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Nature morte florale

Name: Nature Morte Florale | Claude Venard
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 84787

Claude Venard

$35,000

French (1913–1999)

Date: 1974
Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 25.5 x 21.5 in. (64.77 x 54.61 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x 28.5 inches

$35,000

Framed

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about Nature morte florale

A vibrant oil painting on canvas by French artist Claude Venard.

Painted in 1974, this still life of orchids and poppies features sand underneath the green paint of the vase to add more detail. From afar, the piece seems flat and uniform, but the sand, as well as the impasto painting technique, adds several layers of surface texture. The work is nicely framed in a gold leaf frame and is signed in the lower right. Provenance: Galerie Felix Vercel, New York.

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About The Artist: Claude Venard

Claude Venard was born in 1913 into a business family from Burgogne. At the age of 17 he began to take evening classes in painting at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués. However, after six years of conscientious study, he was forced, in order to support himself, to spend most of 1936 working as a restorer at the Louvre Museum. This experience, however, turned out to be beneficial in as much as it enabled the young artist to fill the gaps still...

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About The Medium: Oil

Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.

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