Description

A bold floral still life by Henry Maurice D’Anty (1910–1998), painted with dense impasto and expressive palette-knife handling against a vivid orange ground. The composition centers on a bouquet of red, yellow, cream, and white flowers arranged in a dark vessel, with thickly applied passages of paint creating a richly textured, almost relief-like surface. The work is unapologetically decorative: saturated, tactile, and full of mid-century French color.

D’Anty’s surface is the real drama here. Rather than delicately describing the flowers, he builds them through layers of thick paint, scraped color, and energetic gesture. The orange ground gives the painting immediate warmth and visual force, while the gilt frame adds just enough polish to keep the whole thing from running off and joining the circus. It is a strong choice for interiors that need color, texture, and personality.

Henry Maurice D’Anty was a French painter associated with expressive mid-20th-century figural and still-life painting. His work is often recognized for heavy impasto, saturated color, and a distinctly decorative approach to traditional subjects such as flowers, interiors, and figures. This painting fits within Windsor Gallery’s broader interest in accessible, historically grounded works that bring character and visual presence into the home. While much of the gallery focuses on American and regional art, D’Anty adds a lively European counterpoint: painterly and decorative.

Object Details

Artist: Henry Maurice D’Anty
Dates: 1910–1998
Title: Floral Still Life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Signed lower right, “D’Anty”
Work Size: 14 × 10.5 inches
Framed Dimensions: 15.5 × 12.25 × 1.25 inches
Presentation: Giltwood frame
Subject: Bouquet of flowers in a vessel
Style: Mid-century French still life with expressive impasto and palette-knife technique
Provenance: Property from a Jupiter Island, Florida estate, per auction listing
Authentication Note: Verso bears an “Authentication Atelier d’ARTY” stamp, per auction listing

Condition

The painting presents with strong color, pronounced texture, and heavy impasto throughout. The surface shows age-appropriate wear consistent with a vintage oil painting, including scattered marks, minor surface irregularities, and small areas of rubbing or wear visible in photographs. The thick impasto surface has natural variations, ridges, and raised passages inherent to the artist’s technique.

The giltwood frame shows visible age and handling wear, including rubbing, small chips, scuffs, finish losses, and scattered marks along the edges and corners. The reverse shows general wear, paint transfer, stretcher marks, and an authentication stamp on the canvas. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the condition description.

Purchase Details

Price: $495
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