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Volume 2, Issue 7, August 2010
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Dear Friends,
We are pleased to present this recent acquisition
Bouquet at a Window by Albert Andre. As you will note below the work has been in a private collection for many
years, has superb provenance and is in excellent original condition.
Gazing through the window of Andre's painting, subtitled View from the Artist's Studio, Paris, we are reminded by a vibrant blue sky to embrace what remains of this glorious summer season. We invite your inquiries on this submission and look forward to seeing you in the Gallery soon!
Enjoy,
Joyce and Kevin Anderson |
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ALBERT ANDRE
French, 1869-1954
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Bouquet at a Window (View from the Artist's Studio, Paris), 1900
Oil on canvas
32 x 26 inches (39 1/2 x 33 inches framed)
Signed lower right: Albert Andre
Price Upon Request
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Provenance
Martin
A. Ryerson, Chicago *
Art
Institute of Chicago
Private
collection, CA
Private
collection, WA
*
Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932) donated many important Impressionist and Old
Master paintings to the Chicago Art Institute, including works by Monet, Degas,
Renoir and Cezanne, which form the core of the collection to this day.
Exhibited
Minneapolis
Institute of Art, "Modern French Paintings," October, 1921 through January,
1922, #555A (on loan from Martin A. Ryerson Collection, Art Institute of Chicago)
Condition
The
painting is in excellent original condition, is unlined and retains its original
stretcher bars and keys. No retouch or repair of any kind is evident under
ultraviolet light. It is presented in a white-wash over gold, composition, Louis
style frame, in good repair.
Biography
As
listed in his biography in the Dictionary
of Art, Albert Andre was profoundly influenced in his mature development as
a painter by his close friends Pierre Auguste Renoir and Paul Cezanne. Bouquet
at a Window is a striking synthesis by the artist of these two
masters. The lush impasto in the roses
and daisies of the bouquet owe much to Renoir. Equally pronounced is the "geometric substructure" of the buildings and
skyline beyond, in which the influence of Cezanne is unmistakable. Similar views
and vantage points from the artist's studio window can be observed in Le Sacre-Coeur, vu de l'atelier d'Albert
Andre, 1902, in the collection of the Musee D'Orsay, Paris and Le Sacre-Coeur, 1905, Sotheby's New
York, 2-23-01, Lot
26.
Albert
Andre, a renowned Post-Impressionist, was born in Lyon on May 24, 1869. He initially worked in the textile industry
designing patterns for silk fabrics. In
1889, Andre traveled to Paris and joined the Julian Academy where he studied
under William Bouguereau. He exhibited
for the first time in 1894 at the Salon des Independants where Auguste Renoir
saw his work and befriended him. Renoir
introduced Andre to Durand-Ruel who was successful in selling Andre's work
primarily abroad to American collectors. From this positive debut, Andre continued to participate in the
avant-garde exhibits, most especially the Salon d'Automne from 1904 to
1944. Like many painters of his
generation who followed the Impressionists, Andre was not influenced by a
single technique but by a combination of many..
Museums
Musee
national d'Art Moderne, Paris; Musee d'Orsay, Paris; Ashmolean Museum,
University of Oxford; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Phillips
Collection, Washington, D.C.; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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