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"Quai du Louvre" Painting by Édouard Léon Cortès
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1882-1969
This brilliantly executed canvas by Édouard Léon Cortès depicts the historic Louvre museum’s main entrance along the right bank of the Seine. Pedestrians are dressed warmly on a crisp and overcast autumn day, as carriages and streetcars bustle along the rain-drenched lane. Without doubt, Cortés’ mastery of color and light, and his love of Paris, are clear in this outstanding composition.
Dubbed the “Parisian Poet of Painting,” Cortès devoted most of his life to capturing the vibrant energy and beauty of The City of Lights during a glorious time in the city's history. Cortès began painting his famous Parisian street scenes in 1901 and was largely responsible for immortalizing a period in Paris when fashion, art, culture and nightlife flourished with a boundless passion and exuberance. Unlike many artists who painted the very same boulevards, Cortès possessed the uncanny ability to portray the very essence of his beloved city in all of her moods. Dashes of color splashed against a haunting foggy backdrop, sunlight peaking through the shadows of a crisp fall day or dimly lit streets alive with the bustle of Saturday evening revelers, these were the images of Cortès’ Paris. Though he painted the same streets time and time again, each work is unique in its narrative and perspective, each mindful of the changes brought by the seasons and progress, yet each enchantingly nostalgic.
Raised in a prolific artistic environment, Cortès was an avid student of both his father, French painter Antonio Cortès and his older brother, Andre. The young artist was greatly influenced by his father and other famous artists who flocked to the picturesque town of Langly where Cortès was born. Maximilian Luce, Camille Pissarro and Lucien Pissarro, among other celebrities of the Impressionist period, were personal friends of the family and the young Cortès flourished in this rich artistic environment, though he developed a remarkably independent style. Cortès exhibited his first work in 1899 at the Société des Artistes Française in Paris where he was met with excellent reviews. In 1901, he began painting scenes of Paris and he went on to exhibit in the great venues of Paris and later in America and Canada, earning great admiration from his peers, patrons and critics. Today, Cortès continues to be lauded as one of the great Impressionist painters of the Belle Epoque and his work is increasingly sought by collectors.
Artist’s Associations:
Officer of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Artist’s Exhibitions:
Société des Artistes Francais, 1899
Salon de la Société Nationale
Salon des Independants
Salon d’Automne
Salon d’Hiver
Union des Beaux-Arts
Académie des Beaux-Arts
References:
Édouard Cortès, Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture, 1999, David Klein
Davenport’s Art Reference, 1995, R. J. Davenport
Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 1976, E. Bénézit
Canvas: 17 1/4" high x 21 1/4" wide
Frame: 24 5/8" high x 28 3/4" wide
- Dimensions:Height: 25.625 in (65.09 cm)Width: 28.75 in (73.03 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:20th Century
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- Seller Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:Seller: 29-49631stDibs: U100420891117
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