STILL LIFES

Thick impasto, impressionistic, and so very French! Oil on re-purposed canvas (earlier painting underneath) typical of post-war European art. Signed upper right “C. (Claude) Bonil” and presented in a mid-century gold frame circa 1950, probably original, 20″ x 16″, $450. Found in Nice, but shipped from Paris (isn’t all French art?).

Starting today with a still life. Signed and dated lower right “Heather M. Boardman, 1976,” this oil on canvas laid down on foamboard aptly displays a summers harvest on the farm table. This New York artist utilizes interpretive realism as her style… successfully! 17 1/2″ x 22 1/2″ in original stained wood frame, $475.

Always a surprise as well as a treasure to be found at the Saint Quen’s Market. What better way to spend a Sunday in Paris! Couldn’t resist this basket of lilies in the pure Expressionist style. Thought it was a van Gogh! Unsigned oil on Masonite 20″ x 24″ in its original painted wood-edge frame, $495.

Which color would you choose for this to “pop”? Green or orange? Oil on artist board signed lower left by the mid-century artist Iona Waite about 1960. Couldn’t resist the allusion to Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) with the reference to the oranges. 14″ x 18″ in original white-washed wooden frame, $375. Something for everyone!

Purdy as a picture! Unsigned French oil on canvas laid down on cardboard proving that the French joined the folks across the channel with their Victorian love of flowers. Presented in later gilt frame 18″ x 22″, $395.

This larger-than-(still)life was painted about 1930 by an unknown English artist of some merit. The dented and outsized copper vessel, white porcelain vase and oversized fruit certainly draw your attention! Housed in its original bronzed frame 28″ x 24″, this piece works perfectly for today’s kitchen or yesterday’s Arts and Crafts cottage. $425.

Alfonso T. Toran’s (1896-1965) oil painting on masonite portrays vibrant fuchsia and violet flowers in an ornate Victorian vase. The piece is elegantly framed in a contemporary closed corner frame 16″ x 12″, blending traditional beauty with modern design and creating a stunning floral composition that bridges the past and present. Toran was born in Naples, Italy, but spent most […]

“Nature Morte sur en Table”. 18th century Dutch realism reached a pinnacle with the still- lifes of Pieter Paul Rubens(1577-1640) Jean Chandin(1699-1779) and Jan van de Velde. The Flemish approach emphasizing abundance by depicting a diversity of fruits, flowers and dead game became the “thing”, and the European great houses, especially English ones, could not get enough for their grand […]

Ukrainian Genius: “ Still Life, Bowl of Fruit,” signed L/L “Ben Benn”(1884-1983.) Pioneer Modernist with excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn was born in southwest Ukraine as a Jew under the Czarist Alexander III. He migrated with his family to the United States in 1898, and between 1904 and 1908 attended The National Academy of Design. Participating in the […]

Oh…those Italians! They do get it! Unsigned turn of the century oil on canvas in original water-gilt frame 29 x 24… $950.