This striking 24×36 textured floral painting, signed Claude, is an exceptional example of mid-century European decorative modernism. Featuring sculptural relief flowers, stylized classical architectural motifs, and a richly textured ochre background, the work blends fine art technique with bold mid-century design aesthetics. Created in Europe between the 1960s and 1980s, the painting showcases raised acrylic/paste forms, vivid autumnal colors, and graphic symmetry—hallmarks of the Continental studio-art movement. A visually captivating piece ideal for collectors of mid-century modern art, European textured paintings, and decorative wall reliefs, now available from Artfind Gallery in Washington, DC.
This vibrant 24×36 European floral still life is executed with thick, sculptural texture and high-relief decorative elements. The composition centers on a stylized bouquet of chrysanthemums and daisies arranged above a classical architectural base. The flowers are rendered using embossed, molded, or palette-knife texturing techniques that give the surface a three-dimensional quality. Bright autumnal colors—burnt orange, chestnut brown, golden yellow—contrast with white pearl-like centers, all set against a heavily textured ochre background.
The architectural pedestal beneath the vase employs relief-like patterns, suggesting influence from mid-century decorative arts, classical revival motifs, and studio-produced wall panels fashionable across Europe in the 1960s–1980s.
Signed CLAUDE in the lower left, the work exemplifies the European mid-century decorative modernist tradition that blended fine art with graphic and tactile design.
1960s–1980s, based on:
Acrylic-based sculptural effects common after 1960
Textured “stucco-like” backgrounds characteristic of postwar decorative wall art
Palette aligned with mid-century modern interior design
Relief floral forms favored in European studio art production of the era
Mid-Century Decorative Modernism
Textured Mixed-Media Floral Relief
Classical Revival + Modern Graphic Fusion
Influences of Italian and French studio art, commercial ateliers, and boutique gallery production
Heavy impasto or molded acrylic relief
Stenciling and stylized repetitive floral forms
Raised gesso or plaster-like underlayer
Uniform background texture created with broad scraping and crosshatch techniques
The signature CLAUDE corresponds to a category of mid-century decorative artists active in Europe—particularly in France, Belgium, Italy, and Spain—who produced highly textured wall-ready artworks for galleries, design boutiques, and commercial decorators from the 1960s through the 1980s. These artists often:
Trained at regional art academies or artisan schools
Worked in multidisciplinary studio collectives focused on textured surfaces and stylized forms
Sold works through interior design houses, tourist galleries, and export distributors
Focused on bold decorative themes: flowers, classical columns, geometric arrangements
Emphasized craftsmanship, surface complexity, and color harmony rather than strict realism
While not documented in major fine-art indices, many such artists built strong regional followings and contributed to the mid-century European decorative movement that remains highly collectible today.
The artist demonstrates a hybrid decorative-fine art approach:
Background: Layered textured ground applied with broad scraping tools
Relief Flowers: Likely built using thick acrylic modeling paste or gesso pushed through stencils or sculpted with a palette knife
Central Bowl & Columns: Molded geometric designs imitating classical friezes
Color Application: Flat yet bold color blocks over raised forms, emphasizing graphic contrast
Signature: Precise, deliberate block lettering typical of mid-century decorative painters
European Textured Floral Relief
Artist: Claude (European School, mid-century decorative modernism)
Medium: Mixed-media / Textured Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 24 × 36 in.
Period: c.1960–1980
Origin: Acquired in Europe
Highly textured floral relief painting with bold mid-century modern design, raised decorative motifs, and vivid color palette. Signed “Claude.”
Artist: Claude (European Decorative Modernist, mid-20th century)
Title: Textured Floral Relief with Classical Motifs
Medium: Mixed-Media Textured Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 24 × 36 inches
Signature: “CLAUDE,” lower left
Period: c.1960–1980
Style: Mid-Century Decorative Modernism
Origin: Acquired in Europe
Assessment:
The textured relief technique, color palette, and construction methods are consistent with mid-20th-century European studio production. No indicators of reproduction or mass-printing techniques. Surface condition and materials are appropriate for the period.
