Composition
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Composition
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2015-10-07
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Robert Brandy places the material nature of painting at the centre of his work. His studies in Aix-en-Provence introduced him to Supports/Surfaces: objects, canvas and colour became active components of the artwork. Returning to Luxembourg, he chose independent artistic practice in the 1970s. The national museum’s retrospective in 2021 examined fifty years of this approach.
His imagery also encompasses cars. Autoportrait, presented at Galerie Indépendance in 2000, connected the automobile with freedom. In 2025, Passé, Présent, Futur brought together works from the bank’s collection and the artist’s own holdings at the same venue. These exhibitions set his exploration of painting’s means alongside the personal images that inform his work, linking material experimentation with subjects drawn from his own visual world.
This profile brings together identity references for Robert Brandy and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Piguet · Dobiaschofsky
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Oil on canvas
Composition
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2015-10-07
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Mixed media and collage on canvas
"Momo overcovered".
Mischtechnik und Collage auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mixed media and collage
"Memory".
Mischtechnik und Collage
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mixed media on paper
Sans titre
technique mixte sur papier
Catalogue period : 2016-06-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Mixed media on paper
Sans titre
technique mixte sur papier
Catalogue period : 2016-06-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Mixed media on paper with collage
Composition
technique mixte sur papier avec collage
Catalogue period : 2016-03-09
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Mixed media on paper
Composition
technique mixte sur papier
Catalogue period : 2016-03-09
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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