1919
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See also : Italy Modigliani France Monet Bassin aux nymphéas Matisse Picasso 1907-31 Music and dance Tabletop Children Flowers Bouquet
See also : Italy Modigliani France Monet Bassin aux nymphéas Matisse Picasso 1907-31 Music and dance Tabletop Children Flowers Bouquet
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1919 Le Pâtissier by Soutine
Barnes Foundation
Soutine has all the qualities of a true artist. He followed his own path, leaving no writings, destroying progressively his works that did not please him anymore.
On his arrival in Paris, Soutine had a job of luggage carrier at Montparnasse railway station. He took as subjects of his portraits the petty employees of hotels or restaurants, these people who help wealthy customers but are never considered by anyone.
He listened only to his inspiration exacerbated by his stomach ulcer, and his themes are new. Yet he had a predecessor: Modigliani, another Jew in Paris, his drinking companion in Montparnasse, who died in 1920.
The young foreign artists who settled in Paris had not foreseen the war. Zborowski, arrived from Poland around 1910, takes their destiny in hand. Zbo and his wife organize in April 1918 the exodus to Cagnes-sur-Mer of Modigliani with his friend Jeanne and her mother, Foujita and his wife Fernande, and Soutine.
He lived in poverty from 1919 on Zbo's expense at Céret, the Catalan village in French Pyrénées of Picasso's Cubist fame. He painted twisted landscapes as trials of colors. He got bored of that theme and would later try to recuperate his Céret landscapes for destruction.
Soutine put all his energy into his art. Unlike Modigliani, he varied his themes. The rotten meats brought to the artist some sensorial communion with his environment by their unbearable odor. For the human dimension, Soutine chose to highlight the humblest employees of hotels and restaurants. These men have their own petty and miserable life beyond the disguise of their job. They are ugly and unintelligent in their tightly buttoned ill-fitting uniforms.
Soutine was hypersensitive. He did not plan to withstand the emotional stress of a sitting session with one of his few friends and could not become a worldly artist. Pastry cooks, hotel boys and valets interested him because he had no sympathy for them. Soutine never commented his art. I cannot imagine that he spent time in front of such guys. He was possibly working from memory.
On December 1922 the US collector Albert Barnes registers his Barnes Foundation as an educational institution dedicated to promoting the appreciation of fine arts and arboriculture.
In January 1923 Barnes is in Paris for acquiring additional paintings for his project. He is overwhelmed by a Pâtissier with huge ears at the home of the dealer Paul Guillaume and purchases it. In the same trip Barnes buys about 50 artworks to Soutine, about 20 for his collection and the rest for dissemination through resale, enabling the artist to reach fame and to greatly improve his life conditions.
The image of the Barnes Pâtissier ex Guillaume, oil on canvas 66 x 51 cm painted by Soutine ca 1919 is shared by Wikimedia.
On his arrival in Paris, Soutine had a job of luggage carrier at Montparnasse railway station. He took as subjects of his portraits the petty employees of hotels or restaurants, these people who help wealthy customers but are never considered by anyone.
He listened only to his inspiration exacerbated by his stomach ulcer, and his themes are new. Yet he had a predecessor: Modigliani, another Jew in Paris, his drinking companion in Montparnasse, who died in 1920.
The young foreign artists who settled in Paris had not foreseen the war. Zborowski, arrived from Poland around 1910, takes their destiny in hand. Zbo and his wife organize in April 1918 the exodus to Cagnes-sur-Mer of Modigliani with his friend Jeanne and her mother, Foujita and his wife Fernande, and Soutine.
He lived in poverty from 1919 on Zbo's expense at Céret, the Catalan village in French Pyrénées of Picasso's Cubist fame. He painted twisted landscapes as trials of colors. He got bored of that theme and would later try to recuperate his Céret landscapes for destruction.
Soutine put all his energy into his art. Unlike Modigliani, he varied his themes. The rotten meats brought to the artist some sensorial communion with his environment by their unbearable odor. For the human dimension, Soutine chose to highlight the humblest employees of hotels and restaurants. These men have their own petty and miserable life beyond the disguise of their job. They are ugly and unintelligent in their tightly buttoned ill-fitting uniforms.
