01 painting, The amorous game, Le Pho's Idylle (Idyll), with Footnotes #101

Le Pho, (1907-2001)
Idylle (Idyll), c. 1940
Ink and gouache on silk
42 x 29 cm. (16 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.)
Private collection

Sold for HKD 2,000,000 in Nov 2017

Idylle is the term used in music to refer generally to a work evocative of pastoral or rural life, and more specifically to a kind of French courtly entertainment of the baroque era where a pastoral poem was set to music, accompanied by ballet and singing. Examples of the latter are Lully's Idylle sur la Paix set to a text by Racine and Desmarets' Idylle sur la naissance du duc de Bourgogne set to a text by Antoinette Deshoulières. More on Idylle

Le Pho was a French-Vietnamese painter best known for his stylized depictions of nudes, gardens, and floral still lifes. His work succeeded in merging Impressionism, Surrealism, and traditional Chinese painting into a sensual yet disconcerting vision of Eden, reminiscent of both Odilon Redon and Pierre Bonnard. Born on August 2, 1907 in Hanoi, Vietnam, he went on to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Hanoi before attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on a scholarship in 1932, studying under Victor François Tardieu. Pho briefly returned to Hanoi to teach painting before settling in Paris permanently, and today his works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris and the Oklahoma Arts Center, among others. The artist died on December 12, 2001. More on Le Pho




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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 Etching, The amorous game, Gene Kloss' Chance Encounter, with Footnotes #101

Gene Kloss (American, 1903-1996)
Chance Encounter, c. 1965
Etching and drypoint on paper
11-3/4 x 15 inches (29.8 x 38.1 cm)
Private collection

Estimate for $700 - $1,000 in June 2023

Gene Kloss (Born Oakland, CA 1903-died Taos, New Mexico 1996) grew up in the Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with Perham Nahl, her instructor in life class and anatomy, who also gave a course in etching. Amazed by the first print she pulled from the press, Nahl predicted she would be an etcher. Kloss spent two additional years of study at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. In 1925 she married Phillips Kloss, a poet, and they made a honeymoon journey to New Mexico. It was a decisive point in Kloss's career, initiating a lifelong fascination with the the landscape of the Southwest and the Native American peoples who inhabited the region. More on Gene Kloss




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01 Painting, Yusuf Arakkal's Untitled, with footnotes

Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) 
Untitled, c. 1981
Oil on hardboard
23 x 47.25 in   |  58.5 x 119.7 cm
Private collection

Estimated for Rs 2,50,000-Rs 3,500,00 ( $3,050-$4,270 ) in June 2023

Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) was an Indian artist.

Arakkal was born in Chavakkad, Kerala. Both his parents died when he was young. Leaving the comforts of his house behind, he left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter. The hardships that he faced at Bangalore honed the artist in him and sharpened his sensibility. He took a diploma in painting from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (KCP), Bangalore and later specialized in graphic print making from National Academy community studios, Garhi, Delhi.

Arakkal received the prestigious Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, at Florence Internazionale Biennale, in Florence, Italy for his work Bacon’s Man with the Child and Priest. The artist produced a large collection of miscellaneous works consisting of drawings, paintings, sculptures, murals, paper works, prints and writing.

He won several other awards including Karnataka Lalithkala Academy award in 1979 and 1981, a national award in 1983, a special award at the third Asian Art Biennale Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1986 and the Karnataka Lalithkala Academy honor in 1989.

Arakkal's paintings are singularly expressionistic in style. In them one could trace the artist's deep concern for man and society. Set against a dark, oppressive background are the faceless figures of ordinary people expressing brooding loneliness and despair brought on by a society obsessively drawn towards material success where ordinary people have no place. More on Yusuf Arakkal




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08 Works, Welcoming Summer 2025 by Paul Gustav Fischer, Slim Aarons Jess Cochrane and Andre Gittelson Gisson, with footnotes

MAURICE BARRAUD (GENEVA 1889-1954)
Woman on a deck chair (Femme sur une chaise longue)
Oil on canvasboard
34 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (88 x 70 cm.)
Private collection

Maurice Barraud, born on February 20, 1889in Geneva and died on November 11, 1954in the same city, was a Swiss painter and illustrator.

Barraud trained as an advertising designer and opened his own studio in 1909. During this period, he studied at the Geneva School of Fine Arts before devoting himself entirely to painting in 1913. In 1914, following his first exhibition at the Moos Gallery, he founded the "Falot" group with his brother François Barraud, Hans Berger , Emile Bressler and Gustave Buchet . From 1923 to 1924, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris , and visited Spain, Algeria and Italy.

