Giorgio Chiesi

'Still Life, Carafe and Coffee-pot', Italian Modernist, Style of Giorgio Morandi

Signed lower left, 'J. Bedwell' for Jeanette Bedwell (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975; additionally signed, verso, on canvas. A vibrant, mid-century oil still-life b...

Signed upper right, "Joffrin" for Guily-Jeanne Joffrin (French, 1909-2007) and painted circa 1965. Photo of the artist in her studio, 1995. Courtesy of Wikipedia. Born in Paris, Joffrin first attended the École Supérieure Sophie-Germain before, in 1928, studying at the École des Beaux-Arts, initially in the studio of Lucien Simon. She continued her studies there for several years in the studios of Jacques Despierre and Lucien Fontanarosa. After receiving her diploma, Joffrin was appointed Professor of Drawing and taught in Paris until 1945, when she began to devote herself exclusively to her career as a fine artist. Over the course of a long career, she exhibited internationally with success including at more than forty exhibitions in France (Paris, Aurillac, Rennes, Strasbourg, Reims, Rodez, Toulouse, Barbizon, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Cannes) as well as in Geneva, Vevey, San Francisco and Tokyo among other cities. The human face was of particular interest to Joffrin and she created many portraits of academic notables including Paul Guth...

Signed lower left, 'Karl Goldschmidt' (Anglo-German, 1912-1995) and painted circa 1930. Photo of Karl Goldschmidt (Kenneth Gay) with Robert Graves courte...

Signed lower right, 'Bertalan' for Albert Bertalan (Hungarian, 1899-1956) and dated 1929. Displayed in a period, birds-eye maple frame; frame size: 26 x 30 inches An elegant, oil st...

Signed lower right, 'Esther Lyne' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1955. A sensitively painted Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a view of a hand-painted creamware jug...

Signed lower right, 'Jay Risling' (American, 1896-1993) and dated 1941. A psychologically penetrating study of a contented, golden-eyed ginger cat shown re...

GEOMETRIC STILL LIFE Size: 41.5 x 49.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A vibrant and playful mid century cubist modernist composition in oil, painted on board. With a focus on sh...

STILL LIFE WITH VEGETABLES Size: 59 x 74 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A brilliantly executed modernist style still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1965...

. BREAD. JARS original still life acrylic painting. Illana, an artist trained in Barcelona and Paris, although heavily self-taught, reduces the forms in his paintings to essentia...

The extensive work of Vilma Eckl covers a period of more than seventy years. Her incomparable artistic talent and her essential contribution to the history of art can be seen in her ...

RED TULIPS Size: 67 x 58 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A captivating and well-balanced interior still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas. Upon first glance, a vase ...

Signed lower right: CARLES