Antoine Blanchard - A Vision of Paris: Part II

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Antoine Blanchard "Place du Tertre a Montmartre, Paris"



 

Antoine Blanchard was born in France on November 15, 1910 in a small village near the banks of the Loire. He was the eldest of three children and his father, a carver, managed a small carpentry and furniture shop. Antoine would watch his father hand carve the furniture and began to display an artistic flair early in life - in an effort to promote this talent, his parents sent him to Blois for drawing lessons. He continued his training in Rennes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he studied sculpture and drawing. Upon completion of his studies, he was awarded the schools highest award: Le Prix du Ministre.

By 1932 he left Rennes and traveled to Paris to study. He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and after a few years entered the competition for the Prix de Rome. It was in Paris that he developed a love for the city and it's street life.

In 1939 Antoine married a young woman he met in Paris and in September of that year war broke out and he was called up for service. It was not until 1942 that he would return to his art. His daughter Nicole was born in 1944 - she too would follow in the family tradition and after the birth of her two daughters, she became an artist working under the name A. Champeau. It was also around this time that Antoine's father passed away and he was compelled to return to his hometown and run the family business - giving him little time to paint.

His second daughter, Evelyn, was born in 1947 and by 1948 he had given control of the family business to his younger brother and returned to Paris to paint. Contemporary life in Paris had changed and he longed for the bygone days. He began to research the Belle Époque period in Paris - reading and studying all the material on the period he could find.

Many of the subjects and scenes he portrayed were taken from images he collected of Paris during the 1890's and he would often work on paintings for days or months before he finally felt they were complete. A.P. Larde comments in his book Antoine Blanchard, His Life His Work that he has always spent much time on his work. This explains why his production has always been rather limited, unlike the hurried and multiple proliferations of some modern artists… Delicate touches of luminous and shimmering tones produce a marvelous impression of harmony, brightness and light. Alternate shadings and lights, sensitive and mellow blending allow the artist to attain a hardly-ever reached degree of grace, of radiant and glimmering freshness.

Larde continues to write that his works are first of all, a marvelous invitation to an ideal walk through old Paris, so different from that of to-day. Although a large number of historical monuments remain, today's Paris has little in common with Paris at the turn of the century; the scenery may be almost the same, but daily life as it characters has totally changed; the customs have been entirely transformed. In his paintings, Antoine Blanchard invites us to relive this period by showing us pleasant strolls along embankments, squares and boulevards at a period in Parisian life when time did not count, when one had all one's time to idle, to stroll along the streets, to window-shop, to walk quietly along the boulevards or spend the afternoon in a sidewalk café.

Like his contemporary, Édouard Cortès, he devoted his artistic career to the depiction of Paris through all its daily and seasonal changes. But he was not an imitator of Cortes, but rather depicted the life of Paris at the turn of the century from his own point of view and with his own, unique style. Larde makes an interesting comparison: 

Édouard Cortès has always expressed himself in a rather rich virile style, using large and stressed touches, revealing a strength, which recalls the great masters of the XVIIIth century.

On the contrary, Antoine Blanchard has always used small strokes, with a delicate, enveloping and mellow treatment; the slight haziness which is a characteristic of his work in many ways recalls the great masters of the impressionist period.

Whether it was l'Arc de Triomphe, la Madeleine, Café de la Paix, Notre Dame or the dozens of other historical monuments and buildings of Paris, his focus was on the daily life of Paris at the turn of the century. His work became highly sought after and collectors from around the world vied to acquire his new works. Today he is considered one of the leading exponents of the School of Paris painters.

As with all our ‘Virtual Exhibitions’ the works illustrated below have been sold – they are displayed here for your enjoyment.   