From 1929 onwards, he produced several murals at Lucerne station, Bienne station, the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the Museum of Federal Charters in Schwyz, and the University of Fribourg .

He illustrated several works, notably for the writers Francis Carco, Jean Giraudoux and Jacques Chenevière. From 1917 to 1919, he participated in the illustration and layout of the art and literature magazine l'Éventail.

A street in Geneva is named after the artist. More on Maurice Barraud


Slim Aarons (1916-2006) 
Eye Of The Beholder, c. 1974
Chromogenic C-Print
12 × 10 in | 30.5 × 25.4 cm
Private collection


Welcoming summer can involve a variety of activities, from enjoying outdoor adventures and seasonal flavors to incorporating summer themes into your home and wardrobe. The transition to summer is a time of warmth, sunshine, and a sense of freedom, often associated with positive emotions like happiness and fun.  

Slim Aarons (1916-2006) 
Catherine Wilke, c. 1980
Lambda C-Print
30 × 40 in | 76.2 × 101.6 cm
Private collection


Slim Aarons (1916-2006) 
Catherine Wilke, c. 1980
Lambda C-Print
30 × 40 in | 76.2 × 101.6 cm
Private collection

Slim Aarons (1916-2006), an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images that capture the luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle of the mid-20th century. Renowned for his candid portraits of celebrities, socialites, and the global elite, Aarons' work celebrates vintage elegance and opulent leisure, as epitomized in his iconic 1970 photograph "Poolside Gossip" series, which include the former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur and Nelda Linsk, and art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Richard Neutra's designed Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs. Granted exclusive access to the world's most elite gatherings, he wove tales of extravagance, often juxtaposed against mesmerizing modernist architecture.

His photography, reminiscent of the distinct styles of contemporaries like Horst P. Horst, Helmut Newton, and Bert Stern, has been showcased in esteemed institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Palm Springs Art Museum, Getty Images Gallery, and IFAC Arts.

Slim Aarons primarily worked for society publications, capturing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." He photographed the rich and famous both before and after his tenure as a photographer for the US military magazine, Yank, during World War II. His work has been featured in publications like Town and Country, Holiday, Venture, and LIFE. Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum. Instead, he transitioned from black and white photography, immersing himself in a world of sun-drenched glamour and light-heartedness. His intimate portrayals of the elite and the jet set brim with the wit and charisma that granted Aarons unparalleled access to high society. More on Slim Aarons

Linder Sterling (B. 1954)
Untitled, c. 2012
Photo collage on found paper
30 x 22.4cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8in).
Private collection

Estimated for £1,000 - £2,000 in June 2025

Linder Sterling (born 1954, Liverpool), commonly known as Linder, is a British artist known for her photography, radical feminist photomontage and confrontational performance art. She was also the former frontwoman of Manchester-based post-punk group Ludus. In 2017, Sterling was honoured with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award.

For her solo shows at the Hepworth Wakefield and Tate St Ives in 2013, Sterling collaborated with choreographer Kenneth Tindall of Northern Ballet for a performance piece, The Ultimate Form (2013).

Recent solo exhibitions include Nottingham Contemporary, Kestnergesellschaft, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, and Museum of Modern Art PS1, and Sterling's work has been included in group exhibitions at Tate Modern, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Tate Britain, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. More on Linder Sterling

Jess Cochrane
Bathers Scene (Marrakech), 2024
Oil on canvas
23 3/5 × 29 1/2 × 4/5 in | 60 × 75 × 2 cm

Offered for sale for £1,500–£2,000 in Sep 2024

In paintings laden with thick, heavy brushstrokes, Jess Cochrane pays homage to the colors and compositions of Post-Impressionists such as Paul Cézanne, seamlessly blending 19th- and 20th-century painting styles with contemporary subject matter. Photography guides her practice, which draws on reference images of fleeting moments and popular aesthetic trends that she translates to canvas. In her works, Cochrane examines ideas of consumption, wherein perfectly ripe oranges, for example, serve as a symbol of overindulgence, reflecting the negative influences of social media and digital advertising. Other works include sunny poolside scenes of everyday moments with friends. Dressed in classic triangle bikinis and Matrix-style sunglasses, her painted subjects evoke nostalgia for the Y2K era. Cochrane studied graphic design at the University of Canberra before pursuing art at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions. More on Jess Cochrane

Adrien Thevenot (French, 1889-1922)
The surprised bather (Baigneuse surprise)
Oil on canvas
143 x 99cm (56 5/16 x 39in).
Private collection

Sold for £13,125 in Jul 2017

Adrien Thevenot (French, 1889-1922)
Bather and companions
Oil on canvas
89.5 x 116.2cm (35 1/4 x 45 3/4in).
Private collection

Sold for £13,125 in May 2020

Adrien Thevenot was a French painter born in 1889 and who died in 1942 in Rougemont-le-Château in Burgundy. He studied at the Académie Julian under the supervision of the Parisian painter Paul Albert Laurens (1870 - 1934). From 1928, Thevenot exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français of which he was a member. At the Salon, he won the Prix Maguelonne Lefebvre-Glaize in 1928 and received a silver medal in 1931.

