Constantin Guys
Meeting - Original Photogravure by Constantine Guys - 1850s
1850s

Name: Meeting - Original Photogravure by Constantine Guys - 1850s
Brand: Constantin Guys
Price: 273 USD
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About the Item

Meeting is a wonderful original print on brownish paper, realized by the French artist, Constantin Guys (1802 -1892). In very good condition, including a petrol-green colored cardboard. Passepartout, cm 28 x 35.5 cm. Representing a group of men and a woman in a meeting, through quick and cnfident strokes in intense black. The artwork is in a well-balanced composition. Constantin Guys, Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin, (Vlissingen1802 – 1892) Constantin Guys was a Dutch-born French Crimean War correspondent, a talented watercolor painter and illustrator for British and French newspapers. His father had been appointed civilian chief of the French Navy in Rochefort in 1795 and was stationed in Vlissingen from 1800 until 1806, after which the family moved to Calais. At the age of 20, Constantin served in the cavalry, but only a little later toured in Greece with Lord Byron. His career as an artist didn't start until he was about fourty years old. Baudelaire called him the "painter of modern life," and wrote a long essay on Guys in which he extensively praised his works, under the pseudonym "Monsieur G". Robert de Montesquiou wrote a review of Guys that acknowledged Baudelaire's essay, compared Guys favorably to Whistler, and emphasized his portrayal of details of women's clothing, and horse carriages. His subjects were Second French Empire life. In the Dutch novel "Au pair" by W. F. Hermans, one of the main characters is fascinated by Constantin Guys. Guys died in Paris, aged 90.

Creator:

Constantin Guys (1802 - 1892, French)

Creation Year:

1850s

Dimensions:

Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 10.83 in (27.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Medium:

Photogravure

Movement & Style:

Symbolist

Period:

1850-1859