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Established in 2016, we are online retailers of original mid-20th-century French and Italian objects and art as well as a handful of other international vintage objects. Our international buyers source our stock directly from frequent trips to the Continent, primarily France and Italy.

12/07/2021

Beautifully tactile bottles by Bruno Gambone (b. 1936) 🤎 In love with these works of art

07/07/2021

Italian Ceramic Centrepiece by Guido Gambone (circa 1950s)

Handmade and painted in a creamy white glaze with crackle effect, the geometric shapes and border stand out with a hue suggesting terracotta. In good overall condition commensurate with age. Signed on rear: 'Gambone Italy' with Guido's trademark donkey maker's mark.

Dimensions:

W 46 cm / 18.1"
D 28 cm / 11"
H 6.5 cm / 2.6"

19/03/2021

Another work of the sunny Côtes d'Azur by Tony Minartz (1870-1944)

15/03/2021

‘Jansenist Study' by Louis Latapie, c. 1930
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About the Artist: Louis Latapie (1891 - 1972) was a highly celebrated artist who enjoyed an international reputation which continues today. During his long career he exhibited regularly at the major Paris Salons, including the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Tuileries. He had numerous individual and group exhibitions including Art et Résistance Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris in 1946. On his death in 1971, he was honoured, like Braque and Picasso, with a major retrospective at the Palais des Papes in Avignon. Further comprehensive retrospectives of his work were held in 1988 at the Musée Rapin and the Musée des Augustins. Appearing in numerous exhibitions and sold in the major auction houses, his works can be found today in the collections of museums worldwide including the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, (Paris); Musée d’Art Moderne, (Paris); Musée d’Art Moderne (Geneva); and the city museums of Toulouse, Avignon and Poitiers.

12/03/2021

‘Le Gardian', oil on canvas, by Jacqueline Padovani (c. 1950s-60s). Although this young hatted man looks as though he’s just swaggered out of the wild west with his wide-brimmed hat, we cannot call him a cowboy. That's an American term. This handsome young man is a 'Gardian'. More Gaulois Guy than Marlboro Man, the gardians are a distinctly French breed of stockmen from the Camargue wetland of Provence. Despite dressing like cowboys, they drink wine, not whisky, and rather than rodeos, their sport of choice is the course camarguaise, a bullfight where competitors attempt to remove ribbons from the animal’s horns. Perched atop the white horses for which the Camargue is famous, the gardians work tirelessly on what are some of France’s biggest livestock farms. This work is charming and is a historical record of a French character from the mid-20th Century.

19/11/2020

‘Still Life with Foliage and Books', oil on board, by Juliette Roche-Gleizes (c. 1930s)
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Client location: London

18/11/2020

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Client location: Austin, Texas
'Young Man with Cigarette', gouache on paper, by René Seyssaud (circa 1930s). Although this young cigarette-smoking man looks as though he’s just swaggered out of the O.K. Corral with his wide-brimmed hat and bandana around his neck, we cannot call him a cowboy. That's an American term. This handsome young man is a 'Gardian'. More Gaulois Guy than Marlboro Man, the gardians are a distinctly French breed of stockmen from the Camargue wetland of Provence. Despite dressing like cowboys, they drink wine, not whisky, and rather than rodeos, their sport of choice is the course camarguaise, a bullfight where competitors attempt to remove ribbons from the animal’s horns. Perched atop the white horses for which the Camargue is famous, the gardians work tirelessly on what are some of France’s biggest livestock farms. The artist, Seyssaud, had a real connection with the Camargue and it is the subject of many of his artworks.

About the Artist: René Seyssaud (1867-1952) was a Provençal painter who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, his hometown, then in Avignon. Noted for his powerful temperament and his bold palette of bright colours, he preceded the Fauvists in his use of colour. With other artists, Seyssaud formed the group of 'Young Admirers of Impressionism'. Invited to the exhibition of the Masters of independent Art in Paris, he was awarded the Grand Prize in 1951. Inspired by Provençal people, land and seascapes, Seyssaud created very striking works which are collected internationally and whose value increase consistently over time. He passed away in Saint-Chamas, France in 1952.

17/10/2020

‘Ballet Dancers at the Opera de Paris', watercolour on fine paper, by Yves Brayer (1940s)
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Client location: Zürich, Switzerland
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About the Artist: Yves Brayer (1907 - 1990) stands among the most celebrated modern French painters. Although he was faithful to the figurative tradition, his ample métier was enriched by his personal vision. His oeuvre proved to be very diverse, for besides his well-known landscapes, he also painted vast canvases, portraits and still lifes. A lover of Mediterranean landscapes, Yves Brayer sojourned in Morocco, Spain and Italy before settling down in Provence. There he was enchanted by the diverse and architectural forms of the Alpilles mountains, and by the vast expanse of the Camargue region with its ubiquitous white horses and black bulls. From then on he spent several months each year working in Provence. He also travelled internationally where he was quick to grasp the unique rhythm and light of each country.

When he was in Paris in 1942, Jacques Rouché appointed Brayer costume-and-set designer for a ballet at the Opera de Paris.

Brayer passed away in Paris in 1990. A large collection of his paintings are on permanent display both at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Cordes, France and at the Musée Yves Brayer in Les Baux de Provence, as well as many regional museums in his home country. In the United States, Yves Brayer's works form part of the collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, among others.

03/09/2020

'Under the Palm Trees of Madagascar' by Paul Léon Bléger (circa 1930s)
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About the Artist: Paul Léon Bléger (1889-1981) was a painter of portraits and landscapes. Born in Mulhouse, France, he travelled extensively throughout his country and overseas. He was a member of the Society of French Artists regularly exhibiting at the Palace Salon between 1922-36 and winning a number of art prizes and medals between 1927-28.

02/09/2020

Vintage Ceramic Pot with Lid by Gustave Reynaud / Le Mûrier
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Client location: Dallas, Texas
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About the Artist: Gustave Reynaud (1915-1972) founded the pottery, Le Mûrier (Mulberry Tree), in Vallauris, France in 1955. He produced earthenware designed in conjunction with his well known brother-in-law, Jean Derval, as well as vases, wall plaques and anthropomorphic jugs. He also worked with the potter, JF Descombes, and decorator Michel Barbier in their well known village. After Reynaud's death in 1972 his wife ran the pottery until 1984.

01/09/2020

Vintage Aluminium and Brass Clock by David Marshall
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Client location: Paris

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