Fauvist Animal Paintings

Mid Century French oil on canvas of a chicken in a farmyard by French artist Jean Arène. The painting is signed and dated bottom right. A charming view of a chicken poking its head out in the midst of a farmyard, a black iron plow visible in the foreground. This painting represents a transition for Arene from his more classical 'Cezanne' early style to his later freer compositions for which he has become so famous. His black outlines are in evidence as is his love of blocks of colour. This painting is almost abstract in its composition yet the objects within can be deciphered and they are all grounded by the easily recognisable charming head of the chicken. He has used his paint to give texture and interest and has used a scratching 'sgrafitto' technique to leave parts of the canvas unpainted or lightly painted to give contrast. This is an important transitional work for Jean Arène. Jean Arène was a student of August Chabaud, a highly sought after French artist in Provence who in turn took his inspiration from Cezanne. After a stint in 1949 at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille, then a year in Paris in 1950 with the poster artist Paul Colin, Jean Arène returned to Marseille the following year where he founded the "Group of under 30' with Trofimoff, Trabuc, Zutter and Mela and began painting as an autodidact, while earning a living in advertising and decoration. His first exhibition dates from 1956. Then, from 1957, Jean Arène left the city for the countryside, which served as his base for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sketchbook: Spain, Morocco in 1957, West Africa in 1960, (followed by an exhibition in Dakar), Northern Europe (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland , Lofoten, Netherlands and Belgium) In 1963 a trip to Tunisia. Then in 1966 his first retrospective in Toulon. In 1970 Arène left for the United States and Mexico, followed two years later by West Africa again: Tassili, the Sahara and Algeria. He exhibited extensively in Provence and the Gard: Aix-en-Provence, Uzès, Avignon, La Ciotat...

Wonderful oil painting in Fauvist style of two peacocks in flower garden, circa 2010. Unsigned. Condition: excellent. Presented in new giltwood-tone fram...

CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 TAUROMAQUIA signed "Lagar" (lower right) oil on wood panel 9-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches (23.5 x 32.5 cm.) framed: 16-3/4 x 20 inches (42.5 x 51 cm.) PROV...

José Luis Florit Rodero (1909-2000) - Horse racing - Oil on canvas Oil measures 54x65 cm. Frame measures 73x84 cm. José Luis Florit Rodero (Madrid, 1...

José Luis Florit Rodero (Madrid, 1909-Paris, 2000). Draftsman and painter. Trained in Olot and Figueras, he was guided in his early years by Juan Núñe...

Delightful little fantasy painting with great colors. Tiger just hanging out in his favorite chair. Oil or acrylic on board. Measures 10 inches high by 8 wide. Frame measures 13 by 1...

Unframed MUNDO Ignasi Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joaquín Mir, Mariano Pidelaserra and Manolo Hugué. In 1945 he received a schol...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADDOCK AT DEAUVILLE, 1964 signed Grau Sala (lower left) signed again, dated and located "Grau Sala, 1964 Deauville", ( on the reverse ) oil o...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADOCK EN NORMANDIE, 1962 signed Grau Sala (lower left) signed again, titled and dated "Grau Sala, Padock en Normandie, 1962", on the reverse o...