Summer flowers in a basket
Signed Renaud, Juillet 1858
And inscribed d’apres un papier peint
Watercolour: 24 x 18 in / 61 x 46 cm
Summer flowers in a basket
Signed Renaud, Juillet 1858
And inscribed d’apres un papier peint
Watercolour: 24 x 18 in / 61 x 46 cm
French two deck man of war
entering a harbour
Drawn circa 1795
Ink & watercolour
17 x 24½ in / 43 x 62 cm
Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, “Antoine Roux” (1765 – 1835) was born in Marseille and became the best known of a family of maritime artists specialising in the depiction of ship portraiture of vessels frequenting the harbours of Marseille and Toulon. Apprenticed to his father, a hydrographer who published and sold marine charts and navigating instruments, Antoine’s earliest known work was a sketch dated 1787 showing pieces of a man-of-war. His watercolours, renowned for his accuracy in detail – especially in the hulls and rigging – were eagerly sought out by shipowners and their captains as souvenirs. He portrayed images of visiting vessels ships of every nation, either as large single watercolours of naval frigates, or, small sketchbooks with all types of fishing boats and cargo ships. For most of his career Antoine’s format remained consistent in his accuracy in the detail – especially the hulls of the vessels and their rigging. The most obvious and recognisable change to his work from 1805-06 being the softening of his depiction of the waves to softer more natural looking seas.
Antoine Roux succumbed to an outbreak of cholera in 1835. His three sons followed in his artistic footsteps with François, his third, being appointed as an official “Peintre de la Marine” in 1876.
Gladioli in a vase
Signed G.Izaure-Dezes 1957
Canvas: 21¾ x 18 in / 55 x 46 cm
Signed H. Loubat
Painted circa 1890
Oil on board: 14½ x 21½ in / 37 x 52 cm
Henri Jean Pierre Loubat was born in Gaillac, (Tarn), in the wine growing area of south-west France. After studying art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the nearby city of Toulouse he moved to Paris where he exhibited the first of many paintings at the Salon from 1878 onwards. Upon his return to Toulouse he took up the post of Professeur of art at the Beaux-Arts, a post which he was to hold for over 40 years.
The guitar player
Signed Vernette
Painted circa 1940-50
Oil on board
16 x 13 in / 40.5 x 33 cm
A pupil of the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse from 1937, André Vernette found work post World War Two as a decorative mural painter whilst at the same time beginning his career as a full time artist. From 1947 -54 he was a member of a small group of 7 artists in Toulouse collectively working under the heading of Le Chariot, and his work was also hung in the Salon at Paris. In 1949 he became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts and three years later was appointed head of the newly formed school of graphic art. This led to Vernette discovering a passion for architecture in the classical French style. The pinnacle of his career came in 1977 with his appointment as head of the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. Upon retirement eleven years later Vernette once again took up his brushes to create paintings with strict linear and architectural style.
Pair of three tier mahogany etagères
French, late 19th century, with
graduating shelves, on brass castors
for easy movement
Height: 33½ in / 85 cm
Width: 27 in / 68.5 cm
Depth (top): 14 in / 35.5 cm
Depth (bottom): 18 in / 46 cm
Pair of French banquettes de theatre
(bench seats from a private chapel or theatre)
Late 18th / early 19th century
(later repainted)
Length: 39½ in / 100 cm
Depth: 13 in / 33 cm
Height: 17 in / 44 cm
Abstract figure
Signed AM Boucher
Painted circa 1968
Oil on canvas
44½ x 34¼ in / 113 x 87 cm
Pair of small bedroom / occasional fauteuils
French, circa 1930 – 1940
Reupholstered in fabric by Manuel Canovas
Height: 31 in / 79 cm
Width: 21½ in / 55 cm
Depth: 22 in / 56 cm
Seat height: 21 in / 53.5 cm