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Large Paris Cityscape Oil Painting Mid-century
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Large Paris Cityscape Oil Painting Mid-century

1940 - 1960
Description

This is a large and wonderful impasto oil on canvas with an impressionist’s depiction of Place de Clichy in Paris.

Bold use of impasto technique and colour gives this painting a three dimensional feel. It is even more stunning in real life!

Signed by the artist lower right.

Presented in the original gilt wooden frame.

Frame size: 80cm wide x 66cm high

Image size: 64cm wide x 49 cm high

Date of Manufacture

The Antiques Hound has dated this Paris Cityscape Oil Painting to the 1950s.

Independent Date Guide ID 09317162
Dealer's Item Date1950s
Sellingantiques Date1950s
Sellingantiques agingItem 60-85 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1950s:
Depiction of post-war vehicles: Parisian street traffic of the period.
Gaumont Palace Art Deco tower: historic cinema landmark demolished in 1973.
Heavy impasto with natural drying craquelure: aged mid-century oil paint.
Cove-moulded gilt frame: typical presentation of the post-war decades.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
66cm (25.98")
Width
80cm (31.50")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Reference Numbers
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SA1188166
Description
This is a large and wonderful impasto oil on canvas with an impressionist’s depiction of Place de Clichy in Paris.

Bold use of impasto technique and colour gives this painting a three dimensional feel. It is even more stunning in real life!

Signed by the artist lower right.

Presented in the original gilt wooden frame.

Frame size: 80cm wide x 66cm high

Image size: 64cm wide x 49 cm high

Date of Manufacture

The Antiques Hound has dated this Paris Cityscape Oil Painting to the 1950s.

Independent Date Report ID 09317162
Dealer's Item Date1950s
Sellingantiques dating1950s
Sellingantiques agingItem 60-85 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1950s:
Depiction of post-war vehicles: Parisian street traffic of the period.
Gaumont Palace Art Deco tower: historic cinema landmark demolished in 1973.
Heavy impasto with natural drying craquelure: aged mid-century oil paint.
Cove-moulded gilt frame: typical presentation of the post-war decades.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
66cm (25.98")
Width
80cm (31.50")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Reference Numbers
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SA1188166
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Dealing in compact georgian and later furniture and original paintings

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A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame.
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Archive I A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame.

Large Paris Cityscape Oil Painting Mid-century

Archive II A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame. View II
Archive III A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame. View III
Archive IV A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame. View IV
Archive V A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame. View V
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A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame.
Large Paris Cityscape Oil Painting Mid-Century
Ref: SA1188166
A framed mid-century oil painting depicting a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones inside a molded gold frame.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period1940 - 1960
  • StyleMid-Century Modern
  • MaterialOil on Canvas, Gilt Wood
  • ColourYellow and Blue
  • MotifsImpasto technique, Architectural streetscape, Gilt wood frame
  • SizeH 66 cm (26 in) x W 80 cm (31 in) x D 4 cm (2 in)

This mid-century oil painting depicts a Paris street scene rendered in heavy impasto strokes with yellow, blue, and pink tones. The canvas shows an architectural streetscape featuring buildings, a street, and vehicles, and bears a signature by the artist in the lower right corner. The artwork is housed within a molded gold frame made of gilt wood, displaying step mouldings along its border. The piece measures 80 cm wide, 66 cm high, and 4 cm deep. Suitable for domestic settings, this artwork works well when displayed above a sideboard in a living room, dining area, or hallway. The impressionist style and bright palette complement mid-century modern or contemporary interiors, adding texture and colour to wall spaces.

FAQs

Mid-century Paris cityscape paintings represent a popular mid-20th century movement where artists captured European urban scenes using expressive impasto techniques, thick pigment application, and stylized architectural composition.

Artists during this era typically applied oil pigments onto stretched cotton or linen canvas using palette knives and heavy brushes, mounting the finished work in carved or molded gilt wood frames.

Authentic mid-century paintings exhibit characteristic age oxidation on the reverse canvas, period-appropriate stretcher bar construction, surface paint stabilization marks, and artist signatures along the lower edge.

Position the framed canvas as a central focal point above a mid-century sideboard, console table, or fireplace mantel, allowing the tactile impasto paint surface to contrast against clean architectural lines.

Dust the raised paint impasto gently using a dry, soft-bristled brush, avoid liquid cleaners or solvents, and display the painting away from direct sunlight and fluctuating humidity.
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