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The French painter, lithographer and illustrator Bernard Robert André Cathelin made colour the organizing principle of his work: his compositions bring colours and tones together in arrangements of contrast or affinity. This exploration continued in his lithographs, in which he sought to give colour a material density comparable to that of his paintings.
Born and died in Paris (1919–2004), he studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs from 1945 to 1948, in the studio of Maurice Brianchon. He received the Blumenthal Prize in 1950. He began his works in his studio in Montéléger and sometimes completed them in Paris.
His travels, particularly in Latin America—especially Mexico—as well as in Japan, Italy and Spain, were an important source for his work. His exhibition history includes presentations in France, Switzerland, the United States in 1954, Canada, Germany and China. His lithographic work is documented in particular by Roger Passeron’s book Cathelin lithographe, published in Nice by De Francony in 1987.
This profile brings together identity references for Bernard Cathelin and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · DognyAuction · Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Genève Enchères · Piguet
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on canvas
Pivoines blanches, 1980
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2020-09-23
Published result : 15800 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Nature morte aux fleurs et vases.
Öl auf Malkarton
Catalogue period : 2018-05-04
Published result : 1700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2400
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Oil on canvas
Bouquet de mimosa
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 8734 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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Oil on canvas
Pagode à Nikko
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 7000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Oil on canvas
"Renoncules Blanches"
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-06-09
Published result : 8500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Nature morte aux fleurs et vases.
Öl auf Malkarton
Date to be documented
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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