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Rooftops in Winter - Antique Oil Painting
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Rooftops in Winter - Antique Oil Painting

1940 - 1960
Description

Large oil on canvas signed by the artist, Charles Betremieux (1919 - 1997), showing a view from his studio window on Rue de Beaumont. The painting is mounted in a simple wooden slip frame.

Betremieux was born in 1919 and was predominantly inspired by the 1930s. He studied at the Ecole Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes with Raymond Debieve where their work was quickly noticed and rewarded:

The period of the 1930s is characterised by the clashing of many political ideologies, including Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism. Surrealism continued to dominate in Europe, and had influence internationally. Artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera in Mexico, worked to integrate the ideas posed by Surrealism into their radical political ideologies, developing a new kind of magic realism.

Physical Dimensions
Height
84cm (33.07")
Width
102cm (40.16")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Declaration

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Winter Landscape Oil Painting to the 1960s.

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SA1104965
Description
Large oil on canvas signed by the artist, Charles Betremieux (1919 - 1997), showing a view from his studio window on Rue de Beaumont. The painting is mounted in a simple wooden slip frame.

Betremieux was born in 1919 and was predominantly inspired by the 1930s.

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He studied at the Ecole Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes with Raymond Debieve where their work was quickly noticed and rewarded:.
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fig 1. An oil painting featuring bare winter trees framing a view of rooftops and buildings in a palette of grey, green, and white.
fig 1. Rooftops in Winter - Antique Oil Painting

The period of the 1930s is characterised by the clashing of many political ideologies, including Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism. Surrealism continued to dominate in Europe, and had influence internationally. Artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera in Mexico, worked to integrate the ideas posed by Surrealism into their radical political ideologies, developing a new kind of magic realism.

Height
84cm (33.07")
Width
102cm (40.16")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Winter Landscape Oil Painting to the 1960s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1104965
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Traditional landscape paintings consist of oil-based pigments applied to a primed linen or cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Artists typically used natural bristle brushes, palette knives, and timber framing to protect and present the completed artwork.

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