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❈ Item Description ❈

Artist: R. Champignon (1918, French)
Title: "Parisian Cafe Street Scene" 
Medium: Oil on canvas
Art: 27" x 39"
Frame:  32" x 44"
Signed: Lower left corner
Provenance:  Private collection Lincoln Park, New Jersey; Lilac Gallery Collection. The piece will be stamped from Lilac Gallery on its verso.
Item: 005272

Subject: In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Seine by the Hotel de Paris. The streets of Paris are portrayed in the distance with much life and vibration, we can feel the energy effortlessly. The artist mostly used oil with a pallet knife, with impasto paint, and then by using subtle brush strokes with a wide color pallet, a beautiful rendition of the street with figures is accomplished. The artist was truly a master of capturing the magic and romance of Paris in all of its glory throughout the seasons. This piece is executed whimsically, yet dramatically evoking an emotion of wonder and beauty. Signed lower left and comes housed in a distressed gold tone wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.

Condition: The painting is in excellent condition and comes displayed in a vintage frame that shows some ordinary wear from age, and minor imperfections in line with the manufacturing period.

R. Champignon was born in Marseille in 1918. His studies of art took him to Paris and later to Florence. After completing his education in Italy, he returned to Paris, the city of lights and inspiration for many artists in the 20th Century. He was known for his colorful pallet and bold brushwork, his painting style also has a mystical quality about them which brings us to feel the atmosphere of his works effortlessly. We can feel that the artist was deeply in love with his city.
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