A seasonal selection of small paintings

November 10, 2023
René Le Forestier, Place du Tertre, Paris

From France, to Greece, to Massachussets, travel through places and times with this series of diverse paintings by 20th century French and British artists.

 

 

Yvonne Canu (1921-2008)
Saint Tropez
Watercolour: 25 cm x 34 cm
Framed size: 45 cm x 60 cm
Signed

 

Emilio Grau Sala (1911-1975)
L'Élégante (left); Nu féminin (right)
Watercolour on paper: 30 cm x 22 cm
Framed size: 48 cm x 39 cm
Signed

 

 

Jean Hugo (1894-1984)
Cows in a Meadow
Gouache: 8 cm x 13 cm
Framed size: 28 cm x 32 cm
Signed

 

 

 

Frederick Gore CBE RA (1913-2009)
Threshing Floor, Sfendouri, Aegina, Greece
Watercolour: 37 cm x 56 cm
Framed size: 60 cm x 78 cm
Signed and dated 1987

 

 

 

George Barbier (1882-1932)
Dame à la biche (The Lady and the Doe)
Watercolour & Indian Ink: 23 cm x 29 cm
Framed size: 47 cm x 52 cm
Signed and dated 1921

 

 

 

George Barbier (1882-1932)
Chante, mon bel oiseau (Sing, My Beautiful Bird)
Watercolour & Indian Ink: 23 cm x 17 cm
Framed size: 47 cm x 40 cm
Signed and dated 1925

 

 

 

Jacques Despierre (1912-1993)
Hydra, Caiques Rouge
Watercolour on paper: 22 cm x 36 cm
Framed size: 44 cm x 56 cm
Signed and dated 1976

 


 

 

Artist of the Month
Peter Kelly NEAC RBA (1931-2019)

 

 

Modern British artist Peter Kelly was born in 1931 and was educated at the West Ham School of Art and Technology before attending the Central School of Art and Design in London. In 1982 Peter Kelly was elected a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists. In 1995 Peter became a member of the Small Painting Society and in 2007 he was appointed a member of the New English Art Club. 

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Pictured: Doorway to the Dining Room: Long Hill, Massachusetts, oil on canvas: 38 cm x 28 cm (framed size: 55 cm x 44 cm), signed with initials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the author

John Adams

Founded in 1990, John Adams Fine Art specialises in 20th century French art and modern and contemporary paintings and sculpture.John Adams Fine Art also represents the Estates of two exceptional French artists to emerge from the Post War period, Othello Radou (1910 - 2006) and Denise Mannoni (1918 - 2003).