"Venetian Swings"
Type:Painting
Year:1923
Size:15.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Complemented by a Newcomb-Macklin frame.
Paulette Van Roekens ART FOR SALE
1896 Chateau Thierry, France - 1988 Huntington, Pennsylvania. Known for: Impressionist landscape, urban scene and genre painting, teaching.
A well-known figure in Philadelphia art circles from the 1920s through the 1960s, Paulette Van Roekens enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter and teacher. An impressionist known for her... Read full biography
A well-known figure in Philadelphia art circles from the 1920s through the 1960s, Paulette Van Roekens enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter and teacher. An impressionist known for her love of color and her robust handling of paint, she applied her creative energies to depicting... Read full biography
A well-known figure in Philadelphia art circles from the 1920s through the 1960s, Paulette Van Roekens enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter and teacher. An impressionist known for her love of color and her robust handling of paint, she applied her creative energies to depicting landscapes, still lifes, and urban scenes, as well as vivacious depictions of people engaged in leisure pursuits and other joyful occupations. As noted by the critic Henry C. Pitz, "She gravitates toward... Read full biography
A well-known figure in Philadelphia art circles from the 1920s through the 1960s, Paulette Van Roekens enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter and teacher. An impressionist known for her love of color and her robust handling of paint, she applied her creative energies to depicting landscapes, still lifes, and urban scenes, as well as vivacious depictions of people engaged in leisure pursuits and other joyful occupations. As noted by the critic Henry C. Pitz, "She gravitates toward subjects that sparkle with pattern and bright hues—the circus, the theatre . the summer life of Philadelphia's parks . The Atlantic beach . She responds to the gay and alert aspects of life.1. The daughter of Victor van Roekens, a horticulturalist, and... Read full biography
A well-known figure in Philadelphia art circles from the 1920s through the 1960s, Paulette Van Roekens enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter and teacher. An impressionist known for her love of color and her robust handling of paint, she applied her creative energies to depicting landscapes, still lifes, and urban scenes, as well as vivacious depictions of people engaged in leisure pursuits and other joyful occupations. As noted by the critic Henry C. Pitz, "She gravitates toward subjects that sparkle with pattern and bright hues—the circus, the theatre . the summer life of Philadelphia's parks . The Atlantic beach . She responds to the gay and alert aspects of life.1. The daughter of Victor van Roekens, a horticulturalist, and his wife, Jeanne, the artist was born on January 1st 1896 in Chateau-Thierry France, about fifty miles from Paris. Not long after... Read full biography
Paulette Van Roekens - Art for Sale (4 available)
Behind the Stage, At the Ballet
Type:Painting
Year:1951
Size:20.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Inscribed on verso: Backstage, P. Van Roekins, Love of Three Oranges, Sadler Wells Ballet, 1951. Ex-collection of the artist.
Red Curtain
Type:Painting
Size:14.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
"Family Reunion"
Type:Painting
Size:12.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right