Mid-20th C. Charles Cobelle Signed Gouache on Paper in Vintage Heydenryk Frame - Windy Park with Balloon
Signed gouche on paper 'Windy Park with Balloon' by French artist, Charles Cobelle. Surrounded by ivory mat and framed in a beautifully patinated House of Heydenryk frame.
DIMENSIONS: 28.5ʺW × 2ʺD × 20.5ʺH. Painting site size 14"H x 20.5"W.
This is one of three similar-style paintings by Cobelle offered through & found. All three were framed by The House of Heydenryk which was founded in 1845 in Amsterdam and is regarded as one of the world's most prestigious picture frame companies in the world, having worked with the greatest museums and artists in Europe.The firm employed the finest gilders and carvers in Holland to restore antiques and produce picture frames in styles dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries.
A little bit about the artist:
Cobelle (1902-1994) received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the University of Munich and continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He studied privately with with Marc Chagall and had an apprenticeship in the studio of Raoul Dufy in Menton on the Riviera.
Cobelle lived and painted in Paris until the late 1920s and established himself within the great tradition of the School of Paris. In the late 1920s, Cobelle moved to the United States where his paintings were immediately sought after by galleries and private collectors alike. He became a U.S. citizen and lived in Westport and Ridgefield, CT for the remainder of his years.
By the 1950s, Cobelle had achieved phenomenal success commercially with his Parisian-influenced style. His designs graced a number of pottery patterns for various pottery companies, including Midwinter Stylecraft, Universal Potteries and Homer Laughlin China Company.
In addition to creating advertising illustrations for everything from hosiery to French perfume, Cobelle created a number of murals throughout the country in noteworthy public locations such as The Painted Desert Room of the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, Neiman-Marcus in Dallas and on the cruise ships of the Holland America Line.
