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"Eiffel Tower, Paris"

Creator: Charles Cobelle
Offered by: Arthur T. Kalaher Fine Art

Description
Bright and vibrant original acrylic on canvas painting by the well known French born artist, Charles Cobelle. The painting depicts the city of Paris with the Eiffel Tower and the river Seine. With its many bridges. Signed lower right. Circa 1975. Condition is excellent. Original carved wood white frame. Overall measurements are 31 by 37 inches. Provenance: Long Island, New York estate.

Charles Cobelle, born Carl Edelman (1902–1994) was a modern French master of painting, lithography and a fine muralist, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France. He is considered the last link to the great tradition of the Open Line School of Paris.

Biography:
Cobelle 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.[1] Much more influential in his development, however, were his private studies with Marc Chagall and his 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.[2] In the late 1920s, Cobelle moved to the United States, where his paintings were immediately sought after by galleries and private collectors alike.[1] Cobelle became a U.S. citizen before the outbreak of World War II. In the late 1940s to 1950s, Cobelle lived in Westport, Connecticut.Charles Cobelle lived in Ridgefield CT in a private lake community called Twixt Hills until his death. Courtesy Wikipedia

By the 1950s, spurred by the commercial success of his mentor, Dufy, Cobelle had achieved phenomenal success commercially with his Parisian-influenced style. Much like contemporary artists and designers at the time, 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.

Exhibitions:
In addition to his mixed media paintings his work has graced the covers of many of this country's leading magazines and his murals have adorned the walls of many elegant residences, public buildings, fine hotels and restaurants.[4]

Collections:

Hartford Antheneum
Wm. Snaith - Pres. Raymond Lowry Assoc.
Mr. Von Rumohr - Collector
Hugh Leighton - Collector St. Croix, V.I.
Mrs. Helen Hart- American Brass Co.
Donald Deskey - Designer
Tamanaco Hotel- Caracas, Venezuela
Mark Hopkins Hotel- San Francisco, Calif.
Henry End - Collector-Int. Designer
Daniel Whitlock - Lazard Freres
Stuart M. Seymour - American Distilling Co.
Parke Bernet Galleries - Paintings sold in 1961, 1962, 1963
Howard Hughes - Collector/Industrialist
Burt Parks - Collector/Celebrity
Cobelle Exhibits:

Niveau Galleries - Palm Beach
Schoneman Galleries
Lord & Taylor
Gallery Revel - New York
70th St. Gallery - New York
Park West Galleries - Michigan
Magazine and Brochure Covers:

Cue Magazine
This Week Magazine
Elizabeth Arden
Round Hill Publishing
Emerald Beach Hotel
Distinguished Resorts
Murals:

Neiman Marcus Co. - Dallas, Texas
The Royal Box - American Hotel, New York
Painted Desert Room at the Desert Inn - Las Vegas, Nevada
Raymond Lowry Associates
Richs - Atlanta, Georgia
Kenyon Hall - Michigan State University
American Tobacco - Caracas, Venezuela
Henry Ford Museum - Murals & Sculpture
Norman Belle Geddes - Murals & Sculpture
Holland American Line - Murals & Sculpture
Cruise Ships of Wilson Line - Murals & Sculpture
Gimbel Bros. - Philadelphia, Pa
Teheran Restaurant - New York
Administration Building - City of New York
Bali-Hi-Room - Robert Meyer Hotel Jacksonville, Florida
Estate Carlton Hotel - St. Croix, V.I.
W.&J. Sloane for Country Club - Spring Lake, N.J.
200 Fifth Ave. Club - New York
Chalfonte Haddon Hall Hotel - Atlantic City, N.J.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Acrylic paint on canvas
Condition:	Excellent
Creation Date:	Circa 1975
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	553321