French late 20th century gilt metal side table
with marble top
Height: 17¾ in / 45 cm
Length: 36½ in / 92 cm
Width: 18½ in / 47 cm
French late 20th century gilt metal side table
with marble top
Height: 17¾ in / 45 cm
Length: 36½ in / 92 cm
Width: 18½ in / 47 cm
Still life of flowers, knife and newspaper on a tablecloth
Signed Helene Riviere
Oil on canvas: 21¼ x 25½ in / 54 x 65 cm
Hélène Rivière was born in 1895 into an artistic family, her father being a sculpture teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse whilst her mother was a specialist in the craft of broderie. Helene’s presiding love in art was for animals so prevalent to the S.W. France – ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens – depicted either in detailed studies or in their farm settings. She exhibited regularly from 1920 onwards at the Toulouse Societé des Artistes Meridrionaux, and also in Paris at the Salon between 1926-40, winning a Gold Medal in 1935. Following the death of her father in 1922, her subject matter expanded under the guidance of her great friend and mentor Henri Martin into flower paintings and landscapes of the Tarn region and the foothills of the Pyrenees as well as the seaside towns of Collioure and Banylus.
Two mackerel on a plate
Signed G.Izaure-Dezes 1951
Canvas: 14½ x 21 in / 37 x 53 cm
Roses in a vase
(with a mirror behind)
Signed 59 G.Izaure-Dezes
Oil on board: 18 x 21½ in / 46 x 55 cm
Pair of saddle bag side chairs
French, late 19th century
recovered in fabric by Colefax & Fowler
Height: 29 in / 74 cm
Width: 23 in / 58.5 cm
Depth: 28 in / 71 cm
Seat height: 15 in / 38 cm
A lady’s marquise armchair in the Louis XV1 style,
with its original paint and gilt highlights
French, mid 19th century, re-upholstered
in velvet by Colefax & Fowler
Height: 35 in / 89 cm
Width: 33 in / 84 cm
Depth: 24 in / 61 cm
Seat height: 18¾ in / 47.5 cm
A marquise chair is a chair with a low coved back
that sweeps without break into the armrests
Seated female nude
Painted circa 1960
Oil on board
21½ x 18 in / 55 x 46 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.
A lady’s armchair with matching stool
French, late 19th century, re-upholstered
with fabric by Susan Deliss
Chair:-
Height: 35 in / 89 cm
Width: 32 in / 81 cm
Depth: 30 in / 76 cm
Seat height: 15 in / 38 cm
Stool:-
Length: 24 in / 61 cm
Width: 24 in / 61 cm
Height: 15 in / 38 cm
A still life of flowers in a white vase
Signed J. Cantenat
Painted circa 1940
Oil on canvas: 25½ x 21¼ in / 64.5 x 54 cm
A painter of landscapes, flowers and portraits, Jacqueline Cantenat studied under Paul Quinsac at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Bordeaux and her first recorded painting publically exhibited was at the Salon de L’Atelier in 1929. She continued to draw inspiration for her work from the pay-basque region of S.W. France as well as the countryside around the city of Rouen.