O’REILLYS Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver Auction Starting 7th December 2022 at 12pm

12 S P O T L I G H T O N A N A R T I S T Raymond Dauphin Raymond Dauphin was born in Belgium in 1910, and later lived in St. Paul de Vence where; an area of France associated with ar tists such as Matisse, Braque, and Modigliani. It was here that he developed his talents as an oil painter. He came from a family of lawyers, and broke generational tradition in his ar tistic pursuits. Not much else is known about the personal life of Dauphin, however, his professional connections in the ar t world as well as ar tistic ventures and successes are fairly well documented. He is often associated with other ar tists, and is not often discussed in his one right; he is often introduced as a friend of Picasso, and French poet, Jean Cocteau. Dauphin has sold works at the Palais Des-Beaux-Ar ts-Servar ts in Brussels, had a solo show at the Musee Picasso, Antibes, in 1975, and most notably his ar t was displayed in the 1958 International Bruxelles Expo; the first major expo after WorldWar II. LIVE AUCTION OF FINE JEWELLERY, WATCHES & SILVER • WEDNESDAY, 7th DEC 2022 AT 12PM Lot 636