Léon Bonnat in 1926. More on Victor Gabriel Gilbert

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Valery Tsarikovsky's Pont Neuf, with footnotes, Part 97

Valery Tsarikovsky (Val Tsar) (B. 1952)

Pont Neuf, c. 1997

Oil on canvas

63 x 73 cm (24 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

Private collection

Estimate at $400-$600 in June 2023

The Pont Neuf ("New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city.

The bridge is composed of two separate spans, one of five arches joining the left bank to the Île de la Cité, another of seven joining the island to the right bank. Old engraved maps of Paris show that the newly built bridge just grazed the downstream tip of the Île de la Cité; since then, the natural sandbar building of a mid-river island, aided by stone-faced embankments called quais, has extended the island.

The name Pont Neuf was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses, and has remained after all of those were replaced. Its name notwithstanding, it has long been the oldest bridge in Paris crossing the Seine. It has been listed since 1889 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. More on The Pont Neuf

Born in 1952 in Kiev (Ukraine), Valery Tsarikovsky (Val Tsar) is a naturalized American citizen and has lived for about 30 years in Brooklyn, New York. A figurative genre and marine painter, he also creates landscapes, bringing to his art a powerful rugged sense of individualism, true to the spirit of impressionism. He starts and finishes his work on location, including in rain and snow, picking up the essence of a particular view.

Self taught, he abandoned a career in architecture and got involved in art with his first exhibition at Altos De Shavon (Dominican Republic) as artist in residence.

In 1987 he joined the Salmagundi Club and won the first Art Club Award that same year. Many more awards followed.

From the beginning of his art career, Tsar exhibited on a regular basis at some major New York galleries and shows, like Hilde Gerst Gallery on Madison Avenue.

His work has also been published in Great Britain - limited edition and he has been included in the Who's Who in American Art since 2000.

His work is at the Metropolitan Opera, the White House, the World Economic Forum, and others. More on Valery Tsarikovsky

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Jean Béraud's Le Pont Neuf, with footnotes, Part 85

Jean Béraud, French, 1849 - 1935

Le Pont Neuf

Oil on canvas

24.2 by 33cm., 9½ by 13in.

Private collection

Estimate for 100,000 - 150,000 GBP in December 2009

Here, Béraud captures the spirit of the moment, as workers, bankers in top hats, bakers, an upholsterer carrying a chair on his head, and cabbies make their way across Paris's oldest bridge, even in Béraud's day a listed monument. Shoppers flock to the capital's recently opened retail emporium, the La Samaritaine department store, overlooking the Seine immediately behind the artist's vantage point. It is intriguing to speculate about the possible identity of the moustachioed artist carrying a stretched canvas under one arm and his paint box under the other. Could he be Béraud himself, the observer observing himself. More on this painting

The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city.

Jean Béraud (January 12, 1849 – October 4, 1935) was a French painter, noted for his paintings of Parisian life during the Belle Époque. He was renowned in Paris society due to his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society. He also painted religious subjects in a contemporary setting. Pictures of the Champs Elysees, cafés, Montmartre and the banks of the Seine are precisely detailed illustrations of everyday Parisian era of the "Belle Époque". More on Jean Béraud

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03 Paintings, Streets of Paris, François Gall's Montmartre, At the Cafe, with footnotes, Part 96

François Gall, French, 1912-1987

Montmartre, At the Cafe

Oil on canvas

8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches

Private collection

Estimate for $3,000 - $5,000 in June 2023

Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for its artistic history, for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit, and as a nightclub district. More on Montmartre

François Gall (FRENCH, 1912-1987)

Montmartre

Oil on canvas

19¾ x 24 in. (50.2 x 61 cm.)

Private collection

Sold for USD 4,375 in Aug 2012.

Montmartre is talked about by Parisians the way New Yorkers talk about the Village: It's not what it used to be, It's like Disneyland, the artists can't afford to live here anymore, too many tourists etc. There is some truth to these opinions, but there are two ways of approaching this incredibly unique village within the metropolis. The first is to follow the herd instinct and stampede your way up the famous hill, take a picture of yourself on the steps of the basilica, buy an overpriced crepe at the Place du Tertre, get conned into having your portrait sketched, and walk back down clutching newly bought key-rings, postcards, gaudy T-shirts feeling a little mystified about what all the fuss is about. More on Montmartre

François Gall (French/Hungarian, 1912-1987)

Montmartre

Oil on canvas

21 x 251⁄2 in. (53.3 x 64.8 cm.)

Private collection

Sold for USD 12,500 in May 2020.

