ORIGINAL EDOUARD CORTES OIL PAINTING (C. 1900-1949) "LARC de TRIOMPHE" (OIL ON CANVAS) Start Price USD 26,000.00 Current Price USD 26,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 15, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 Location Van Nuys, CA See more about 'ORIGINAL EDOUARD CORTES OIL PAINTING (C. 1900-1949)' Description ORIGINAL EDOUARD CORTES OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS   "L'ARC de TRIOMPHE"   SIGNED "EDOUARD CORTES" LOWER LEFT.   C. 1900-1949   13" X 18" (UNFRAMED)    CONDITION: EXCELLENT   "AN EARLY EVENING VIEW OF STROLLING FIGURES; A WARMLY ILLUMINATED TRAIN AND OTHER VEHICLES PARTIALLY SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE ARCH".   EXQUISITELY FRAMED IN A GOLD-LEAF ORNATE FRAME.   *THIS PAINTING WAS APPRAISED AT $50,000 BY THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF APPRAISAL SERVICES AT SOTHEBY'S.   *A COPY OF THE APPRAISAL WILL BE FURNISHED UPON REQUEST IF YOU EMAIL US YOUR FAX NUMBER.     EDOUARD LEON CORTES BIOGRAPHY   EDOUARD CORTES WAS BORN INTO A FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS IN PARIS, 1882.  HIS GRANDFATHER, ANDRE CORTES, WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS WORK ON THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE AND HIS FATHER, ANTONIO CORTES, WAS A PAINTER AT THE ROYAL COURT OF SPAIN.  IN THIS ARTISTICALLY CONDUCIVE ATMOSPHERE, EDOUARD SHOWED EXCEPTIONAL TALENT EARLY AND DECIDED AT A YOUNG AGE THAT HE WAS DESTINED TO BE A PAINTER.   IN HIS YOUTH, CORTES TRAINED AT THIS FATHER'S STUDIO AND WAS ALSO GIVEN ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM HIS BROTHER (ALSO A PAINTER) AND OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS.  SURPRISINGLY, BEFORE UNDERGOING HIS FORMAL EDUCATION AT THE NATIONAL FRENCH ART SCHOOL IN PARIS, A SIXTEEN-YEAR OLD CORTES FIRST EXHIBITED HIS WORK AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETE DES ARTISTES FRANCAIS IN PARIS, 1899.  HIS LARGE PAINTING, LE LABOUR, WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND THE FRENCH PRESS LAUDED THE YOUNG PHENOMENON OF THE FRENCE ART SCENE.   EDOUARD EVENTUALLY BECAME A MEMBER OF THE FRENCH ARTISTS' SOCIETY, EXHIBITING HIS WORKS EVERY YEAR AS HIS REPUTATION BEGAN TO GROW.  IN 1901 CORTES BEGAN HIS LONG TRADITION OF PAINTING DIFFERENT VIGNETTES OF PARIS.  IN 1915, HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER MEDAL AT THE SALON DES ARTISTES FRANCAIS AND THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE SALON DES INDEPENDENTS.  HE ALSO RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AT THE SALON D'HIVER DURING HIS ARTISTIC CAREER.   THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION.   PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU'RE NOT SERIOUSLY INTERESTED.  PLEASE LOOK AT ALL PICTURES AND ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING.   NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. Place a Bid!