Thevenot painted figures as well as genre scenes and excelled in the area of the female nude. In the spring of 1933, as part of the Contemporary French Art Exhibition, he exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno in Madrid.
Forgotten in the 1960s, he was rediscovered in the early 2000s for his pre-Raphaelite academic work, with exponential sales prices. The Second World War will move him geographically from Paris to the free zone. At the end of the war, his work will have radically evolved with a lively palette and a nervous touch. Always in a symbolist style, he will relate more to André Lhote (1885 - 1962) or Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943) than to his first master. He will end his days in the Dordogne with a job bordering on abstraction. Source: Proantic and Coinstree 

Andre Gittelson Gisson (New York, Connecticut, France, 1921  -  2003)
Bathing Nudes
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches / 20 x 25 cm
Private collection

Sold for $700 USD in Jun 2024

André Gisson's landscapes, beach scenes, and portraits were intended to create a reflective mood of serenity. The still-lifes show Japanese influence in his work, while the French influence is more pronounced in his landscapes, beach scenes and studies of the human figure. However, there is little question that the artist approached his subject matter with a singular gesture, and with the "romantic" history of his persona, Gisson has a strong following among collectors of his works. Paintings by Andre Gisson can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the Triton Museum of Art, in North Carolina. Among his private collectors were President Lyndon B. Johnson and W. Somerset Maugham. More on this painting

André Gisson (1921 – July 28, 2003) was an American Impressionist painter. He graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York and was a Captain in the Army during World War II.

Gisson's birth name was Anders Gittelson. Raised in poverty, he went on to graduate with an Art degree from the Pratt Institute. Gisson found difficulty breaking into the art market with his Impressionist paintings as an American. He moved to France and legally changed his name to André Gisson. After serving as a Captain in the United States Army during World War II, he continued his travels and art studies throughout Europe and Asia. A prolific painter, Gisson created hundreds of paintings throughout his lifetime. His work is in the Triton Museum of Art, and among his private collectors were President Lyndon B. Johnson and W. Somerset Maugham.

Gisson lived and worked in Westport, Connecticut for the final twenty-five years of his life. He died in Atlanta, Georgia in 2003. More on André Gisson

Paul Gustav Fischer, 1860-1934
The Three Bathers
Oil on canvas
22 ¾ x 29 3/8 in. (57.8 x 74.6 cm.)
Private collection

Sold for USD 20,160 in May 2024

Although a pupil of the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts, Paul Fischer largely rejected the traditional teaching of his era. Instead, he followed in the footsteps of a group of younger artists including Krøyer, Locher and Tuxen, whose stylistic tendencies and subject matter were heavily influenced by their travels and studies in Paris in the late 1870s and 1880s and who subsequently heralded a new era in Danish art. Despite the immense influence of Parisian artistic trends at the end of the 19th century on the development of Danish art, Fischer’s paintings remain quintessentially Danish. Taking his inspiration largely from everyday scenes of daily life, his paintings display a vitality and a sense of immediacy in their subject matter and execution that many of his contemporaries were seeking abroad. His beach scenes in particular demonstrate the influence of the Skagen School, with the dynamism of the sea and sky as much the subject of the painting as his figures. More on this painting

Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 – 1 May 1934) was a Danish painter.

Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He belonged to the fourth generation of a Jewish family which originally came from Poland. His father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers.

His formal art education lasted only a short time in his mid teens when he spent two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father. He worked from 1878-88 at the father's factory and exhibited regularly at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1884-1902.

It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists. His earlier paintings depict city life. After a stay in Paris from 1891–1895, his colours became richer and lighter. It was not long before Fischer gained fame as a painter of cities.

