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Augusta Brown
Read more: Augusta BrownA sketch of a young girl, Augusta Brown. One of the few sketches to have the name recorded on the drawing…..
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Isabella drawing
Read more: Isabella drawingA sketch of a young girl, Isabella, from the Netherlands who later sat for an oil painting commissioned by her parents.
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Second Edition of the Great Crafts Fair in Fayence -1977
Read more: Second Edition of the Great Crafts Fair in Fayence -1977Quick portrait by Christine Benson.
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DRAWING IN THE STREET – 1977
Read more: DRAWING IN THE STREET – 1977A course for young amateurs in the art of drawing is currently taking place in Seillans under the direction of Mrs. Benson, the internationally renowned painter……
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Final meeting to organize the craft fair on July 16 and 17 -1977
Read more: Final meeting to organize the craft fair on July 16 and 17 -1977We remember that the Chamber of Trades had organized the 1975 craft days. The festival committee and the municipality organized the second edition in 1976, and they are preparing…..
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FEMININE PAINTING WITH Mrs BENSON AND Miss SYBILLE
Read more: FEMININE PAINTING WITH Mrs BENSON AND Miss SYBILLEThe most beautiful specimens of the work of Mrs. Benson, a woman painter who won a Grand Prix at Cannes during a ……
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Quick Sketch / Portrait Rapide 2
Read more: Quick Sketch / Portrait Rapide 2A Quick Sketch of a young woman, probably drawn as a demonstration while waiting for paying customers during….
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Au théâtre : salon International d’Art
Read more: Au théâtre : salon International d’ArtWhile it is quite reasonable to defend one artist or the other after seeing an individual exhibition, this becomes impossible in the face of a group exhibition bringing together works, some of which we dislike but which are by artists whose talent is recognized or acknowledged by specialists.
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Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 4
Read more: Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 4A well finished Sketch of a young woman on an ochre paper base. As the drawing was found with a simple paper mat I think it was used as a sample to be displayed when my mother setup her little “Portrait Rapide” stall….
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Serenade
Read more: SerenadeSerenade was inspired by listening to Neil Diamond’s ‘Longfellow Serenade’. I wouldn’t go through the lyrics here but it does include the singer, in the first person, singing and dreaming about their lady love “beside this sleepy glade” “upon the summer night”. Despite the inspiration…..