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Painting scene "Parisian Interior" signed Martin-Sauvaigo, France
oil painting on wood panel.
Elegant and opulent Parisian interior scene representing a …
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Painting scene "Parisian Interior" signed Martin-Sauvaigo, France
oil painting on wood panel.
Elegant and opulent Parisian interior scene representing a large gilded mirror overlooking a Louis XV chest of drawers
The many details reveal a certain ease and taste: art object, bouquet of flowers, basket of fruit, Persian carpet on the floor, paintings on the walls...
An interesting play of reflection from the mirror offers dazzling light and depth. The effect reveals a curtain, paintings...
The soft colors are enhanced by the central luminous flare.
Charles Martin-Sauvaigo
Birth :February 7, 1881 Nice
Death November 9, 1970 (at age 89)
14th arrondissement of Paris
Distinction : Officer of the Legion of Honor
During his youth, at the instigation of Félix Ziem who had noticed his qualities, Charles Martin-Sauvaigo turned towards drawing and painting. After having spent some time under the direction of Alexis Mossa at the school of decorative arts in Nice, he came to Paris and was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in November 1900 in the workshops of Léon Bonnat (until 'in 1905), then Luc-Olivier Merson (until 1911).
This painting by Martin-Saivaigo will find its place in a modern or classic interior.
Appointed official painter of the Navy in 1922, he was one of the founders of the Society of Fine Arts of the Sea and brought together artists from his native region. Linked to the Decorative Arts movement of the Société des arts français, he participated in the international exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts of 1925, of which he was a winner. Charles Martin-Sauvaigo also exhibited at the Paris International Colonial Exhibition of 1931 with several large dioramas, and finally at the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris, where his immense diorama of more than 440 square meters decorated the Côte d'Ivoire pavilion. 'Azure
. Several of his works are kept in the collections of national and municipal museums, in France and abroad. After his death, the city of Nice gave the name of Charles Martin-Sauvaigo to an alley in his native district
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- Dimensions
- 23ʺW × 1ʺD × 29ʺH
- Styles
- Louis XV
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Interiors
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Light Yellow
- Condition Notes
- Good condition Unframed size 25x19 framed size 23x29 Good condition Unframed size 25x19 framed size 23x29 less
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