Tag: Fayence
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Artisans d’Art et Artistes du Pay de Fayence
Read more: Artisans d’Art et Artistes du Pay de FayenceThis map for the Artisans d’Art et Artistes du Pay de Fayence or the Artisans and Artistes of the Fayence Region, was another product of working with….
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SEILLANS – ARTISTS EXHIBIT – 1971
Read more: SEILLANS – ARTISTS EXHIBIT – 1971eillans, a splendid little village which enjoys a remarkable setting and location, is home to many talented artists. Painting enthusiasts will be happily inspired, and pleasantly surprised, by visiting the exhibition of paintings by Ms. Christine Benson and ,,,,,
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Diana/Diane
Read more: Diana/DianeDiana Raymakers was the daughter of Dr. G. Raymakers from Aarle-Rixtel in the Netherlands. They were vacationing in the area and saw my mother’s paintings in an exhibition in Seillans, a nearby village. Being fans of the Dutch painter Carel Willink they were taken with my mother’s use of symbolism in the background of her…
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Near the Basse Collette
Read more: Near the Basse ColletteHer diary has reference to a “oil sketch” near the Basse Collette as being one of three similar sized landscape panels that she was working on almost simultaneously.
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis a more conventional view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside of Fayence on the valley floor off the road to Seillans. This lovely chapel was the subject of many of my mother’s landscapes. Although there is no date on the painting…..
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis an unusual view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside of Fayence on the valley floor off the road to Seillans. This lovely little chapel was the subject of several of my mother’s landscapes but mostly from a much closer viewpoint. Here we see the chapel as…..
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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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Kichicot
Read more: KichicotKichicot was my mother’s cat that she adopted from her good friend Yolande whom she stayed with when she didn’t have her own place to live just before she moved into the flat in Fayence. My mother always said that the cat or kitten at the time, adopted her. The rest of the family found…
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Bonnie Millhouse
Read more: Bonnie MillhouseA few months before painting this portrait of Bonnie Millhouse, my mother had painted a portrait of her own cat Kitchicot. I am sure seeing that painting was the inspiration for her friend Mary to commission this portrait of her sister’s dog. As fortune would have it, we can see….
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Martin Clayman
Read more: Martin ClaymanMr. Martin Clayman was an American business “tycoon” on holiday in the area and commissioned my mother to do this large painting. Her diary lists the price as $570 size with exclamation marks. At approximately….