Soutine was hypersensitive. He did not plan to withstand the emotional stress of a sitting session with one of his few friends and could not become a worldly artist. Pastry cooks, hotel boys and valets interested him because he had no sympathy for them. Soutine never commented his art. I cannot imagine that he spent time in front of such guys. He was possibly working from memory.
On December 1922 the US collector Albert Barnes registers his Barnes Foundation as an educational institution dedicated to promoting the appreciation of fine arts and arboriculture.
In January 1923 Barnes is in Paris for acquiring additional paintings for his project. He is overwhelmed by a Pâtissier with huge ears at the home of the dealer Paul Guillaume and purchases it. In the same trip Barnes buys about 50 artworks to Soutine, about 20 for his collection and the rest for dissemination through resale, enabling the artist to reach fame and to greatly improve his life conditions.
The image of the Barnes Pâtissier ex Guillaume, oil on canvas 66 x 51 cm painted by Soutine ca 1919 is shared by Wikimedia.
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1919 Preparation for the Grandes Décorations by MONET
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W1897
2021 SOLD for $ 70M by Sotheby's
A Bassin aux Nymphéas by Monet from the preparation series of Les Grandes Décorations was sold by Sotheby's, for $ 16.8M on May 6, 2004, lot 133, and for $ 70M on May 12, 2021, lot 1010. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
This piece is an oil of canvas 100 x 200 cm, a panoramic format used by the artist after he completed a barn-like studio for the specific purpose of doubling the size of his pictures. It looks like a culmination of the 1917-1919 phase. Monet did not part from it.
In conjunction with the complete removal of both shore and horizon, the large size of the flowers indeed brings the impression of a very close view of the pond. This immersion is enhanced by the reflections of green trees and blue sky in the interstices between the groups of floating plants.
The emotion and the presence are brought by the arrangement of the increasingly vibrant colors while the topographic depiction becomes unnecessary.
This piece is an oil of canvas 100 x 200 cm, a panoramic format used by the artist after he completed a barn-like studio for the specific purpose of doubling the size of his pictures. It looks like a culmination of the 1917-1919 phase. Monet did not part from it.
In conjunction with the complete removal of both shore and horizon, the large size of the flowers indeed brings the impression of a very close view of the pond. This immersion is enhanced by the reflections of green trees and blue sky in the interstices between the groups of floating plants.
The emotion and the presence are brought by the arrangement of the increasingly vibrant colors while the topographic depiction becomes unnecessary.
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1919 W1898
2023 SOLD for $ 74M by Christie's
Le Bassin aux nymphéas 100 x 200 cm referenced W1898 by Wildenstein is identical in composition as W1897, sold for $ 70M by Sotheby's on May 12, 2021. It was sold for $ 74M by Christie's on November 9, 2023, lot 35 B.
Im November kommt in New York ein nie ausgestelltes Meisterwerk Claude Monets zum ersten Mal unter den Hammer.
— Barnebys.de (@Barnebysde) October 13, 2023
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2008 SOLD for £ 41M by Christie's
Monet works primarily for himself. He had not given away any significant painting since 1912. In November 1919 he nevertheless accepts to sell to Bernheim-Jeune four Bassins aux nymphéas 100 x 200 cm. These finished works were especially prepared in the utmost quality.
One of these paintings is in the Metropolitan Museum. Another one was sold by Christie's on November 11, 1992 for $ 12M. The third was cut in half before 1944. The left side is in the Tel Aviv Museum. The right side was sold for $ 27M by Christie's on May 12, 2016.
The fourth painting, oil on canvas 100 x 200 cm, was sold by Christie's on June 24, 2008 for £ 41M worth at that date US $ 80M, lot 16. The groups of leaves form a frame around the reflections of the trees in the blue water. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
One of these paintings is in the Metropolitan Museum. Another one was sold by Christie's on November 11, 1992 for $ 12M. The third was cut in half before 1944. The left side is in the Tel Aviv Museum. The right side was sold for $ 27M by Christie's on May 12, 2016.
