This note, another of the many Daniel Tretiak wrote in 2015,looks at newly emerged early works of Haku Maki.

“Bouquet a la Flute” Oil on canvas 25 5/8” x 21 ¼” w/o frame Gaston Sebire was born in Saint-Samson, Normandy, France, August 18, 1920. He attended School in Rouen, then entered the postal service, working at night and devoting himself to painting during the day. His first big break came in 1953, when he won the honorable job of designing the costumes and decorations of L'Ange gris, a ballet written by Claude Debussy for the Marquis of Cuevas...

“Ombelliferes” oil on canvas 31" x 23" Andre Vignoles was born in the southwest part of France on August 5, 1920. He followed a course of classic studies but was attracted to drawing at an early age and gave much of his time to it. He began to paint with a student of Flandria, one of the first Fauves, who studied in the atelier of Gustave Moreau. As he continued his study of painting, Vignoles was attracted to the art of Cezanne, Van Gogh and the Primitives of the 15th century...

In 1976 Haku Maki did his eight-volume San Mon Ban--a total of 96 different embossed images. These included many items Maki had just used, would use soon and used later. I first show images of two prints like those in San Mon Ban but slightly larger. Then two images of insects in San Mon Ban and then 4 images of insects long hidden in my archives--even to me. These might all be called Maki Lite...

"L'Alequin" O il on canvas 21.3" x 26.6"Franck L. was born in France on February 28, 1944. He attended the Beaux-Arts de Paris, studying architecture. After leaving the field of architecture he entered his first international art competition in 1963 and began exhibiting in galleries in 1966. Franck L. is renowned for his work throughout Europe and Asia and has been awarded the extreme honor of being shown at the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris...

"Place de L'Opera, Cafe de la Paix" oil on canvas 13"X18" unframed Born in France on November 15, 1910 in a small village near the banks of the Loire, Antoine Blanchard was the eldest of three children. His father, a carver, managed a small carpentry and furniture shop. Antoine would watch his father hand carve the furniture and began to display an artistic flair early in life. Eventually his parents sent him to Blois for drawing lessons...

Dan Tretiak wrote about a print he didn't own and simply described it here: sad stuff.

Fernand Leger, French,1881-1955. This stunning example of Fernand Leger's imagery at his early cubust period in the 1920's is pencil on paper. It is 21.5cm w by 25cm h in a beautiful frame 45cm w by 47.5cm h. It is signed lower left F. L. 20. Fernand Léger was born in 1881, the same year both Picasso and Braque were born, in Normandy; his father was a substantial cattle grazer. Fernand was trained as an architectural draughtsman and later worked as a professional retoucher of photographs...

Original psychedelic painting by Bucklee Bell titled “Hung Up”- acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40cm. 2007. About the Artist: Bucklee Bell was born and raised in the state of Florida, USA...

This research note looks at rarely seen Maki prints including early ones like Work Mu 2, done in 1961, and Symbol 2 from 1957.

OIL ON CANVAS of the EVREUX CATHEDRAL by RAYMOND BESSE, French Artist 1899 - 1969. Impressionist Work 21" X 17 1/2" sight; 23 1/2" X 27 1/2" Framed. Évreux is a town and commune of Normandy, northwestern France, in the Eure département, of which it is the préfecture (capital). Painted circa 1950's

Big Green shows 4 moving figures.A similar image is in the US in the kas frane but it is 3 moving figures. I think these were not frequent uses for Maki Poem 71-84

"Quai de Louvre" oil on canvas 9" H X 10 3/4" W unframed J.R. Herve was born in 1887 in Langres, a town in the eastern part of France. He began his art studies in an evening school of his hometown. He went to Paris where he first continued his studies at the School of Decorative Arts and then at the Fine Arts School. He exhibited his works for the first time at the Salon of French Artists in 1910. He was one of the most important members of this group...

"Depart pour le pechet" Oil on canvas - 21 5/8" x 18 1/8" Yolande Ardissone was born in Normandy in 1927, of an Italian father and a Ukrainian mother. At the age of seventeen, she left for Paris to study at the “Ecole des Arts Appliques” and the “Academie de la Grande Chaumiere”. Two years later, she transfers to Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied in the Atelier of Unterstellar...

"Anemones" oil on canvas 13 1/4 x 16 1/2 Louis Valtat was born into a wealthy family of ship owners on 8 August 1869 in the Normandy region of France. Valtat spent many of his childhood years in Versailles where he attended secondary school at the Lycée Hoche (near the Palace of Versailles). Encouraged by his father, an amateur landscape painter himself, Valtat became interested in art. At age 17 he applied to the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was accepted in 1887 and moved to Paris t...

Original mixed media (pastel, watercolor, and gouache) Art Deco Period painting on paper, circa 1920s, by well known Sacha (Alexander Davidovich) Zaliouk (Ukraine-France/ 1887-1971). This painting measures 24" by 18" (27" by 21") in its original frame. In beautiful original condition, with some very light toning consistent with the age. Signed "Sacha Zaliouk Paris" l.r. Zaliouk studied painting in Petrograd and at the Odessa School of Art in the teens. He collaborated to a number of publi...

This exceptional oval 60" x 32" French Painting is Signed Gustave Bouvard?? The painting was purchased from an antique dealer in Baton Rouge, La and he said the painting came from Napolean Bonaparte's Brothers Estate. It is signed in the lower left corner and is in Excellent Condition. Has original frame and stretcher. We are researching this painting and if you have any information please advise.

“Claudine With Hair Brush” Oil on canvas 21 ½” x 17 3/8” Marcel Dyf was born in Paris on the 7th October 1899. As a youth he was influenced by the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements that he observed in Paris and Normandy, where he spent his holidays. He started a career in engineering but in his early twenties he decided to become an artist. He moved to Arles in Provence where he bought a studio and began zealously painting the inspirational. Dyf was self-taught as an ar...