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Édouard Leon Cortès"Boulevard de la Madeleine on a Snowy Day", Oil on Canvas by Édouard CortèsCirca 1925
Circa 1925
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EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS
French 1882 - 1969
BOULEVARD DE LA MADELEINE ON A SNOWY DAY
signed "Edouard Cortès" (lower right)
oil on canvas
19-3/4 x 25-1/2 inches (50 x 64.5 cm.)
framed: 27-3/4 x 33-3/8 (70 x 84.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, Madrid
The elegant snow-covered Parisian Boulevard de la Madeleine, painted by Edouard Cortes in a sunset, where the darkness of dusk contrasts with the whiteness of the snow and the vibrant lights of the cafés and restaurants that give life to the Parisian night. As well as the comings and goings of the distinguished and select vintage cars that circulate on the Boulevard. Everything distills elegance and distinction in this magnificent Parisian work by Èdouard Cortes.
Èdouard León Cortés (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings.
Cortes was born on August 6, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. His father, Antonio Cortés, had been a painter for the Spanish Royal Court.
In 1914 Cortès married Fernande Joyeuse, with whom he had a daughter, Jacqueline Simone, in 1916.
Although Cortès was a pacifist, when war came close to his native village he was compelled to enlist in a French Infantry Regiment at the age of 32. Sent to the front lines, Cortès was wounded by a bayonet, evacuated to a military hospital, and awarded the Croix de Guerre. After recovery he was reassigned to use his artistic talent to sketch enemy positions. Later in life his convictions led him to refuse the Légion d'Honneur from the French Government. In 1919 he was demobilized.
His wife died in 1918, and the following year he married his sister-in-law, Lucienne Joyeuse.
Cortès lived a simple life amid a close circle of friends. He died on November 26, 1969, in Lagny, and has a street named in his honor.
Painting History
At the age of 17, Edouard began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His first exhibition in 1901 brought him immediate recognition. Cortès stressed his independence. Once, in responding to a journalist who asked if he was a student of Luigi Loir, he replied in pun: "Non, seul élève de moi-même." ("No, a student of myself only.")
His works were first exhibited in North America in 1945 and he subsequently achieved even greater success. In his last year of life he was awarded the prestigious Prix Antoine-Quinson from the Salon de Vincennes.
- Creator:Édouard Leon Cortès (1882 - 1969, French)
- Creation Year:Circa 1925
- Dimensions:Height: 19.69 in (50 cm)Width: 25.4 in (64.5 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:50 x 64.5 cm.Price: $95,213
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- Gallery Location:Madrid, ES
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU128115303281
Édouard Leon Cortès
Édouard Leon Cortès is widely known for his Impressionistic renderings of Parisian promenades and rustic French hamlets. The son and pupil of Spanish painter Antonio Cortès, his influences included Barbizon painters Constant Troyon and Henri Harpignies.
Establishing a name for himself early on in his long career, Cortès first exhibited a painting he called La Labour at the Société des Artistes Français when he was still in his late teens. He found success among art critics as well as the public and earned renown in France. Cortès went on to study at École des Beaux-Arts.
As World War I gained steam, Cortès willingly joined the French military effort even though he was a pacifist. The artist spent time sketching enemy positions on the front lines, and this may have deepened his anti-war resolve. When he was able to return to his easel, Cortès desired solely to paint peaceful scenes of France’s capital city.
Later, during World War II, Cortès and his family spent time in Normandy to escape the horrors of the conflict. When asked about his depictions of horse-drawn carriages in the streets of Paris as well as outdated fashions — dresses and other garments that bore the hallmarks of pre-1930s fashion design, for example — he cited a fantasy he had about being able to “stop time” so that the Second World War wouldn’t have taken place.
A humble man, Cortès refused interviews and preferred anonymity. He remarked that his oil paintings, pastels and watercolors should speak for themselves. Cortès was prolific — he painted the streets of Paris and its well-known landmarks as well as majestic landscapes, interiors, boats and scenes that unfolded at Parisian harbors. Ten years after his death in 1969, the city of Lagny — where Cortès had spent most of his life — named a street in his honor.
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