Claudine in the Forest
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1970
Size:21.63" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Provenance: Dorothy Stelsin; Claudine Dyf has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
Marcel Dyf ART FOR SALE
1899 Paris, France - 1985 Paris, France. Known for: Landscape, figure, floral still life and seascape painting.
Marcel Dyf's family lived in Paris, but he spent his childhood holidays in Normandy at Ault, Deauville, and Trouville. The artistic climate to which he was exposed in Paris and in Normandy was... Read full biography
Marcel Dyf's family lived in Paris, but he spent his childhood holidays in Normandy at Ault, Deauville, and Trouville. The artistic climate to which he was exposed in Paris and in Normandy was crucial during his youth, as innovative ideas and new thinking, born of the Impressionist and... Read full biography
Marcel Dyf's family lived in Paris, but he spent his childhood holidays in Normandy at Ault, Deauville, and Trouville. The artistic climate to which he was exposed in Paris and in Normandy was crucial during his youth, as innovative ideas and new thinking, born of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements, formed ever widening circles of influence in Europe. Swept up in the atmosphere, Dyf decided in his early twenties to give up his career in engineering and become an artist. He moved... Read full biography
Marcel Dyf's family lived in Paris, but he spent his childhood holidays in Normandy at Ault, Deauville, and Trouville. The artistic climate to which he was exposed in Paris and in Normandy was crucial during his youth, as innovative ideas and new thinking, born of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements, formed ever widening circles of influence in Europe. Swept up in the atmosphere, Dyf decided in his early twenties to give up his career in engineering and become an artist. He moved to Arles in 1922 to pursue his calling and he kept a studio there until 1942. He had little formal artistic training but owed much of his inspiration to the great masters of the past such as Rembrandt, whom he particularly admired, Vermeer and... Read full biography
Marcel Dyf's family lived in Paris, but he spent his childhood holidays in Normandy at Ault, Deauville, and Trouville. The artistic climate to which he was exposed in Paris and in Normandy was crucial during his youth, as innovative ideas and new thinking, born of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements, formed ever widening circles of influence in Europe. Swept up in the atmosphere, Dyf decided in his early twenties to give up his career in engineering and become an artist. He moved to Arles in 1922 to pursue his calling and he kept a studio there until 1942. He had little formal artistic training but owed much of his inspiration to the great masters of the past such as Rembrandt, whom he particularly admired, Vermeer and Tiepolo. In Provence, challenged by a new range of colours and light, by new landscapes and images and under th... Read full biography
Marcel Dyf - Art for Sale (5 available)
Femme à sa toilette
Type:Painting
Year:1950
Size:21.50" x 18.13"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
H 30.25 x W 26.75 x D 2 in. (framed) Dyf Archives ID No. 2063 Provenance Christie’s East, New York, Modern Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures, November 10, 1992, lot 60 as Nu à sa toilette. Private collection Private collection, New York (Purchased from above)
River Valley
Type:Painting
Size:19.50" x 25.75"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Tuileries' Garden, facing Place de la Concorde, Paris
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1950
Size:15.00" x 18.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Frame size: H 24.75 x W 27.75 x D 2.75 in.
Printemps dans le Verger
Type:Painting
Size:28.75" x 36.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
An important work by this highly regarded French artist. A large painting, with a stunning presence on the wall, Dyf captures the scene through studied composition, delivered to canvas with bold brushwork and a colorful palette. Truly, Marcel Dyf at his best. Please inquire.