Galerie Dreyfus
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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (PARIS, 1876 – RUEIL-LA-GADELIÈRE, 1952)…
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95
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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (PARIS, 1876 – RUEIL-LA-GADELIÈRE, 1952)…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80,000 - €100,000
Voluntary lot
Description
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
(PARIS, 1876 – RUEIL-LA-GADELIÈRE, 1952)
Still Life
1912
Oil on canvas
55 x 61 cm
Signed top left
This still life from 1912 belongs to Maurice de
Vlaminck’s Cézanne-inspired period, a key moment in his career when he combined the vigour of his Fauvist brushwork with a
more solid and considered composition. On a table, the artist has arranged a fruit bowl overflowing
with red and green fruit, accompanied by a dark coffee pot and a bowl, in a
composition that is both simple and monumental. The composition, balanced and structured, clearly reveals
the influence of Cézanne, whom Vlaminck admired and whose rigour of
form and quest for permanence he adopted. But beyond this connection, the artist’s full
personality shines through: a dense impasto, an energetic brushstroke, and a vibrant palette where
warm colours contrast with duller, more sombre backgrounds. The effect is powerful and
vivid, transforming a classical subject into a modern, almost architectural vision. This
painting exudes an impression of quiet strength. The fruit seems to pulsate with light,
the coffee pot stands out as a dark focal point, and the whole exudes a poetic intensity.
It bears witness to that rare moment when Vlaminck, whilst paying homage to Cézanne, asserted
his own personal style, characterised by spontaneity, warmth and vigour.
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