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Large Elegant Modernist Still Life with Fruit on a Table French Antique Oil on Canvas Ca 1950
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Large Elegant Modernist Still Life with Fruit on a Table French Antique Oil on Canvas Ca 1950

1940 - 1960
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A large and elegant still life with grapes and pears on a table which also features a crisp white bowl and a candlestick. Painted with simplicity, clarity of structure and restrained emotion, this is a superb modernist work by Jean Chauffrey (1911-) dating from

circa 1950.

At the time, Chauffrey had a contract with mythical Paris art dealers Bernheim-Jeune, who promoted and exhibited his work in the post war years.

Bernheim-Jeune had started by presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Paul Cézanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo.

From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat. The gallery became one of the centres of the artistic avant-garde.

Jean Chauffrey had studied in the studio of Lucien Simon, along with other

artists who are favourites of mine, such as Boris Taslitzky, Amrita Sher-Gil and

Andre Hambourg. Chauffrey exhibition widely at the Salon des Tuileries, thé Salon de Mai and the Salon d'Automne.

Measuring 65 x 71 cm, the oil on canvas is signed at the lower left. The overall framed size in a good frame with minor wear is 71 x 91 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
71cm (27.95")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Modernist Still Life to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers
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SA764720
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Description
A large and elegant still life with grapes and pears on a table which also features a crisp white bowl and a candlestick.
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Painted with simplicity, clarity of structure and restrained emotion, this is a superb modernist work by Jean Chauffrey (1911-) dating from.
Skippings Fine Arts
fig 1. A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background.
fig 1. Large Elegant Modernist Still Life with Fruit on a Table French Antique Oil on Canvas Ca 1950

circa 1950.

At the time, Chauffrey had a contract with mythical Paris art dealers Bernheim-Jeune, who promoted and exhibited his work in the post war years.

Bernheim-Jeune had started by presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Paul Cézanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo.

fig 2. A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background.
fig 2. Large Elegant Modernist Still Life with Fruit on a Table French Antique Oil on Canvas Ca 1950

From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat. The gallery became one of the centres of the artistic avant-garde.

fig 3. A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background.
fig 3. Large Elegant Modernist Still Life with Fruit on a Table French Antique Oil on Canvas Ca 1950

Jean Chauffrey had studied in the studio of Lucien Simon, along with other

artists who are favourites of mine, such as Boris Taslitzky, Amrita Sher-Gil and

Andre Hambourg. Chauffrey exhibition widely at the Salon des Tuileries, thé Salon de Mai and the Salon d'Automne.

Measuring 65 x 71 cm, the oil on canvas is signed at the lower left. The overall framed size in a good frame with minor wear is 71 x 91 cm.

Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
71cm (27.95")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Modernist Still Life to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers
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SA764720
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Archive I A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background.

Large Elegant Modernist Still Life with Fruit on a Table French Antique Oil on Canvas Ca 1950

Archive II A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background. View II
Archive III A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background. View III
Archive IV A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background. View IV
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A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background.
Large elegant modernist still life with fruit on a table French antique oil on canvas ca 1950
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A mid-century French modernist oil painting on canvas depicting a ceramic bowl with pears, bunches of grapes, and a candlestick on a table against a textured grey background.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period1940 - 1960
  • StyleModernist
  • MaterialOil, Canvas
  • ColourMuted Grey
  • MotifsImpasto texture, fruit bowl, candle in holder, tabletop composition
  • SizeH 65 cm (26 in) x W 71 cm (28 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)

This French modernist oil painting on canvas dates from circa 1950 and depicts a tabletop still life. The composition presents a ceramic bowl filled with pears alongside bunches of grapes, a candlestick, and a standalone pear arranged on a dark surface against a textured grey background. The palette incorporates muted tones of green, red, brown, and grey, applied with visible impasto brushwork that creates a tactile surface texture. The canvas is signed at the lower left corner and measures 65 cm high, 71 cm wide, and 1 cm deep. Well suited for mid-century modern or eclectic interior schemes, this artwork hangs effectively above a sideboard in a dining room, living area, or hallway. The mid-century styling and subdued palette coordinate easily with neutral wall colours and vintage wood or painted furniture. The physical presence of the impasto texture and the structured arrangement offer a focal point for wall placement in domestic spaces.

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Mid-century French modernist still life painting emerged in the mid-20th century, combining traditional tabletop subject matter with simplified geometric forms, rich impasto textures, and restrained colour palettes influenced by Post-Impressionism.

Artworks from this period typically feature oil paint applied generously using palette knives or heavy brushes onto woven linen or cotton canvas stretched over timber stretcher frames.

Authentic period pieces show signs of age such as natural canvas oxidisation on the reverse, stretcher frame aging, signature styles typical of the era, and minor craquelure across thick impasto areas.

Position the artwork centrally above a sideboard or console table, pairing it with clean-lined timber furniture or modern ceramics to complement its organic forms and textured background.

Display the painting away from direct sunlight, high humidity, and heat sources. Dust the surface very gently with a soft, dry microfibre brush without applying water or chemical cleaners.
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