The fourth painting, oil on canvas 100 x 200 cm, was sold by Christie's on June 24, 2008 for £ 41M worth at that date US $ 80M, lot 16. The groups of leaves form a frame around the reflections of the trees in the blue water. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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2016 SOLD for $ 27M by Christie's
An oil on canvas by Monet from the Bernheim-Jeune group of four was split into two equal parts 100 x 100 cm before 1944 by an unidentified fool.
The left side is now in the Tel Aviv Museum. The right side was sold for $ 27M by Christie's on May 12, 2016, lot 27 C.
The left side is now in the Tel Aviv Museum. The right side was sold for $ 27M by Christie's on May 12, 2016, lot 27 C.
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1919 MODIGLIANI
Intro
Amedeo and Jeanne entered together into the legend. When they met in 1917, Amedeo was 33 years old and Jeanne was 19. She sacrifices her desire to become an artist and becomes the companion of the cursed painter, alcoholic, drug addict, consumptive and moreover a Jew in a society that was not tolerant.
They came back from Nice to Paris in May 1919 with their baby Giovanna. Helped by Zborowski, he set up his studio rue de la Grande Chaumière. Peace had returned and a period of great creativity begins for the artist.
In 1919, Amedeo Modigliani is again able to reveal the ideal woman, as in the time of his sculpted heads of 1911 and 1912. Since he then had to give up sculpture because of his failing health, Amedeo is primarily a portrait painter. His models are the people around him in the art world of Montparnasse and humble fellows who cannot be his customers. His paintings are difficult to sell.
The sensual nudes painted in 1917 had brought a sinuous outline of the women's body. The harmony of rare warm colors provides comfort and kindness. The interpretation of that hypersensitive artist as a wild guy is definitely wrong.
The portraits of seated models at the Grande Chaumière are set up similarly with small variations in the position of the hands and the orientation of the head. The format of the canvas increases, close to life size.
The portraits by Amedeo of his intimates are recognizable but they are not realistic because they must represent an absolute. Small in life, Jeanne is tall for Amedeo. Her green eyes become intensely blue to express innocence and fidelity. The arms become more elongated with gestures that are altogether expressive and quiet and above all typically feminine.
They came back from Nice to Paris in May 1919 with their baby Giovanna. Helped by Zborowski, he set up his studio rue de la Grande Chaumière. Peace had returned and a period of great creativity begins for the artist.
In 1919, Amedeo Modigliani is again able to reveal the ideal woman, as in the time of his sculpted heads of 1911 and 1912. Since he then had to give up sculpture because of his failing health, Amedeo is primarily a portrait painter. His models are the people around him in the art world of Montparnasse and humble fellows who cannot be his customers. His paintings are difficult to sell.
The sensual nudes painted in 1917 had brought a sinuous outline of the women's body. The harmony of rare warm colors provides comfort and kindness. The interpretation of that hypersensitive artist as a wild guy is definitely wrong.
The portraits of seated models at the Grande Chaumière are set up similarly with small variations in the position of the hands and the orientation of the head. The format of the canvas increases, close to life size.
The portraits by Amedeo of his intimates are recognizable but they are not realistic because they must represent an absolute. Small in life, Jeanne is tall for Amedeo. Her green eyes become intensely blue to express innocence and fidelity. The arms become more elongated with gestures that are altogether expressive and quiet and above all typically feminine.
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Jeanne au Chapeau
2013 SOLD for £ 27M by Christie's
When Amedeo Modigliani paints the portraits of his friends, he idealizes the forms which he can no longer express through the sculpture that has become too tiring for his fragile health. And the perfect line, the charming sinuosity, the elongation of bodies are not the rediscovery of mannerism but the direct extension of his inspiration as a sculptor.
Jeanne is his muse. He met this nice girl in 1917 when she was 19 years old. Madly in love, he shows an ideal Jeanne, as he would like her to be.
In 1919, when Amedeo paints Jeanne Hébuterne au chapeau, the young woman has already born him a daughter, also named Jeanne. This oil on canvas, 92 x 54 cm, is an invitation to communicate. The gesture is nice, the pastel-like background is discreet, the eye position is straightforward.