Private Collection, Europe — mid-20th century
European Decorative Arts Dealer — early 2000s
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC — acquired 2025, present owner
This striking 24×36 textured floral painting, signed Claude, is an exceptional example of mid-century European decorative modernism. Featuring sculptural relief flowers, stylized classical architectural motifs, and a richly textured ochre background, the work blends fine art technique with bold mid-century design aesthetics. Created in Europe between the 1960s and 1980s, the painting showcases raised acrylic/paste forms, vivid autumnal colors, and graphic symmetry—hallmarks of the Continental studio-art movement. A visually captivating piece ideal for collectors of mid-century modern art, European textured paintings, and decorative wall reliefs, now available from Artfind Gallery in Washington, DC.
This vibrant 24×36 European floral still life is executed with thick, sculptural texture and high-relief decorative elements. The composition centers on a stylized bouquet of chrysanthemums and daisies arranged above a classical architectural base. The flowers are rendered using embossed, molded, or palette-knife texturing techniques that give the surface a three-dimensional quality. Bright autumnal colors—burnt orange, chestnut brown, golden yellow—contrast with white pearl-like centers, all set against a heavily textured ochre background.
The architectural pedestal beneath the vase employs relief-like patterns, suggesting influence from mid-century decorative arts, classical revival motifs, and studio-produced wall panels fashionable across Europe in the 1960s–1980s.
Signed CLAUDE in the lower left, the work exemplifies the European mid-century decorative modernist tradition that blended fine art with graphic and tactile design.
1960s–1980s, based on:
Acrylic-based sculptural effects common after 1960
Textured “stucco-like” backgrounds characteristic of postwar decorative wall art
Palette aligned with mid-century modern interior design
Relief floral forms favored in European studio art production of the era
Mid-Century Decorative Modernism
Textured Mixed-Media Floral Relief
Classical Revival + Modern Graphic Fusion
Influences of Italian and French studio art, commercial ateliers, and boutique gallery production
Heavy impasto or molded acrylic relief
Stenciling and stylized repetitive floral forms
Raised gesso or plaster-like underlayer
Uniform background texture created with broad scraping and crosshatch techniques
The signature CLAUDE corresponds to a category of mid-century decorative artists active in Europe—particularly in France, Belgium, Italy, and Spain—who produced highly textured wall-ready artworks for galleries, design boutiques, and commercial decorators from the 1960s through the 1980s. These artists often:
Trained at regional art academies or artisan schools
Worked in multidisciplinary studio collectives focused on textured surfaces and stylized forms
Sold works through interior design houses, tourist galleries, and export distributors
Focused on bold decorative themes: flowers, classical columns, geometric arrangements
Emphasized craftsmanship, surface complexity, and color harmony rather than strict realism
While not documented in major fine-art indices, many such artists built strong regional followings and contributed to the mid-century European decorative movement that remains highly collectible today.
The artist demonstrates a hybrid decorative-fine art approach:
Background: Layered textured ground applied with broad scraping tools
Relief Flowers: Likely built using thick acrylic modeling paste or gesso pushed through stencils or sculpted with a palette knife
Central Bowl & Columns: Molded geometric designs imitating classical friezes
Color Application: Flat yet bold color blocks over raised forms, emphasizing graphic contrast
Signature: Precise, deliberate block lettering typical of mid-century decorative painters
European Textured Floral Relief
Artist: Claude (European School, mid-century decorative modernism)
Medium: Mixed-media / Textured Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 24 × 36 in.
Period: c.1960–1980
Origin: Acquired in Europe
Highly textured floral relief painting with bold mid-century modern design, raised decorative motifs, and vivid color palette. Signed “Claude.”
Artist: Claude (European Decorative Modernist, mid-20th century)
Title: Textured Floral Relief with Classical Motifs
Medium: Mixed-Media Textured Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 24 × 36 inches
Signature: “CLAUDE,” lower left
Period: c.1960–1980
Style: Mid-Century Decorative Modernism
Origin: Acquired in Europe
Assessment:
The textured relief technique, color palette, and construction methods are consistent with mid-20th-century European studio production. No indicators of reproduction or mass-printing techniques. Surface condition and materials are appropriate for the period.
Private Collection, Europe — mid-20th century
European Decorative Arts Dealer — early 2000s
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC — acquired 2025, present owner
