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Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine
Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine

Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine

Located in London, GB

Formed in c.1943, the Maquis French Resistance guerrilla Anti-Fascism fighters lived in camps operating from the forests and mountain areas to resist the German Nazi occupation of Fr...

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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage French War Poster Single Battle For A Single Country WWII
Original Vintage French War Poster Single Battle For A Single Country WWII

Original Vintage French War Poster Single Battle For A Single Country WWII

Located in London, GB

Original vintage French World War Two allied propaganda poster - Un Seul Combat Pour Une Seule Patrie / A Single Battle for a Single Country - featuring a soldier in British uniform ...

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Vintage 1940s French Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Film Poster Service Secret Mission Spy War Drama Movie Art
Original Vintage WWII Film Poster Service Secret Mission Spy War Drama Movie Art

Original Vintage WWII Film Poster Service Secret Mission Spy War Drama Movie Art

Located in London, GB

Original vintage movie poster for a 1942 World War Two drama film - Secret Mission an exciting adventure / Service Secret une aventure passionnante - about British spies and a French...

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Vintage 1940s French Posters

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Paper

Pair of Art Deco Glass Figurines Piranha Molded Fish By Ferjac France 1920s
Pair of Art Deco Glass Figurines Piranha Molded Fish By Ferjac France 1920s

Pair of Art Deco Glass Figurines Piranha Molded Fish By Ferjac France 1920s

By Ferjac

Located in Bochum, NRW

Pol Ferjac (1900-1979) was a French artist, French Resistance member, and father of actress Anouk Ferjac.

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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Granite

French Antique Lithograph in Gilt Frame 'La Douce Résistance'
French Antique Lithograph in Gilt Frame 'La Douce Résistance'

French Antique Lithograph in Gilt Frame 'La Douce Résistance'

By Louis Leopold Boilly

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

Lithograph by Italian artist Salvatore Tresca (1750–1815) after an original painting by French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845) of a work entitled 'La Douce Résistance' (The S...

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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Prints

Materials

Giltwood

Willy Mucha Painting, 1950's
Willy Mucha Painting, 1950's

Willy Mucha Painting, 1950's

Located in Dallas, TX

After fighting for the French Resistance during WWII he settled in Collioure in the south of France where his work was inspired by the Mediterranean light and its infinite horizon.

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Vintage 1950s French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

French Contemporary Photo by Jean-Charles Mandou - Resistance

French Contemporary Photo by Jean-Charles Mandou - Resistance

Located in Paris, IDF

Printed on Acrylic Jean-Charles Mandou is a French photographer born in 1962 who lives between France & Brazil. He studied at Ecole du Louve in Paris. He works also in theater & cin...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital

Time Out, Raymonde Desabres (1925-2020)
Time Out, Raymonde Desabres (1925-2020)

Time Out, Raymonde Desabres (1925-2020)

Located in Southampton, NJ

Painting is in beautiful condition. Born in Le Chatlet, France. As a teenager, Desabres Plaut became a member of the French Resistance where she engaged in intelligence activities a...

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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Pond - Annick Du Charme
The Pond - Annick Du Charme

The Pond - Annick Du Charme

Located in North Clarendon, VT

We do know that she was a member of the French Resistance and then emigrated to the US with her American husband around 1951.

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Lithograph 124/260  signed Hoi Lebadang (1921-2015)
Original Lithograph 124/260  signed Hoi Lebadang (1921-2015)

Original Lithograph 124/260 signed Hoi Lebadang (1921-2015)

By Hoi Lebadang

Located in Pasadena, CA

OriginalL ithograph 124/260 signed Hoi Lebadang (1921-2015); He was born in Vietnam and emigrated to France as a teenager. He fought in the French Resistance movement against the ...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

C Print

René Mathieu for Lunel 'Diablo' Wall Lamp Circa 1950s
René Mathieu for Lunel 'Diablo' Wall Lamp Circa 1950s

René Mathieu for Lunel 'Diablo' Wall Lamp Circa 1950s

Located in Gloucester, GB

Beginning his career in furniture design in the 1930s, he embraced modern materials such as metal, glass and plastic, helping to shape the clean, functional aesthetic of post-war Fre...