These eyes which are the strong point of the image are nearly uniformly blue, as if the face so alive elsewhere of the sitter was only a mask to a dreamlike sky. The ongoing process of Modigliani to the representation of the ideal woman has led to this ultimate detail that makes him, quite unexpectedly, a precursor of surrealism.
Jeanne au chapeau was sold for £ 16.4M by Sotheby's on 19 June 2006 and for £ 27M by Christie's on February 6, 2013. Please watch the video shared by Christie's.
Jeanne is his muse. He met this nice girl in 1917 when she was 19 years old. Madly in love, he shows an ideal Jeanne, as he would like her to be.
In 1919, when Amedeo paints Jeanne Hébuterne au chapeau, the young woman has already born him a daughter, also named Jeanne. This oil on canvas, 92 x 54 cm, is an invitation to communicate. The gesture is nice, the pastel-like background is discreet, the eye position is straightforward.
These eyes which are the strong point of the image are nearly uniformly blue, as if the face so alive elsewhere of the sitter was only a mask to a dreamlike sky. The ongoing process of Modigliani to the representation of the ideal woman has led to this ultimate detail that makes him, quite unexpectedly, a precursor of surrealism.
Jeanne au chapeau was sold for £ 16.4M by Sotheby's on 19 June 2006 and for £ 27M by Christie's on February 6, 2013. Please watch the video shared by Christie's.
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later 1919 Jeanne devant une Porte
2004 SOLD for $ 31M by Sotheby's
Jeanne devant une porte is a three quarter length portrait by Modigliani of Jeanne Hébuterne in 1919 while she was pregnant of their second child. The eyes are filled in blue and she wears the strict clothing of a young mother. Her attitude is sad.
This oil on canvas has an unusual large size for that series, 130 x 80 cm. This is one of the latest portraits of Jeanne and arguably the most poignant. The head is heavily bent to her left. A scientific analysis based on pictures and photos concluded in 2018 that the poor young woman was suffering of cervical dystomia.
It was sold for $ 31M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2004, lot 23.
Jeanne committed suicide in January 1920, still in the same pregnancy, two days after Amedeo's death.
This oil on canvas has an unusual large size for that series, 130 x 80 cm. This is one of the latest portraits of Jeanne and arguably the most poignant. The head is heavily bent to her left. A scientific analysis based on pictures and photos concluded in 2018 that the poor young woman was suffering of cervical dystomia.
It was sold for $ 31M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2004, lot 23.
Jeanne committed suicide in January 1920, still in the same pregnancy, two days after Amedeo's death.
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later 1919 Jeanne au Foulard
2016 SOLD for £ 38.5M by Sotheby's
On June 21, 2016, Sotheby's sold for £ 38.5M at lot 12 the portrait of Jeanne au foulard (with scarf), oil on canvas 92 x 54 cm painted by Amedeo in 1919. Please watch the video shared by Sotheby's (below).
The muse does not laugh : her mouth is again sulky, as in her other portraits. The specificity of this artwork is in the eyes drawn with visible pupils, increasing the emotional presence of the young woman just as if Amedeo had just decided to abandon his signature uniformly blue eyes. This painting could be one of the last portraits of Jeanne.
The muse does not laugh : her mouth is again sulky, as in her other portraits. The specificity of this artwork is in the eyes drawn with visible pupils, increasing the emotional presence of the young woman just as if Amedeo had just decided to abandon his signature uniformly blue eyes. This painting could be one of the last portraits of Jeanne.
The greatest and most tragic #love story in #art history? #Modigliani's tribute to Jeanne https://t.co/Zyv622WeXg pic.twitter.com/uycU1vGQ5d
— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) June 5, 2016
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later 1919 Paulette
2015 SOLD for $ 43M by Sotheby's
When Paulette Jourdain arrives at Montparnasse, she is a still a child at only 15 year old. She obtains to work as a housemaid for Zborowski. She is the last model of Amedeo in 1919, for a unique painting, just before he died in January 1920.
The three-quarter-length format with the hands clasped gently by her lap are direct references for Leonardo's Mona Lisa that Amedeo used to admire in Le Louvre while the impenetrable expression on her face also expresses a shyness of the girl.
