-
Henri Martin (French, 1860-1943) “Orphee” Oil on canvas 21 ¼” x 32” Signed lower right COA by David Roy Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (5 August 1860 – 12 November 1943) was a renowned French impressionist painter. Born in Toulouse to a French cabinet maker and a mother of Italian descent, Martin successfully persuaded his father to permit him to become an artist. He began his career in 1877 at the Toulouse School of the Fine Arts, where he was under the tutelage of Jules Garipuy (he was also a pupil of Henry-Eugéne Delacroix). In 1879, Martin relocated to Paris and with the help of a scholarship, was able to study in Jean-Paul Laurens' studio. Four years later, he received his first medal at the Paris Salon, where he would hold his first exhibition three years later in 1886. The year after he won his first medal, Martin was awarded a scholarship for a tour in Italy, where he studied the work of veterans such as Giotto and Masaccio. His 1889 canvas submission to the Salon earned him the gold medal for work that has been described as Pointillist. That same year he became a member of the Legion of Honour. At the 1900 World Fair, he was awarded the Grand Prize for his work. During this period, he became friends with Auguste Rodin. Although Martin's work as a neo-impressionist is not considered groundbreaking, his work was rather well-received, and has been associated with world-class symbolist painter, Puvis de Chavannes. Due to his introverted temperament, Martin decided to move away from Paris. After a decade of searching for an ideal home, Martin bought Marquayrol, a mansion overlooking La Bastide du Vert, near Cahors. He performed his best work in the new tranquil environment, and died there in 1943. Martin also taught; among his pupils was the American painter Nellie Ellen Shepherd.
-
Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841-1927) “Agay, les roches rouges” Oil on canvas 21 5/8” x 25 ¾” Painted circa 1918 Signed lower right PROVENANCE: Dr. G. Pautet, Paris Galerie Visconti, Paris Yvonne Rocchia, New York Parke-Bernet Galeries NY David Borowitz EXHIBITED: NY HammerGalleries, Guillaumin, 1961, # 23
-
Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964) “Le port” Oil on canvas 18 1/8” x 15” Painted in 1934 Signed lower right COA by L. Quesnel PROVENANCE: Max Bodner, NY Estate of Lena Wershaw, NY
-
André Derain (French, 1880-1954) “Nu assis de dos” Red chalk on paper mounted on board 25” x 18 ½” Signed bottom right COA by M. Kellermann PROVENANCE: D.G. Kelekian, NY Estate of Elizabeth Norcott Exhibited Paris, Le Petit Palais, 1937 Chicago, the art institute, 18th International exhibition of watercolors, pastels, drawings and monotypes, March-May, 1939, no. 119 Minneapolis, Art Institute, 1940
-
Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854-1929) “Femmes dans le foret” Oil on canvas 39 ½” x 25 7/8” Signed and dated bottom left Painted in 1897 PROVENANCE: Estate of D. Gensburg, LA
-
Théodore van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862-1926) “Auto-Portrait a la palette” Oil on paper laid on board 23 5/8” x 18 ½”
-
André Derain (French, 1880-1954) “Portrait de la cortessa di Fraso” Oil on canvas 11” x 9” Signed lower right COA by M. Kellermann PROVENANCE: D. G. Kelekian, Paris Elizabeth Norcott Exhibited: San Francisco, Museum of Art, 1938 (on loan)
-
Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854-1929) “Le bois de bruxellex” Oil on canvas 15” x 21 5/8” Signed lower left PROVENANCE: Hammer Galleries New York
-
Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941) “Le chenal a mare basse, honfleur” Oil on paper laid down on canvas 10 ¼” x 13 ½” Painted in 1928 COA by Jean Luce
-
Gustave Loiseau (French, 1865-1935) “La poupee” Oil on canvas 21 ½”x 17 ½” Signed lower right Titled on reverse Painted circa 1919 COA by Didier Imbert
-
Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941) “La fenaison a I’lli de France” Oil on paper laid down on canvas 11 ¼”x 17 ½” Stamped lower right COA by J. Bouin-Luce Maximilien Luce (13 March 1858 – 6 February 1941) was a prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionism. Born on 13 March 1858 in Paris. His parents, of modest means, were Charles-Désiré Luce (1823–1888), a railway clerk, and Louise-Joséphine Dunas (1822–1878). The family lived in the Montparnasse, a working-class district of Paris. Luce attended school at l'Ecole communale, beginning in 1864. In 1872, the fourteen-year-old Luce became an apprentice with wood-engraver Henri-Théophile Hildebrand (1824–1897). During his three-year xylography apprenticeship, he also took night classes in drawing from instructors Truffet and Jules-Ernest Paris (1827–1895). During this period, Luce started painting in oils. He moved with his family to the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge. His art education continued as he attended drawing classes taught by Diogène Maillard (1840–1926) at the Gobelins tapestry factory. Luce began working in the studio of Eugène Froment (1844–1900) in 1876, producing woodcut prints for various publications, including L'Illustration and London's The Graphic. He took additional art courses, at l'Académie Suisse, and also in the studio of portrait painter Carolus-Duran (1837–1917). Through Froment's studio, Luce became friends with Léo Gausson and Émile-Gustave Cavallo-Péduzzi. These three artists spent time around Lagny-sur-Marne creating Impressionist landscapes.
-
Henri Martin (French, 1860-1943) “Les Travaux des Champs” Oil on canvas 27.1”x 36.3 ” COA by K. Ryjik
