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325 - Robert Antoine PINCHON (1886-1943) Rue de l'épicerie in Roue…
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Robert Antoine PINCHON (1886-1943) Rue de l'épicerie in Rouen (1912) Oil/canvas 192 x 150 cm Born in Rouen, Robert Antoine Pinchon didn't really choose his subjects: he lived them. The city, with its quays and bridges, the shifting reflections of the Seine and the vibrant mass of Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral, was his daily horizon. It naturally became the setting for his paintings. Trained in this Norman climate, in contact with a tradition still imbued with the legacy of Claude Monet, Pinchon learned to look less at things than at their metamorphoses. Light, changing, unstable, dissolves forms and rebuilds them at every moment. This taught him an essential lesson: painting is not about describing, it's about grasping. His art is characterised by a lively, almost nervous touch, in which colour takes precedence over drawing. Tones are boldly juxtaposed, vibrations dominate structure, and landscapes seem animated by an inner breath. Rouen never stands still; it pulsates, reflects and fragments in the humid air. So, for Pinchon, painting Rouen means painting the very movement of the world - a familiar city that has become a pretext for constant research into light, sensation and life. Large formats are atypical in the artist's career, and this work is undoubtedly one of his masterpieces, immortalising the end of a day bathed in sunshine and shimmering summer colours. Please ask for the condition reports: they are not included in the descriptions. If you succeed in getting a lot(s), please note that your lot(s) will go to Drouot's Packing (magasinage) the morning after the sale. Expert : Cabinet Maréchaux [email protected] + 33 1 44 42 90 10 Expert : Cabinet Maréchaux [email protected] + 33 1 44 42 90 10
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 11:00 AM
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