Gaston Coppens (1909–2002) - Fontaine et Building à Chicago (vendu sans prix de réserve)






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Oil on canvas by Gaston Coppens (1909–2002), titled Fontaine et Building à Chicago, circa 1960, 54.8 cm high by 46 cm wide, signed, Moderne style, origin France, original edition, sold with frame.
Description from the seller
We present to you this superb oil on canvas representing the Buckingham Fountain and the surrounding buildings near Chicago by Gaston Coppens (1909–2002)
Title: Buckingham Fountain of Chicago and the surrounding buildings
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Signed bottom left: G.Coppens
Year: around 1960
Size of the canvas: 45.7 cm x 69.6 cm
Overall: 57.2 cm x 81 cm.
Condition: good. Canvas with small defects. Original light wood frame.
Gaston Coppens (1909–2002) is a French artist whose multidisciplinary output is distinguished by a keen sense of form and volume. He began his artistic career by studying sculpture at the prestigious École Boulle in Paris, an initial training of excellence that would deeply and durably influence his entire subsequent artistic production. Later establishing his studio in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the edge of the capital, he devoted himself intensely to drawing and painting while preserving the imprint of three-dimensional modeling technique.
Seller's Story
We present to you this superb oil on canvas representing the Buckingham Fountain and the surrounding buildings near Chicago by Gaston Coppens (1909–2002)
Title: Buckingham Fountain of Chicago and the surrounding buildings
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Signed bottom left: G.Coppens
Year: around 1960
Size of the canvas: 45.7 cm x 69.6 cm
Overall: 57.2 cm x 81 cm.
Condition: good. Canvas with small defects. Original light wood frame.
Gaston Coppens (1909–2002) is a French artist whose multidisciplinary output is distinguished by a keen sense of form and volume. He began his artistic career by studying sculpture at the prestigious École Boulle in Paris, an initial training of excellence that would deeply and durably influence his entire subsequent artistic production. Later establishing his studio in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the edge of the capital, he devoted himself intensely to drawing and painting while preserving the imprint of three-dimensional modeling technique.