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Arc de Triomphe, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Hiver - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Arc de Triomphe, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Hiver
18 x 21.5 inches
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Boulevard de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard de la Madeleine
18 x 21 inches
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Bouquinistes, Notre Dame - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Bouquinistes, Notre Dame
20 x 24 inches
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Cafe de la Paix - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Cafe de la Paix
24 x 36 inches
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Cafe de la Paix, Place de l\'Opera - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Cafe de la Paix, Place de l'Opera
13 x 18 inches
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Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre
13 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches
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Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre, Paris en 1900 - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Le Moulin Rouge a Montmartre, Paris en 1900
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Le Théâtre du Vaudeville - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Le Théâtre du Vaudeville
24 x 36 inches
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Marche aux fleurs, Place de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Marche aux fleurs, Place de la Madeleine
24 x 36 inches
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Notre Dame, Place Saint Michel - Edouard Léon Cortès
Edouard Léon Cortès
(1882 - 1969)
Notre Dame, Place Saint Michel
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la Madeleine, Hiver - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Madeleine, Hiver
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Place de la Madeleine, Winter - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Madeleine, Winter
13 x 18 inches
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Porte St. Martin - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Porte St. Martin
13 x 18 inches
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Quai du Louvre - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Quai du Louvre
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Quai du Louvre, Winter - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Quai du Louvre, Winter
13 x 18 inches
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Rue du Temple, Paris - Edouard Léon Cortès
Edouard Léon Cortès
(1882 - 1969)
Rue du Temple, Paris
13 x 18 inches
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St. Germain des Pres, Paris - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
St. Germain des Pres, Paris
13 x 18 inches
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Rue Tronchet, La Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Rue Tronchet, La Madeleine
18 x 22 inches
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Quai du Louvre - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Quai du Louvre
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Théâtre des Variétés - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Théâtre des Variétés
24 x 36 inches
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Booksellers Notre-Dame, Winter - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Booksellers Notre-Dame, Winter
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard des Capucines - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard des Capucines
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la République - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la République
24 x 36 inches
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Place du Luxembourg, Le Pantheon - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place du Luxembourg, Le Pantheon
13 x 18 inches
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Pont Saint Michel, Notre Dame - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Pont Saint Michel, Notre Dame
13 x 18 inches
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Le Boulevard, Paris (Boulevard Haussmann) - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Le Boulevard, Paris (Boulevard Haussmann)
24 x 36 inches
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Omnibus at the Place de la Madeleine, Winter - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Omnibus at the Place de la Madeleine, Winter
13 x 18 inches
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Paris, l’Arc de Triomphe - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Paris, l’Arc de Triomphe
13 x 18 inches
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Porte St. Denis, Winter - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Porte St. Denis, Winter
18 x 21 inches
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Paris, Rue Tronchet - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Paris, Rue Tronchet
13 x 18 inches
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Porte St. Denis - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Porte St. Denis
13 x 18 inches
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Théâtre du Gymnase, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Théâtre du Gymnase, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Notre Dame, Paris 1900 - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Notre Dame, Paris 1900
18 x 21 inches
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Champs-Élysées - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Champs-Élysées
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees
13 x 18 inches
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Avenue de l\'Opéra - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Avenue de l'Opéra
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard Haussmann - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard Haussmann
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard de la Madeleine
18 x 21 inches
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Notre Dame - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Notre Dame
13 x 18 inches
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Les Grands Boulevards, et Theatre du Vaudeville - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Les Grands Boulevards, et Theatre du Vaudeville
13 x 18 inches
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Grands Boulevards - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Grands Boulevards
18 x 21 inches
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Café de la Paix, Opéra - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Café de la Paix, Opéra
13 x 18 inches
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Café de la Paix, Opéra (Reverse) - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Café de la Paix, Opéra (Reverse)
13 x 18 inches
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Théâtre des Variétés - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Théâtre des Variétés
23 1/2 x 36 inches
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Paris, La Cathedrale Notre Dame - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Paris, La Cathedrale Notre Dame
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Paris, Les Bouquinistes - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Paris, Les Bouquinistes
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Rue Royale, Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Rue Royale, Madeleine
18 x 21 inches
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Grands Boulevard et Porte St. Denis sous la Neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Grands Boulevard et Porte St. Denis sous la Neige
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard des Capucines et Cafe de la Paix en Hiver - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard des Capucines et Cafe de la Paix en Hiver
13 x 18 inches
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La Madeleine, Boulevard des Capucines - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
La Madeleine, Boulevard des Capucines
