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Flat Figures Collectors Forum => Gallery Pictures => Topic started by: errant49 on October 11, 2013, 04:00:23 AM
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Alexandre was a french painter of flats who worked from the 1930's to the 1960's for french and foreign collectors; many of his pâinted figures where ordered by Charles Felix Keller, the famous swiww collector.
His way of painting is between old and new style; paint is rather bright but volume is not bad and he loved painting little details.
I do like the way he painted XVIII° century armies as shown in the following pictures
Eric
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Agree these make a fine presentation of what was a very colorful period.
Mark 8)
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Dear Eric,
I agree but with these figures I would rather think of Hamel being the painter.
Best regards
Alexander
P.S. I think it might be an idea to have a reference book on "the flats painters" i.e. from "pere" Hamel, Alexandre, Douchkine, Brandt, Glaser and Rieche to the more modern ones like Fischer etc.
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Hi Alexander
Exept for Douchkine, whose style is usually an evidence, it is often difficult to identify some painters
This is sometimes the case between Hamel and Alexandre
But here I keep thinking it is Alexandre (I also asked C.Terana who agreed)
I have some Hamel figures which I will post and the way is slightly different
At the last Drouot auction I bought the Louis XIV court by Alexandre; when I get it we will compare
About a book on flat figures painters, past and present, it woul be a great idea
There are enough of them to make something really nice
Eric
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I like the display and presentation.
Excellent uniform plates!
Are all works from you thus assigned?