PAINTING & DRAWING
The old painting in general, presented in our sales are in chronological order and by schools: Italian, Flemish and Dutch, then French then XIXth century called "classic".
The birth of modern painting in Italy from the Renaissance to the 16th century led to a revolution in the visual arts that spread across Europe and then to America over the following centuries.
The subsequent proliferation of styles from the continent includes the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century with its contemplative domestic scenes, portraits, landscapes and still lifes; the Barbizon school in nineteenth-century France in which the landscape was, for the first time, considered an appropriate subject in itself; and the avant-garde and surrealist movements of the 20th century.
We also offer graphic art with drawing, All the techniques are represented: pencil, ink, watercolor, blood wash, and pastel.
The birth of modern painting in Italy from the Renaissance to the 16th century led to a revolution in the visual arts that spread across Europe and then to America over the following centuries.
The subsequent proliferation of styles from the continent includes the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century with its contemplative domestic scenes, portraits, landscapes and still lifes; the Barbizon school in nineteenth-century France in which the landscape was, for the first time, considered an appropriate subject in itself; and the avant-garde and surrealist movements of the 20th century.
We also offer graphic art with drawing, All the techniques are represented: pencil, ink, watercolor, blood wash, and pastel.
PRINTS / LITHOGRAPH
Engraving appeared with wood engraving in Asia in the 4th century. Then in Germany and Italy towards the end of the 15th century,
At the same period Dürer developed a high quality engraving style, both in relief and in hollow, ushering in the era of printmaking.
Engraving developed rapidly following the industrial revolution, images being produced in multiples for newspapers and books. Color lithography was introduced towards the end of the 19th century and has been used, with great success, by famous artists like Toulouse-Lautrec
In the 20th century, printmaking as a work of art emerged. With the exception of the monotyping process, which produces a single print, engraving allows The limited editions correspond to a new approach to art; signed by big names and numbered, these works are attracting and seducing more and more discerning amateurs and collectors. Initially used in the field of book publishing as a guarantee of the limited nature of the print, the principle of the limited edition has extended in many areas such as printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, design, jewelry artists , Multiple works in all their forms, bearing the signatures of artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Andy Warhol and many others began to sign and number the prints for these series, creating which became known as a limited edition.
At the same period Dürer developed a high quality engraving style, both in relief and in hollow, ushering in the era of printmaking.
Engraving developed rapidly following the industrial revolution, images being produced in multiples for newspapers and books. Color lithography was introduced towards the end of the 19th century and has been used, with great success, by famous artists like Toulouse-Lautrec
In the 20th century, printmaking as a work of art emerged. With the exception of the monotyping process, which produces a single print, engraving allows The limited editions correspond to a new approach to art; signed by big names and numbered, these works are attracting and seducing more and more discerning amateurs and collectors. Initially used in the field of book publishing as a guarantee of the limited nature of the print, the principle of the limited edition has extended in many areas such as printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, design, jewelry artists , Multiple works in all their forms, bearing the signatures of artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Andy Warhol and many others began to sign and number the prints for these series, creating which became known as a limited edition.
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