The search for expression is dominant over realism with two signature innovations in Amedeo's art : a tall neck creating a neat distance between head and body and the eyes completely filled in blue that announce surrealism and are certainly a proof of kindness of the artist for his model in the stiff attitude of a teenager.
This portrait, oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm, was sold by Sotheby's for $ 43M on November 4, 2015, lot 12T in the sale of the Taubman collection, and for HK $ 273M on October 5, 2023, lot 8512. Please watch the videos shared in 2015 and 2023 by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Paulette Jourdain had a lifelong involvement in art. She opened a gallery after Zbo's death in 1932.
The three-quarter-length format with the hands clasped gently by her lap are direct references for Leonardo's Mona Lisa that Amedeo used to admire in Le Louvre while the impenetrable expression on her face also expresses a shyness of the girl.
The search for expression is dominant over realism with two signature innovations in Amedeo's art : a tall neck creating a neat distance between head and body and the eyes completely filled in blue that announce surrealism and are certainly a proof of kindness of the artist for his model in the stiff attitude of a teenager.
This portrait, oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm, was sold by Sotheby's for $ 43M on November 4, 2015, lot 12T in the sale of the Taubman collection, and for HK $ 273M on October 5, 2023, lot 8512. Please watch the videos shared in 2015 and 2023 by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Paulette Jourdain had a lifelong involvement in art. She opened a gallery after Zbo's death in 1932.
1919 Guitare sur une Table by Picasso
2022 SOLD for $ 37M by Sotheby's
Guitar on a tabletop was a preferred theme of the Cubist pioneers, Gris, Picasso and Braque. In 1919 war is over and the synthetic phase of Cubism is giving way to the Neoclassicism.
Under the influence of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Picasso continues in both styles with dynamic pure colors, as demonstrated by a pair of portraits of Olga started simultaneously ca 1917 of which the Cubist version was sold for $ 30.5M by Christie's on May 15, 2017, lot 7 A.
Guitare sur une table painted by Picasso in 1919 in Paris is a mixed style in which the mandolin shaped instrument is displayed beside a sheet of staves in a flattened trompe l'oeil that includes a joyful blue sky through a window.
This oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm was sold for $ 37M by Sotheby's on November 14, 2022, lot 108, for the benefit of the MoMA and of charities.
Under the influence of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Picasso continues in both styles with dynamic pure colors, as demonstrated by a pair of portraits of Olga started simultaneously ca 1917 of which the Cubist version was sold for $ 30.5M by Christie's on May 15, 2017, lot 7 A.
Guitare sur une table painted by Picasso in 1919 in Paris is a mixed style in which the mandolin shaped instrument is displayed beside a sheet of staves in a flattened trompe l'oeil that includes a joyful blue sky through a window.
This oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm was sold for $ 37M by Sotheby's on November 14, 2022, lot 108, for the benefit of the MoMA and of charities.
1919 Bouquet by Matisse
2010 SOLD for $ 28.6M by Sotheby's
In 1919, Europe is just emerging from war. It is a difficult time for Matisse, his private life and his art. Before 1914, he had entered a new path, emphasizing the harmony of colors that will be the passion of his artist's life. He feels however marginalized by his rejection of abstraction and cubism.
On July 14, French national (Bastille) day, he unleashes his hopes on a canvas 116 x 89 cm. A bouquet springs from a vase in an explosion of colors that immediately calls to fireworks and mingles with the more neutral wallpaper background. The image of this painting is shared by BBC News.
The subject and composition are typical of the still lifes of the master. The patriotic inspiration and the joy of colors make it an exceptional painting, sold for $ 28.6M from a lower estimate of $ 18M by Sotheby's on May 5, 2010.
On July 14, French national (Bastille) day, he unleashes his hopes on a canvas 116 x 89 cm. A bouquet springs from a vase in an explosion of colors that immediately calls to fireworks and mingles with the more neutral wallpaper background. The image of this painting is shared by BBC News.
The subject and composition are typical of the still lifes of the master. The patriotic inspiration and the joy of colors make it an exceptional painting, sold for $ 28.6M from a lower estimate of $ 18M by Sotheby's on May 5, 2010.
