Harry Shokler

Brooklyn Heights Esplanade with New York Skyline in Background

1940

Maurice de Vlaminck (French 1876 - 1958), "Le Bassin" ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)" Abstract/ Post-Impressionist Lithograph, 17 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1963 Colors: Black and White Maurice was three years old when his family moved from Paris to Vésinet. He first pursued the same musical career as his parents, who were both musicians, leaving his home as a trained double-bass player in 1892 to move to Chatou near Versailles. After absolving his military service in Vitré Maurice Vlaminck worked as a musician until he accidentally met André Derain in 1900. It was Derain who kindled Vlaminck's artistic ambitions. He decided to become a painter and rented an old hut in which he and Derain shared a studio. A crucial turning point in Vlaminck's artistic development was a visit to a van Gogh...

Maurice de Vlaminck (French 1876 - 1958), "Place de L'Eglise ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)" Abstract/ Post-Impressionist Lithograph, 17 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1963 Colors: Black and White Maurice was three years old when his family moved from Paris to Vésinet. He first pursued the same musical career as his parents, who were both musicians, leaving his home as a trained double-bass player in 1892 to move to Chatou near Versailles. After absolving his military service in Vitré Maurice Vlaminck worked as a musician until he accidentally met André Derain in 1900. It was Derain who kindled Vlaminck's artistic ambitions. He decided to become a painter and rented an old hut in which he and Derain shared a studio. A crucial turning point in Vlaminck's artistic development was a visit to a van Gogh...

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Joies de Bretagne (Kornfeld 7 B) zincograph, 1889, on simili Japon paper, from the second edition of circa 50 impressions, published by Ambroise Vollard afte...

This piece is from the portfolio, entitled "Notre Pain Quotidien", which consists of 13 lithographs from the original watercolors and gouaches by Maurice de Vlaminck, printed in 1963...