Lot n° 136
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Henri LEBASQUE (1865-1937) - Lot 136
Henri LEBASQUE (1865-1937)
Portrait of Marie-Louise Guilleux, Lebasque's first cousin, circa 1894-1896
Oil on canvas.
Unsigned.
55.4 x 46 cm
Provenance: from the estate of Marie-Louise Guilleux, Henri Lebasque's first cousin.
Lebasque loved atmospheres of family intimacy and serenity. Throughout his life, he would never cease to paint his close circle, his wife and children, bearing witness to moments of simple happiness.
Initially trained as a painter, Henri Lebasque decided to pursue a career in art, attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Léon Bonnat. By 1892, he was exhibiting at the Société des Artistes Français, followed by the Salon des Indépendants in 1893. There, he befriended the neo-impressionist painters Luce and Signac. His palette evolved: he adopted pure tones and a pointillist technique. Lebasque returned regularly to his village, winter and summer alike. From this time onwards, he painted landscapes of his native Anjou: Champignié and its orchards (see numerous landscapes, Catalogue raisonné, Bazetoux nos. 1 to 49).
Henri Lebasque painted a portrait of his first cousin, Marie-Louise Guilleux, during one of his visits to the family circle, certainly around 1894-1896. Seated in a flowery garden, bathed in summer light, the model, dressed in a blue dress, stares at her cousin, the painter, with a serene expression. She appears to be holding a sewing project in her hands. The vibrant background is composed of an abundance of brightly colored flowers. Treated with many nervous, divided brushstrokes, the luminous, joyous effect poetically framing the young girl is all the more enhanced. This divided brushwork, inherited from Seurat and the Neo-Impressionists, testifies to the painter's early artistic maturity.
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