Jean Souverbie (1891-1981)

From the classic allegory of Jean Souverbie to the dynamic colors of Günther Förg, modern and contemporary arts express its variety.

This impressive sale included the painter of monumental compositions, artists born on the Armorican Peninsula of Brittany and those who enthusiastically called it home.

Paintings by Jean Souverbie and Francis Picabia, bronzes by Pollès, antique furniture and majolica, faience and porcelain reveal the dealer’s eclectic taste

Painted when the artist was not yet famous, this seaside subject puts people at the center of the composition.

This Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painting found in an antique dealer’s collection recalls that, despite his academic reputation, he was a bold artist with no peer when it came to creating powerful images.

In cherry red, Jean Royère's iconic "Ours polaire" (Polar Bear) is even softer and more cozy, making you want to curl up on it.

Sculptures by the protean artist who created Hourloupe and Coucou Bazar have reappeared, recalling his controversial unfinished work Salon d’été (Summer Salon).

Two works by famous artists achieved the highest bids: Jean Royère’s polar bear sofa and Auguste Rodin’s Saint John the Baptist.

The reappearance of a previously unknown work by Jean-Honoré Fragonard is in many ways the answer to an enigma, one that we can only guess at but never fully grasp.

Although remembered mainly for his chinoiseries, Jean Pillement also left us some fine landscapes halfway between Classicism and Romanticism.