The Estate of Prof. Victor Deutsch, Part III and Other Estates
Lot 20380:
Technique
Etching
Date Created
1862
Dimensions
10.8 x 9.5 cm
Provenance
Estate of Prof. Victor Deutsch
Condition
Oxidized paper
Biography
b. Paris, 23 Jan 1832; d. Paris, 30 April 1883. French painter and printmaker. Once classified as an Impressionist, he has subsequently been regarded as a Realist who influenced and was influenced by the Impressionist painters of the 1870s, though he never exhibited with them nor adopted fully their ideas and procedures. His painting is notable for its brilliant alla prima painterly technique; in both paintings and prints he introduced a new era of modern, urban subject-matter. In his relatively short career he evolved from an early style marked by dramatic light-dark contrasts and based on Spanish 17th-century painting to high-keyed, freely brushed compositions whose content bordered at times on Symbolism. (The Grove Dictionary of Art)
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