François Gall (1912 - 1987) , Hungarian by birth, became an impressionist painter in the pure French tradition after he moved to Paris in 1936. He began his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome while working in menial jobs to secure a living. Support came in 1939 when the Hungarian government awarded Gall with a scholarship.

Six years later, François Gall established himself in Paris and became a student of Devambez at the National Academy of Fine Arts. The artist greatly admired the first generation impressionist and adopted their concepts for his own interpretations. Parisian scenes and portrayals of women engaged in typically feminine activities were among his preferred subjects.

The artist participated in various Salon exhibitions in Paris and became a favorite with the public. In 1963, he was honoured with the Francis Smith Prize. He died in 1987. More on François Gall

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, José Navarro y Llorens' Boulevard de Paris, with footnotes, Part 95

José Navarro y Llorens (Valencia, 1867 - 1923)

Boulevard de Paris

Oil on panel.

27,5 x 43 cm; 45 x 60 cm (frame).

Private collection

Estimate value €6,000-€7,000 in June 2023

The boulevards form an important part of the urban and social identity of Paris . They were built on the initiative of the central power, on the site of successive concentric fortifications of the city when these became obsolete.

José Navarro y Llorens (1867–1923) was a Spanish painter, active in Valencia noted for his Orientalist paintings, still lifes and local landscapes.

Llorens was born in Godella, near Valencia, Spain in 1867. He received his art education at the San Carlos Academy in Valencia, a city to which he remained very attached throughout his life.

He lived in Madrid from around 1920. He travelled extensively through Europe and North Africa, to expand his knowledge of the arts. He visited Morocco while relatively young. In Morocco, he developed an affinity for oriental subject matter. Navarro was a great admirer of Mariano Fortuny, which was possibly the inspiration that impelled him to travel to Morocco.

He was a friend of the artist, Pinazo Camarlench and like him, landscapes are heavily represented in Navarro's work. However, Navarro's themes also included seascapes, Orientalist themes and people, especially gypsies and Moroccans. His work was influenced by the Spanish greats such as Maria Fortuny and Joaquín Sorolla.

On account of his talent, Navarro was considered as one of the most worthy painters to represent the Valencian School. In 1908 he made a trip to Rio de Janeiro, where he exhibited his works and obtained great recognition.

Navarro died on 6 February 1923 in Valencia. More on José Navarro y Llorens

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04 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Charles Cobelle's Montmarte, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, with footnotes, Part 94

Charles Cobelle, (French, 1902–1998)

Montmarte, Paris

Oil on canvas

24 x 30 inches.

Private collection

Estimate Price in May 2023, $1,000-$2,000

Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m (430 ft) high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for its artistic history, for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit, and as a nightclub district.

The other church on the hill, Saint Pierre de Montmartre, built in 1147, was the church of the prestigious Montmartre Abbey. On 15 August 1534, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier and five other companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis, 11 Rue Yvonne Le Tac, the first step in the creation of the Jesuits. More on Montmartre

Charles Cobelle, (French, 1902-1998)

Arc de Triomphe

Oil on canvas

24 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches.

Private collection.

Estimate Price in May 2023, $1,000-$2,000

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile — the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues.

Inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus, the Arc de Triomphe has an overall height of 50 metres (164 ft), width of 45 m (148 ft), and depth of 22 m (72 ft), while its large vault is 29.19 m (95.8 ft) high and 14.62 m (48.0 ft) wide. The smaller transverse vaults are 18.68 m (61.3 ft) high and 8.44 m (27.7 ft) wide. Three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919 (marking the end of hostilities in World War I), Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane under the arch's primary vault, with the event captured on newsreel.

Paris's Arc de Triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City in 1938. More on L'Arc de Triomphe

Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1998)

Eiffel Tower

Lithograph on Arches Paper

15-1/2" H x 20" W

Private collection

Sold for $700 USD in January 2023

Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), the Eiffel Tower it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. More on Eiffel Tower

Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994)

Notre Dame and Bridges 1, c. circa 1960

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Private collection

Estimated for $2,800 USD - $3,600 USD Jan 2025

Notre-Dame de Paris; meaning "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris", often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Several attributes set it apart from the earlier Romanesque style, including its pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress, its enormous and colourful rose windows, and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration. Notre-Dame is also exceptional for its three pipe organs and its immense church bells. More on Notre Dame

Charles Cobelle, born Carl Edelman (1902–1994) was a modern French master of painting, lithography and a fine muralist, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France. He is considered the last link to the great tradition of the Open Line School of Paris.

