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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Art - Interesting & Affordable
• Sale Date:
  08 Mar 2021 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  6579
• Lot Description:
  Felix Vallotton (1865-1925) Switzerland/France - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) 1899
  Woodcut on paper
  18 x 13 cm plate, 28.2 x 19.5 cm sheet
  Monogrammed in plate lower right; Red Monogram Studio stamp lower right; Ref. Vallotton/Goerg: Felix Vallotton Catalogue Raisonne, 1972, No. 200b
• Notes:
  Vallotton studied at the Academie Julian with Toulouse-Lautrec & exhibited with the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1885. He began exhibiting with the Nabis with Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Marice Denis & Aristide Maillol.<R>He came to prominence in the 1890's with his woodcuts, lithographs & illustrations. He was particularly influenced by Japanese woodblocks & he deliberatley simplified form to its most abstract. The Portrait of Puvis de Chavannes is considered one of his masterpieces, which was commissioned by The Studio in 1899<R>Vallotton's work was an important influence on 20th Century Modernism & the Art Deco movement.<R><R>Puvis de Chavannes, studied in Paris under Henri Scheffer 7 Thomas Coutrure, establishing studions in Place Pigalle & Neuilly. He first exhbited in the Paris Salon in 1850. <R>He was one of the first painters to deliberately simplify form & accentuate rhymthmic lines & use non naturalistic colours. By the end of his life he was one of France's most admired artists & a major influence on both the Symbolists & Post-Impressionists.
• Estimate:
  A$100 - 200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Affordable Art

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