" Le Quai", Charles Levier

Painting by Charles LEVIER ( 1920-2003), fairly typical of the artist’s work. It depicts a young lady on a quay (Paris?) in a 1930s coat and hat, holding a large bouquet of flowers. In the background, a cathedral.

The tones are soft, a symphony of pinks on one side, gray-blue on the other.

The signature is on the lower right; on the reverse, it is countersigned and titled.

Oil on canvas.

Dimensions: 100 x 73 cm.

Charles LEVIER (1920 – 2003) is a Franco-American artist. His first solo exhibition was at the Galerie Constantine in Lyon in 1949, followed by his American debut in Los Angeles in 1950. His work belongs to the figurative movement known as “Les Trente Glorieuses”. Inspired by Hollywood cinema, Charles Levier uses harmony and purity in his creations, which depict a delicate, luminous world, with subtle hues and carefully studied colors.

Private collections Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Adlai Stevenson, Baron Edmund de Rothschild, Prince and Princess Poniatowski, Mrs. Dean Martin, Museum collections Art moderne, Paris, Musée de Menton, Musée d’Atlanta Musée de Seattle, Musée d’Evans ville, Musée de la Nouvelle-Orléans, Musée de San Diego.