Cobelle received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the University of Munich and continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Much more influential in his development, however, were his private studies with Marc Chagall and his apprenticeship in the studio of Raoul Dufy in Menton on the Riviera.

Cobelle lived and painted in Paris until the late 1920s and established himself within the great tradition of the School of Paris. In the late 1920s, Cobelle moved to the United States, where his paintings were immediately sought after by galleries and private collectors alike. Cobelle became a U.S. citizen before the outbreak of World War II.

By the 1950s, spurred by the commercial success of his mentor, Dufy, Cobelle had achieved phenomenal success commercially with his Parisian-influenced style. Much like contemporary artists and designers at the time, his designs graced a number of pottery patterns for various pottery companies.

In addition to creating advertising illustrations for everything from hosiery to French perfume, Cobelle created a number of murals throughout the country in noteworthy public locations such as The Painted Desert Room of the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, Neiman-Marcus in Dallas and on the cruise ships of the Holland America Line. More on Charles Cobelle

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Henricus Gerardus de Korte's Garden Party , with footnotes, Part 93

Henricus Gerardus de Korte (Dutch, b. 1941)

Garden Party

Oil on canvas

27 x 35 inches.

Private collection

Estimate Price in May 2023, $600 - $800

A garden party is a gathering of people at an outdoor venue, particularly of social elites...

Hennie De Korte was born January 5, 1941, he spent his early years in Australia after his family moved there from Utrecht, Holland. He first began to study painting in 1957 at the East Sydney Art School in Australia. In 1958, he returned to Holland where he studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Rotterdam. Completing four years in Rotterdam, de Korte returned to Australia to study at the Sydney Art Academy. After marrying, he and his new bride bought a sailboat and sailed around the world. Following his voyage, he began painting and exhibiting his art throughout Europe.

De Korte is a member of the Art Society Gooi en Vechtstreek, as well as the E.K.C. Enschede. Among others. More on Hennie De Korte

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02 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Frank Boggs and Eugène Galien- Laloue's Images of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris , with footnotes, Part 95

Frank Boggs

Boats on the River Seine with Notre Dame in the Background

Oil on Canvas

21 x 26" (54 x 67cm)

Available

Available for £6,800 in Dec 2024

Notre-Dame Cathedral , commonly known as Notre-Dame , is one of the most iconic monuments in Paris and France. It is located on the Île de la Cité and is a Catholic place of worship , seat of the Archdiocese of Paris , dedicated to the Virgin Mary. More on Notre-Dame Cathedral

Frank Myers Boggs was born in Springfield, Ohio, but left Ohio in 1876 for study with Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. He lived in Paris and New York, residing the last thirty years of his life in Paris. In Paris he won wide recognition for his atmospheric paintings of the ports of France and the quays along the Seine. His works were exhibited frequently in France. Between 1879 and 1916, his work was also shown in the United States, most often at the National Academy of Design, in New York, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in Philadelphia.

Known as a master of plein-air painting, Boggs delighted in capturing the fleeting effects of the constantly changing skies of northern France and southern England. With lush and broad brush strokes, Boggs created rich and spacious paintings, orchestrating a subtle and restrained palette of grays, deep and dusty blues, and earthy tans. Although his palette is more subtle and tonal than that of the French Impressionist Claude Monet, Boggs’ paintings demonstrate clear affinities with the early French Impressionist school. Like his fellow Impressionists, it was the transitory aspects of nature, as well as the documentation of everyday reality, to which Boggs was keenly sensitive. More on Frank Myers Boggs

Eugène Galien- Laloue (French, 1854-1941)

Notre Dame de Paris, vue du Quai de Montebello

Gouache on paper

9-1/2 x 12 inches (24.1 x 30.5 cm)

Private collection

Sold for $16,250.00 in Dec 2024

Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941) was a French artist of French-Italian parents and was born in Paris on December 11, 1854. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter. His paintings of the early 1900s accurately represent the era in which he lived: a happy, bustling Paris, la Belle Époque, with horse-drawn carriages, trolley cars and its first omnibuses. Galien-Laloue's works are valued not only for their contribution to 20th-century art, but for the actual history, which they document. His work can be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louvier; Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle; Mulhouse, France.

A typical Galien-Laloue painting depicts sidewalks and avenues crowded with people or tourists mingling before the capital's monuments. He also painted the landscapes of Normandy and Seine-et-Marne, as well as military scenes he was commissioned to produce in 1914. The Republic of France selected Galien-Laloue to work as a 'war artist,' both during the Franco-Prussian War and World War I, chiefly in watercolor. More on Eugène Galien-Laloue

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