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Beautiful oil on wood panel by French - Romanian artist Dimitrie Berea (Bacau, Romania, 1908 - Paris, 1975), "Provencal Village Scene". Hand signed with black, lower right side. 

The work is preserved in an excellent condition. It is framed in a beautiful period wood frame, preserved in good condition, with very few imperfections (please see detailed pictures).

Dimensions of the work with frame: 73 x 55 cm; inner dimensions of the painting without frame: 58.6 x 41 cm. Total weight: ca. 3.2 kg.

Dimitrie Berea, known as one of the last pupils of Pierre Bonnard, came to be known as the painter to the aristocratic and royal families of Europe and the art world of France and America. During studies in Rome (1937 - 1939), he made frequent visits to Paris where befriended the impressionists Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard and the fauve artists Henri Matisse and Kees Van Dongen. 

By the 1960s, Berea was a frequent visitor to New York City, Miami, Palm Beach, San Francisco and Hollywood. His first exhibition (1961) in the United States was at the Aquavella Gallery, in New York City. Throughout his career he had accepted commissions as a portrait painter, but in this decade he received numerous commissions as painter to Hollywood movie stars.

The works of Dimitrie Berea are part of major museums and state collections throughout the world and private and royal collections include those of Sir Winston Churchill, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Bette Davis, Henry Ford II, Katherine Hepburn, Conrad Hilton, His Majesty King Carl of Denmark, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England and Salvador Dali. 

The work will be neatly and properly packaged with no expense spared and the parcel will be shipped by express courier. Please be aware that if you bid from outside of the EU, the parcel will be sent by post, with possible delays in transit time.


Oil on panel - Hand signed

Dimitrie Berea (1908-1975) - Provencal village scene

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