Adolphe REY (1863-1944) - Lot 1

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Adolphe REY (1863-1944) - Lot 1
Adolphe REY (1863-1944) Snow and Frost, 1933 Oil on board, signed and dated lower right and titled on an exhibition label affixed to the reverse. 100 x 73 cm Exhibitions : Lyon, Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts, Salon de 1939 (label on reverse) n°355 Chamalières, March 7 to March 20, 2002 (label on reverse) Period frame Adolphe REY (1863-1944) "This is indeed a discovery. A discreet man if ever there was one, Adolphe Rey pursued his work in the secrecy of his studio throughout his life. Only his intimates were in a position to measure his talent. And if, finally yielding to their friendly pressure, he agreed to show his paintings (he was then approaching his sixtieth birthday...) it was not by spreading himself out between galleries and exhibitions, but by stealth, so to speak, by blending in with the crowd of participants at the great Salon de Lyon". It's with these precise words that Philippe Auserve, curator of the Musée des Peintres de l'École de Murols, introduces the catalog of the only major exhibition devoted to the artist, almost 20 years ago, during the month of May 2018 in this wonderful little museum in Auvergne. And so, for the first time, will be offered to the public of amateurs and collectors. Alphonse Rey was born on April 8, 1863 in Châteauvillain (Isère), into an old Dauphiné family. He attended school in Bourgoin, and began studying architecture, which led him to Paris. In 1884 in Lyon, he chose a military career in the infantry, which saw him promoted to captain in 1904. A lung ailment contracted in 1911 brought him back to Bourgoin, where he died on August 26, 1944. His meeting at the local school with Victor Charreton (1864-1936), a year his junior, was to prove decisive. In addition to the friendship that would unite the two men until Charreton's death, the renowned painter would continue to support and encourage his former comrade, encouraging him to come to Murol for three visits between 1915 and 1918. Adolphe Rey's powerful oil paintings exalt the landscapes of the Dauphiné and the marvellous snows of the Auvergne; worked in full paste, with a spirited touch, they overwhelm with the vivacity of their colors. Before becoming a painter, Adolphe Rey, a champion of "painting in water", was also a formidable watercolorist. Ernest Filliard (1868-1933), a flower specialist, gave him some advice, but it wasn't long before Rey mastered this technique, using the most precious papers, working alone on the motif like François-Auguste Ravier (1814-1895), or in the studio for these sumptuous floral compositions. If Adolphe Rey's fundamental modesty and extreme modesty prevented him from showcasing the rich multiplicity of his unique talent, this precious collection, miraculously preserved with the utmost care by the painter's descendants (the watercolors are in an absolutely remarkable state of freshness), offers us the opportunity to celebrate this authentic painter, rediscovered more than eighty years after his death.
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