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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Josephine Baker Jewellery Tennis Italy
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Josephine Baker Jewellery Tennis Italy

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Josephine Baker Jewellery Tennis Italy

Located in London, GB

The renowned American-born French entertainer, resistance agent and civil rights activist Josephine Baker (1906-1975) performed as a Jazz Age cabaret dancer at the Folies Bergere, wo...

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Vintage 1920s Italian Posters

Materials

Paper

French Mid 20th Century Exhibition Poster Study for WWII Normandy Landings
French Mid 20th Century Exhibition Poster Study for WWII Normandy Landings

French Mid 20th Century Exhibition Poster Study for WWII Normandy Landings

By Anne Marie Migette Perard

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Rendered in expressive watercolor and ink, the piece features bold text, explosive orange and yellow bursts symbolizing the intensity of battle, and the Cross of Lorraine—a widely re...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

French 'Flavigny' Daybed by Jean Prouvé, 1950s
French 'Flavigny' Daybed by Jean Prouvé, 1950s

French 'Flavigny' Daybed by Jean Prouvé, 1950s

Located in Chicago, IL

Founder of Atelier Prouvé in 1931, he created furniture and architectural elements that balanced industrial efficiency with elegant, functional forms, producing iconic works such as ...

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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Daybeds

Materials

Wood

Jacques Martin Ferrieres 'French 1893-1972' Landscape
Jacques Martin Ferrieres 'French 1893-1972' Landscape

Jacques Martin Ferrieres 'French 1893-1972' Landscape

By Jacques Martin-Ferrières

Located in Dallas, TX

Martin-Ferrieres interrupted his painting career to serve in the French resistance movement during World War II. Although he lost an eye while a prisoner of war, he resumed his art e...

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1920s Art Deco Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint

Original Vintage WWII Poster Salut A La Resistance Et En Avant! Forward Fighters
Original Vintage WWII Poster Salut A La Resistance Et En Avant! Forward Fighters

Original Vintage WWII Poster Salut A La Resistance Et En Avant! Forward Fighters

Located in London, GB

Original vintage World War Two poster - Salute to the Resistance and forward / Salut a la Resistance et en avant! - featuring artwork of resistance fighters in the foreground, two me...

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Vintage 1940s French Posters

Materials

Paper

1940 Original General de Gaulle À Tous les Français Poster
1940 Original General de Gaulle À Tous les Français Poster

1940 Original General de Gaulle À Tous les Français Poster

Located in PARIS, FR

This proclamation became one of the most recognisable visual documents associated with French resistance and the refusal to accept defeat.

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1940s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Alabaster Bust of Joan of Arc Attributed to Giuseppe Bessi Early XX Century
Alabaster Bust of Joan of Arc Attributed to Giuseppe Bessi Early XX Century

Alabaster Bust of Joan of Arc Attributed to Giuseppe Bessi Early XX Century

By Giuseppe Bessi

Located in Milano, MI

Despite his tragic end, Joan of Arc became a symbol of French resistance and patriotism. Its story has been the subject of numerous literary works, artistic and cinematographic.

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Vintage 1910s Italian Neoclassical Busts

Materials

Alabaster

Jacques Martin-Ferrières 'French, 1893-1972'
Jacques Martin-Ferrières 'French, 1893-1972'

Jacques Martin-Ferrières 'French, 1893-1972'

By Jacques Martin-Ferrières

Located in Dallas, TX

Martin-Ferrieres interrupted his painting career to serve in the French resistance movement during World War II. Although he lost an eye while a prisoner of war, he resumed his art e...

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1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

General Alfred Chanzy, French Military Commander, Antique Engraved Portrait
General Alfred Chanzy, French Military Commander, Antique Engraved Portrait

General Alfred Chanzy, French Military Commander, Antique Engraved Portrait

Located in Langweer, NL

Alfred Chanzy (1823 to 1883) commanded the French Army of the Loire in the war of 1870 and 1871, the most tenacious French resistance of that campaign, and was afterwards Governor Ge...

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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Prints

Materials

Paper

Garden in The South of France Signed Painting
Garden in The South of France Signed Painting

Garden in The South of France Signed Painting

Located in New York, NY

Congress for her courageous work and contributions to the French Resistance in Paris during World War II. As a teenager, while secretly aiding the Resistance, she also mingled in th...

