Mid 20th Century Framed Impressionist Cityscape Colored Lithograph Print on Paper “Place Du Tertre - Montmartre - Paris” Signed Charles Blondin

Description

This is a vintage Colored Lithograph Print by noted 20th Century French Impressionist Artist Charles Blondin. The Print is signed … more This is a vintage Colored Lithograph Print by noted 20th Century French Impressionist Artist Charles Blondin. The Print is signed on lower right and numbered 210-500 on the lower left.

The image is the Paris-Place du
Tertre and depicts the Outdoor Cafe and Working Artists with Sacre-Coeur in the background. This is in the Montmartre area of Paris.

This type of print is a limited high quality Color Lithograph of one of Blondin's many Watercolors. It shows a fall day with Parisians enjoying shopping, strolling, chatting, and having lunch at a small cafe. The print has blues, greens, whites, browns, yellows, and reds in it.

Charles Blondin was a French
Impressionist and listed artist
(1913-1991). Blondin was a "School of Paris" painter and printmaker, known primarily for his quaint Paris street scenes during different seasons. He painted during the middle of the 20th Century and painted with a colorful pallet, in an impressionistic style. This piece is a fine example of the artist's works, which typically show scenes from Montmartre, the banks of the Seine, Notre Dame, and other familiar and much-loved parts of one of the world's favorite cities. He worked with oils but was also a printmaker, and signed etchings and aquatints as well.

This piece measures 11.75” Tall x 14.75” Wide x 1.25” Deep. It weighs 2 pounds 1.3 ounces or 33.26 ounces or 944 grams. less