20TH CENTURY FRENCH OIL PAINTING 'LILLIES IN A VASE' BY MARCELLE ANHOURY

20th Century French oil on panel painting by Marcelle Anhoury. 

A richly coloured still life depicting a bouquet of orange lilies arranged in a dark glass vase upon a draped table. Executed with confident, expressive brushwork and a warm palette of crimson, orange and deep green, the composition demonstrates the enduring influence of Post-Impressionist painting in the Eastern Mediterranean and France during the interwar period. The artist employs broad, painterly strokes and subtle tonal contrasts to create a lively and decorative composition, balancing the vibrant blooms against a softly modulated rose-pink ground. 

Signed and dated lower left, the work retains its original carved and painted Montparnasse style frame, which complements the picture’s period character. Probably French-Levantine School, dated 1939. 

Dimensions frame: 60cm high × 52cm wide × 4cm deep. Panel: 45.5cm high × 38cm wide.