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Odilon Roche
Nude, Figural, Watercolor and Gouache, Catalogued Rodin's Studio

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Odilon Roche was born in Chateauneuf-sur-Loire in 1868. He was a professional wine taster who traveled around Europe attending wine fairs. In 1902 he opened a shop selling artists' supplies in Montmartre, where Auguste Renoir, Maurice Denis, Camille Pissaro and Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen were his customers. He opened a second shop in 1905 with Persian and Chinese antiques which became a fashionable meeting place for cultured Parisians, including Colette and Coco Chanel. No one knows how he learned to paint but in 1917 he was given the opportunity by his friend Leonce Benedit, the executor of Rodin's will, to classify the entire contents of the artist's studio, including countless boxes of drawings and watercolors. The decade Roche spent on this project would have given him ample opportunity to study Rodin's style and technique. Rodin's influence is especially evident in the nude figures done by Roche. The work itself measures 16 3/4" x 11 3/4".
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