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Provence Landscape, Olive Trees and Craggy Stone, 1953, by Hungarian Emigre Artist Antique Oil on Canvas
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Provence Landscape, Olive Trees and Craggy Stone, 1953, by Hungarian Emigre Artist Antique Oil on Canvas

1940 - 1960
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A wonderfully strong, life affirming Provence landscape by Hungarian-born Léopold Starkmann de Féltorony.

Starkmann was born in Budapest in either 1909 or 1914, according to different sources. His birth coincides with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and in his youth, the young artist knew hunger, political unrest and upheavals.

He tried to emigrate to America, but was tragically refused. After a long and painful journey, he arrived in Paris, with a thirty-day visa in his pocket -which he would later call in his autobiography his "visa for hope".

And indeed, France fulfilled the artist's hopes, and perhaps for this reason, Starkmann's painting have a vigorous, unassailable quality - a bit like Provence itself. As we can see, the rugged landscape with its olive trees and white stone reflecting the heat suited him well.

Starkmann exhibited at the Parisian Galerie André Weil, with four one man shows between 1951 and 1957.

Spending time both in the French Capital and in Vallauris, the art' colony in Provence, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendents in 1960, and between 1950 and 1965 at Salons in the South of France. Paintings by Starkmann were acquired by the French State and the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris. An oil from 1953 - the same year in which the painting presented here was created - is presently in the Chateau de Sceaux.

Signed and dated at the lower right, our oil on canvas measures 46 x 61 cm. The overall framed size in a luxurious frame is 60 x 75 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
46cm (18.11")
Width
61cm (24.02")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Provence Landscape Oil Painting to the 1950s.

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SA809077
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Description
A wonderfully strong, life affirming Provence landscape by Hungarian-born Léopold Starkmann de Féltorony.

Starkmann was born in Budapest in either 1909 or 1914, according to different sources.

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His birth coincides with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and in his youth, the young artist knew hunger, political unrest and upheavals.
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fig 1. A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky.
fig 1. Provence Landscape, Olive Trees and Craggy Stone, 1953, by Hungarian Emigre Artist Antique Oil on Canvas

He tried to emigrate to America, but was tragically refused. After a long and painful journey, he arrived in Paris, with a thirty-day visa in his pocket -which he would later call in his autobiography his "visa for hope".

fig 2. A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky.
fig 2. Provence Landscape, Olive Trees and Craggy Stone, 1953, by Hungarian Emigre Artist Antique Oil on Canvas

And indeed, France fulfilled the artist's hopes, and perhaps for this reason, Starkmann's painting have a vigorous, unassailable quality - a bit like Provence itself. As we can see, the rugged landscape with its olive trees and white stone reflecting the heat suited him well.

fig 3. A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky.
fig 3. Provence Landscape, Olive Trees and Craggy Stone, 1953, by Hungarian Emigre Artist Antique Oil on Canvas

Starkmann exhibited at the Parisian Galerie André Weil, with four one man shows between 1951 and 1957.

Spending time both in the French Capital and in Vallauris, the art' colony in Provence, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendents in 1960, and between 1950 and 1965 at Salons in the South of France. Paintings by Starkmann were acquired by the French State and the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris. An oil from 1953 - the same year in which the painting presented here was created - is presently in the Chateau de Sceaux.

Signed and dated at the lower right, our oil on canvas measures 46 x 61 cm. The overall framed size in a luxurious frame is 60 x 75 cm.

Height
46cm (18.11")
Width
61cm (24.02")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Provence Landscape Oil Painting to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers
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SA809077
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Archive I A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky.

Provence Landscape, Olive Trees and Craggy Stone, 1953, by Hungarian Emigre Artist Antique Oil on Canvas

Archive II A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View II
Archive III A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View III
Archive IV A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View IV
Archive V A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View V
Archive VI A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View VI
Archive VII A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View VII
Archive VIII A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky. View VIII
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A mid-century oil painting on canvas depicting a Provencal landscape with a white chapel, craggy stone walls, olive trees, and a soft blue sky.
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Mid-20th-century landscape art frequently incorporates post-impressionist and modernist elements, using structured impasto brushwork, stylized geometric forms, and regional color palettes to depict Mediterranean scenery.

Artists during this period applied oil-based pigments onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, backed by wooden stretcher bars and treated with traditional gesso grounds.

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