He benefited from contemporaries in Norway and Sweden, especially Carl Larsson. Around this time, he also painted bright, sunny bathing scenes, some with nude women, and developed an interest in posters. More on Paul Gustav Fischer




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01 Painting, The Artist's Studio, Charles Bargue's The Artist and His Model, with footnotes

Charles Bargue, French, 1826-1883
The Artist and his Model, c. 1878
Oil on panel
11 by 8 in.; 28 by 20.5 cm
Private collection

Estimated for 30,000 - 50,000 USD  in May 2023

Here, a semi-clad model holding a fan leans over the shoulder of a well-dressed artist to examine his drawing of her. The encounter is staged in the artist's studio in front of a large canvas, in process on an easel, alongside a cockatoo and parrot and other hallmarks of a well-heeled painter. More on this painting

Charles Bargue (c. 1826/1827 – April 6, 1883) was a French painter and lithographer noted for devising an influential drawing course.

He is mostly remembered for his Cours de dessin, one of the most influential classical drawing courses conceived in collaboration with Jean-Léon Gérôme. The course, published between 1866 and 1871 by Goupil & Cie, comprised 197 lithographs printed as individual sheets, was to guide students from plaster casts to the study of great master drawings and finally to drawing from the living model. The Charles Bargue Drawing Course is used by many academies and ateliers which focus on Classical Realism. Among the artists whose work is based on the study of Bargue's plate work are Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh, who copied the complete set in 1880/1881, and (at least a part of it) again in 1890.

Bargue was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme. Bargue worked closely with Gérôme and was influenced by his style, which included Orientalist scenes and historical genre. Bargue's last painting was completed by Gérôme and is now conserved in the Malden Public Library, Malden, Massachusetts, USA. He travelled extensively through North Africa, and the Balkans, during which time he executed many portraits of local people with meticulous detail. More on Charles Bargue

A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual or organization, either for temporary exhibition or for the long term. This source is usually an art collector, although it could also be a school, church, bank, or some other company or organization.  More on Private collection




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11 paintings, Richard Durando Togo's Day at the gypsy fruit market, with Footnotes

Richard Durando Togo
La ferme/ Preparing for Market
Oil on Canvas
48 x 57 cm
Private collection

Estimated at  €300 EUR - €400 EUR in April 2021

A "gypsy fruit market" refers to a market, often temporary or itinerant, where fruits and vegetables are sold, sometimes by Romani people. These markets can offer a wide variety of produce, and they are often known for their colorful atmosphere and diverse selection of items. 

Richard Durando Togo
Portrait of a Fruit Seller
Oil on Canvas
8" 8" 30" 4"
Private collection

Estimated at $300 USD - $500 USD in May 2023

Richard Durando Togo
Lady in a market
Oil on Canvas
8" 8" 30" 4"
Private collection

Sold for  €1,600 EUR in February 2019

Richard Durando Togo
The fruit market , ca. 1955
Oil on Canvas
36 x 25 in. (91.4 x 63.5 cm.)
Private collection

Richard Durando Togo
The market
Oil on Canvas
H. 50 cm W. 61 cm
Private collection

Eastimated for €2,200 EUR - €2,500 EUR in 
April 2008

Richard Durando Togo
La marchande de fruits
Oil on Canvas
58.5 x 79 cm. (23 x 31.1 in.)
Private collection

Richard Durando-Togo
Women at the Market
Oil on canvas
Height: 36.23 in (92 cm)Width: 43.51 in (110.5 cm)
Private collection

For sale at $2,181.79 in July 2023

Richard Durando-Togo
Scène de Marché orientaliste
Taking a Break
Oil on canvas
Height: 36.23 in (92 cm)Width: 43.51 in (110.5 cm)
Private collection

Richard Durando Togo
La belle Tzigane
Oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm. (25.6 x 31.9 in.)
Private collection

Richard Durando Togo
Scène de marché
Oil on canvas
 73 x 92 cm
Private collection

Estimated for  €2,000 EUR - €2,500 EUR in June 2008

Richard Durando Togo
Italienne
End of day!
Oil on canvas
60.5 x 75 cm
Private collection

Sold for €200 EUR in May 2020

Durando Togo Richard  (born in 1910 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine painter of origin but spent most of his life in Italy and France, where he settled in 1934. He had a very personal flowing style, a painter of light and shade which often creates an atmosphere of mystery together. Richard’s glamorous ''nudes'' are his best known and most sought works. Although they are somewhat idealized, they are not offensive to the eye. He manages to incorporate refinement and elegance to his works. His fluidity of brushwork is masterful and seems almost effortless in the way he moves the paint around the canvas. There are many smaller glamorous female head studies, but it is the larger format full length nudes in evocative interiors where he excels. In 1968, Richard was awarded the "Grand Prix International Paint". More on Durando Togo Richard




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