18 x 21 inches
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Flower Market, Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Flower Market, Madeleine
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la République - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la République
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard de la Madeleine, Sous la Neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard de la Madeleine, Sous la Neige
18 x 21 inches
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Gare de l\'Est - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Gare de l'Est
13 x 18 inches
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Gare de l\'Est - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Gare de l'Est
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la Concorde - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Concorde
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Place Saint Michel, Notre-Dame - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place Saint Michel, Notre-Dame
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la Republique - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Republique
13 x 18 inches
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Paris, Le Chatelet - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Paris, Le Chatelet
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Place du Palais Royal - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place du Palais Royal
13 x 18 inches
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Place du Théâtre de la Comédie Française - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place du Théâtre de la Comédie Française
13 x 18 inches
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Winter in Paris, Notre-Dame - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Winter in Paris, Notre-Dame
23 3/4 x 36 inches
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Place de l\'Opéra, Cafe de la Paix - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de l'Opéra, Cafe de la Paix
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Madeleine
13 x 18 inches
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Rue Royale, Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Rue Royale, Madeleine
18 x 21 inches
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Boulevard des Capucines - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard des Capucines
18 x 21 inches
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Théâtre du Vaudeville - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Théâtre du Vaudeville
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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Boulevard de la Madeleine, Sous la Neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard de la Madeleine, Sous la Neige
13 x 18 inches
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Théâtre des Variétés - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Théâtre des Variétés
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la Madeleine, Winter - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Madeleine, Winter
13 x 18 inches
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Quai du Louvre - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Quai du Louvre
18 x 21 1/2 inches
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l\'Arc de Triomphe - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
l'Arc de Triomphe
13 x 18 inches
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Gare de l\'Est - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Gare de l'Est
13 x 18 inches
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Les Grands Boulevards:
Porte St. Martin and Porte St. Denis - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Les Grands Boulevards: Porte St. Martin and Porte St. Denis
24 x 36 inches
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Le Louvre, Passerelle des Arts - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Le Louvre, Passerelle des Arts
24 x 36 inches
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Théâtre des Variétés - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Théâtre des Variétés
24 x 36 inches
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Rue Royale, Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Rue Royale, Madeleine
23 1/2 x 36 inches
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Flower Market at the Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Flower Market at the Madeleine
23 1/2 x 36 inches
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Le Moulin Rouge, Place Blanche a Montmartre - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Le Moulin Rouge, Place Blanche a Montmartre
13 x 18 inches
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Quai du Louvre, Sous la Neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Quai du Louvre, Sous la Neige
13 x 18 inches
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Les Grands Boulevards, sous la Neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Les Grands Boulevards, sous la Neige
13 x 18 inches
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Grands Boulevard, sous la neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Grands Boulevard, sous la neige
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard de la Madeleine
13 x 18 inches
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Place de la Madeleine, Marche aux Fleurs - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place de la Madeleine, Marche aux Fleurs
13 x 18 inches
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Cafe de la Paix, Place de l\'Opera - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Cafe de la Paix, Place de l'Opera
13 x 18 inches
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Porte St. Martin - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Porte St. Martin
13 x 18 inches
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Theatre des Varietes - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Theatre des Varietes
18 x 21 3/4 inches
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Place du Tertre a Montmartre, Paris - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Place du Tertre a Montmartre, Paris
13 x 18 inches
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Rue Royale, Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
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Rue Royale, Madeleine
13 x 18 inches
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Les Grands Boulevards - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Les Grands Boulevards
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
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Boulevard de la Madeleine
20 x 24 inches
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L\'Opera, Cafe de la Paix - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
L'Opera, Cafe de la Paix
13 x 18 inches
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Notre-Dame, Quai St. Michel - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Notre-Dame, Quai St. Michel
13 x 18 inches
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Rue Royale, La Madeleine sous la Neige - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Rue Royale, La Madeleine sous la Neige
13 x 18 inches
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Eglise de Saint Germain des pres - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Eglise de Saint Germain des pres
13 x 18 inches
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Porte St. Denis, Les Grands Boulevards - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Porte St. Denis, Les Grands Boulevards
13 x 18 inches
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Boulevard des Capucines, Place de la Madeleine - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Boulevard des Capucines, Place de la Madeleine
13 x 18 inches
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Quai St. Michel - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Quai St. Michel
13 x 18 inches
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Notre Dame, Les Bouquinistes - Antoine Blanchard
Antoine Blanchard
(1910 - 1988)
Notre Dame, Les Bouquinistes
13 x 18 inches
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