'Place De La Concorde, Paris' by Henri Julie, Large Mid-Century Surrealist Oil

Description

Signed lower right, 'Henri Julie' (French, 20th century) and painted circa 1960.
Displayed in a custom-made, carved wood and water-gilded … more Signed lower right, 'Henri Julie' (French, 20th century) and painted circa 1960.
Displayed in a custom-made, carved wood and water-gilded frame by Richard Tobey & Son.
Framed dimensions: 25''H x 2.13''D x 36.5''W

A dramatic symbolist oil showing a view of the famous Parisian square with the Obelisk of Luxor silhouetted against a bolt of lightning striking and the city aflame. In the middle foreground, a woman with a wreath in her hair stands on a horse-drawn fire-truck and aims a water-hose at one of the Neoclassical buildings designed by architect Jacques Ange Gabriel. less