Johannes Schiefer
“Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”
Circa 1960

Name: “Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”
Brand: Johannes Schiefer
Price: 1760 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Original oil on canvas painting of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel by the Dutch born artist Johannes Schiefer. The Eiffel Tower appears in the distance. A whimsical take on Paris. Signed lower left. Condition is excellent. Framed in its original 1960’s frame of simulated wood with thin linen liner. Overall framed measurements 28 by 33 inches. Provenance: A Southampton, Long Island, New York estate. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (English: Triumphal Arch of the Carousel) is a triumphal arch in Paris, located in the Place du Carrousel. It is an example of Neoclassical architecture in the Corinthian order.[1] It was built between 1806 and 1808 to commemorate Napoleon's military victories in the Wars of the Third and Fourth Coalitions. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, at the far end of the Champs Élysées, is about twice the size; designed in the same year but not completed until 1836. Johannes Schiefer (Dutch-American 1896-1979) Johannes Schiefer, painter of landscapes and portraits and former curator of the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, L.I, New York. Johannes Schiefer was born in 1896 in the Netherlands, moving to Paris where he began his studies in art. He moved to Nice in the South of France where he married and settled down until the outbreak of WW2. During the late thirties, he traveled and painted the coastline of the South of France, as well as Venice and the Adriatic. Following the birth of their daughter, future actress Joanna Miles, Schiefer and his family left France in 1941 and moved to New York, where they settled down on Long Island. For the next 30 years Shiefer kept on painting and had numerous one man shows, at the same time becoming curator at the Parrish Art Museum in Long Island, NY.

Creator:

Johannes Schiefer (1896-1979, American, Dutch)

Creation Year:

Circa 1960

Dimensions:

Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Medium:

Canvas,Oil

Movement & Style:

Post-Impressionist

Period:

1960-1969