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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Eryx' Yacht Half Hull Model, circa 1962
'Eryx' Yacht Half Hull Model, circa 1962

'Eryx' Yacht Half Hull Model, circa 1962

Located in London, GB

During the WWII occupation of France, de Vogüé was heavily involved in the activities of the French Resistance, secretly heading its political wing in the eastern part of France.

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Vintage 1960s British Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

1944 propaganda poster by Jean Carlu - Second World War
1944 propaganda poster by Jean Carlu - Second World War

1944 propaganda poster by Jean Carlu - Second World War

By Jean Carlu

Located in PARIS, FR

A hammer bearing the flags of the Allied nations presses downward onto a fractured swastika, which rests upon an anvil marked with the Cross of Lorraine — emblem of the Free French r...

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1940s More Prints

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Estuary landscape, possibly Morbihan, France.
Estuary landscape, possibly Morbihan, France.

Estuary landscape, possibly Morbihan, France.

By Marcel Dyf

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

During World War II, his artistic career was interrupted when he joined the French Resistance. After the war, he resumed painting with renewed vigour, dividing his time between Paris...

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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Le Bassin des Tuileries a Paris" Marcel Dyf, Impressionist Garden Fountain
"Le Bassin des Tuileries a Paris" Marcel Dyf, Impressionist Garden Fountain

"Le Bassin des Tuileries a Paris" Marcel Dyf, Impressionist Garden Fountain

By Marcel Dyf

Located in New York, NY

By 1935, he had returned to Paris, and during World War II he joined the French Resistance, operating out of the Corrèze region—an experience that marked a significant chapter in his...

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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glacier
Glacier

Glacier

By Émile Gilioli

Located in PARIS, FR

His art was associated in a way with facts of the French Resistance. In 1947, he exhibited at the Salon des ‘Réalités Nouvelles’ in Paris.

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1960s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Raymond C. Boothe, Starlings in a Winter Landscape, 1976
Raymond C. Boothe, Starlings in a Winter Landscape, 1976

Raymond C. Boothe, Starlings in a Winter Landscape, 1976

By Raymond C. Booth

Located in New York, NY

Tiercet was born in Belgium but lived in France most of his life. His wife Jenny and he actively fought in the French resistance during WW2 prior to coming to live in the US.

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Vintage 1970s English Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

After the Flood
After the Flood

After the Flood

By Zvi Raphaeli

Located in New York, NY

He was a member of the French Resistance during World War II, and lived in Israel where he moved to, in 1945 at the age of 21.

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20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The Divers
The Divers

The Divers

Located in London, GB

During WWII, he lent his artistic talents to the French Resistance. Today his work is held in major private and museum collections worldwide.

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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Forest Pond Painting Signed Burnham
Forest Pond Painting Signed Burnham

Forest Pond Painting Signed Burnham

Located in New York, NY

Congress for her courageous work and contributions to the French Resistance in Paris during World War II. As a teenager, while secretly aiding the Resistance, she also mingled in th...

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Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Marcel Dyf Leccon De Musique
Marcel Dyf Leccon De Musique

Marcel Dyf Leccon De Musique

By Marcel Dyf

Located in Dallas, TX

He quickly joined the French Resistance in Corrèze and the Dordogne. He later moved back to Paris and finally moved in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Decorative Engraved Panthéon Paris in the 1800s by Bry & Benoist
Decorative Engraved Panthéon Paris in the 1800s by Bry & Benoist

Decorative Engraved Panthéon Paris in the 1800s by Bry & Benoist

Located in Langweer, NL

**Jean Jaurès** (1859–1914) - French socialist leader. 9. **Jean Moulin** (1899–1943) - A high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. 10.

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Antique 1850s Prints

Materials

Paper

18K Gold Josephine Baker Banded Agate Signet Ring with Enamel and Rubies
18K Gold Josephine Baker Banded Agate Signet Ring with Enamel and Rubies

18K Gold Josephine Baker Banded Agate Signet Ring with Enamel and Rubies

Located in Venice, CA

Beyond her successful career as a performer, Baker was also a spy for the French Resistance during World War II. She had her pilot’s license and flew missions during the Phoney War, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Agate, Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel

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