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This is a nice vintage original artwork oil painting (see photos). This is a vintage Mid Century Modern coastal landscape oil painting. The painting depicts a view of Cannes, France, where the annual Film Festival is held (see photos). This would make a great gift for a California movies star, producer or director who had competed at the festival in Cannes. The painting is painted on canvas. The artist is an original work of art oil painting. The painting is painted in a Modernist Expressionist style (see photos). The painting is vintage (see photos). The painting is framed in a carved wood gold gilt or gold painted picture frame. The item is from an estate liquidation (see photos). This painting is painted by the American California artist: John Lentine Jr (1930-1968). The painting is signed by the artist on the front (lower left-hand corner), the item is titled: CANNES, dated for 1958 and signed by the artist on the back side of the canvas (see photos). The artwork retains the original paper art gallery label for, Charles Feingarten Contemporary Art of Chicago, IL, Illinois on the back side of the painting (see photos). The painting's original price in 1958 was four hundred dollars (the equivalent price in today's dollars would be about four thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars). The painting in total framed measures in total about 29.5 inches high, and it is about 44.5 inches wide. The painting portion without the picture frame measures about 21 inches high, and it is about 36 inches wide. The is artwork is sold in as is as found estate condition. The picture frame has some scuffs, some scratches, some finish losses and some wear (see photos). The painting has some tears in the canvas, crazing to the paint and some wear (see photos and / or written description for the condition of this item). This is a nice vintage original artwork oil painting of Cannes, France by a well known California Modernist American to add to your collection.

Here is some information about this artist:

"John Lentine was born in Rochester, New York on October 19, 1930. Lentine studied at the Pratt Institute of Art. He died in Los Angeles on February 29, 1968.

Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"

Here is some information about the Cannes Film Festival:

The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the Americans and the British.

The Cannes Film Festival, until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951.

Here is a list of feature films competing at the festival for the year 1958 that the painting was painted.
Feature film competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

    Brink of Life (Nära livet) by Ingmar Bergman
    The Brothers Karamazov by Richard Brooks
    La Caleta olvidada by Bruno Gebel
    Ciulinii Bărăganului by Louis Daquin
    The Cranes are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) by Mikhail Kalatozov
    Desire Under the Elms by Delbert Mann
    The Flute and the Arrow (En Djungelsaga) by Arne Sucksdorff
    Girl and the River (L'eau vive) by François Villiers
    Goha by Jacques Baratier
    Iron Flower (Vasvirág) by János Herskó
    Journey Beyond Three Seas (Pardesi) by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin
    The Long, Hot Summer by Martin Ritt
    A Man of Straw (L'uomo di paglia) by Pietro Germi
    A Matter of Dignity (To teleftaio psema) by Michael Cacoyannis
    Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati
    Nine Lives (Ni liv) by Arne Skouen
    Orders to Kill by Anthony Asquith
    Parash Pathar by Satyajit Ray
    Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Rosaura a las 10) by Mario Soffici
    Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin) by Ernst Marischka
    Snow Country (Yukiguni) by Shirō Toyoda
    The Spessart Inn (Das Wirtshaus im Spessart) by Kurt Hoffmann
    Suburban Romance (Zizkovská romance) by Zbyněk Brynych
    Vengeance (La Venganza) by Juan Antonio Bardem
    Visages de bronze by Bernard Taisant
    Young Husbands (Giovani mariti) by Mauro Bolognini

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Vintage Oil Painting Landscape CANNES, France MCM 1958 California John Letinger

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