Year: 2025

  • George Scholz

    ~ 1890 – 1945 Georg Scholz was a German painter, member of the New Objectivity movement. Scholz was born in Wolfenbüttel and had his artistic training at the Karlsruhe Academy, where his teachers included Hans Thoma and Wilhelm Trübner. He later studied in Berlin under Lovis Corinth. In 1919 Scholz became a member…

  • Montorgueil Mystery

    For years, I’ve been chasing answers about the enigmatic Bernard Montorgueil, and one puzzle keeps me up at night: the variations in his artwork. Most fans know his four manuscripts, published in 1970 by Editions Dominique Leroy in limited editions for the Netherlands and later by Editions Bel-Rose in France…

  • Francois d’Albignac

    ~ 1903 – 1958 François d’Albignac was born in 1903 to a well-off French family. From 1921 to 1925, he studied at Paris’s School of Decorative Arts under Pierre Seguin, picking up awards for his drawings and watercolors. His early work captured the glamour of Paris in the 1920s—fashion, parties,…

  • Gaston Barret

    ~ 1910 – 1991 Gaston Barret entered the world in 1910, stepping into the electric haze of the 1920s—a decade where art pulsed with both promise and shadow. The early 20th century’s bold innovations ripened during his youth, as the 1920s and ’30s saw trailblazing artists rise against a backdrop…