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Le Jardin Fleuri a Choisel

Creator: Louis Valtat
Offered by: Schillay Fine Art, Inc.

Description
Louis VALTAT
(Dieppe 1869 - 1952 Paris)

Le Jardin Fleuri a Choisel

oil on canvas: 21-1/4 x 28-7/8 inches
Signed lower right; (# 8668 on stretcher)

Provenance:
Arthur Tooth and Sons Ltd., London
Sale: Christies, November 14, 1984, lot 583
Private Collection

This painting is included in the archives of the Association ‘les Amis de Louis Valtat’

Louis VALTAT (Dieppe 1869 - 1952 Paris)

Valtat studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, and spent a great deal of time in the south of France. Early in his career he made the acquaintance of Bonnard and Vuillard; later he also met Renoir, Signac and Cross. His first works were Pointillist in character, but about 1895 he began to use pure strong color to construct his shapes. He was one of the first painters to adapt this approach, which through Matisse and Marquet developed into the Fauvist movement. After 1913 Valtat settled in Paris and dropped out of the public gaze. His work is now being recognized as an important contribution to the development of modern art.

Museum collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Suntory Art Museum, Tokyo
Mannerheim Museum, Helsinki
Museum des Beaux-Arts, Nimes
Le Havre Museum, Le Havre
Museum of Art History, Dreux
Municipal Museum, Cahors
Museum de l'Annonciade, Saint-Tropez
Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	Oil on canvas.
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	c. 1916
Styles / Movements:	Post Impressionism
Incollect Reference #:	119013

Dimensions

W.	28.8 in;	H.	21.25 in;
W.	73.15 cm;	H.	53.98 cm;

Message from Seller:

Schillay Fine Art, Inc. and Richard Schillay have carried on and expanded the art dealing tradition begun by Richard’s father, M. Edwin Schillay. For decades after World War II, M. Edwin Schillay was the foremost dealer of 19th century British art. He spearheaded the introduction to America of Victorian paintings on a large scale. Today Schillay Fine Art has greatly expanded its interests and offering -- well into the fields of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Modern, and Post-War art.