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Country of origin: France
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Signed lower right & again verso
Dated: c. 1930
Condition: Very good original condition
Size: 39.00" x 32.00" (99.1cm x 81.3cm)
Framed Size: 44.00" x 37.00" (111.8cm x 94.0cm)
Provenance: Original exhibition numbers verso
1902
Oil on panel
£2,450.00
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The Artist’s Garden
by Marie Duhem
1909
Oil on panel
£3,300.00
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The Artists Garden
by Henri Duhem
c. 1910
Oil on original canvas
£5,950.00
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Nu avec des fleurs
by Georges D'Espagnat
1910
Oil on board
£15,500.00
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Fillette à la poussette
by Victor Charreton
c. 1930
Oil on canvas
£3,750.00
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Nature Morte
by Jean Albert Pougny
c. 1960
Oil on canvas
£8,950.00
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Enfants aux pigeons
by Jules Rene Herve
c. 1930
Oil on canvas
£4,950.00
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Vase de fleurs
by Jean Hugo
1920
Oil on board
£2,950.00
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Nature Morte
by Henri Lienard De Saint Delis
c. 1975
Oil on canvas
£8,950.00
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Jeune bretonne dans l’atelier Dyf – Arzon
by Marcel Dyf
c. 1910
Oil on original canvas
£8,400.00
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Nu avec des fleurs
by Georges D'Espagnat
c. 1920
Oil on panel
£4,250.00
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Still Life
by Henri Lienard De Saint Delis
c. 1940
Oil on canvas
£9,950.00
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Vase De Fleurs
by Marcel Dyf
Painter (gouache), draughtsman, watercolourist. Genre scenes, still-lifes, landscapes, waterscapes, urban landscapes.
Francis Smith was a pupil of J. Ribeiro the Younger, Luciano Freire and Constantino Fernandes in Lisbon, then of Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian in Paris. Although he lived in Paris, he retained his Portuguese nationality and made many visits to his native country.
He featured in many collective exhibitions including: Free Art, Lisbon (1911, 1934); Exposition Universelle, Paris (1937); Portugal in the work of Francis Smith, Portuguese Cultural Centre, Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris (1969); drawings, Casa de Portugal, Paris (1972). He also participated in the Salon d'Automne, Salon des Tuileries and Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps (Salon for Contemporary Painters), in Paris. A Francis Smith Prize has been created in his memory.
He painted the shores of the Mediterranean where he spent so much time, and scenes portraying the joy of life itself in is own naive style. His native Portugal played an important role in his work.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Lisbon (MM)
Lisbon (Mus. do Chiado)
Paris (Mus. des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie)
Paris (Mus. du Petit Palais)