Albert Lebourg was an Impressionist and landscape painter. He was born in Montfort-sur-Risle and he initially studied at Évreux Lycée. Lebourg entered the École des Beaux-Arts of Rouen at a young age, also studying at L'Academie de Peinture et de Dessins in Rouen. Afterward, the artist was briefly a student of Jean-Paul Laurens.
In 1876, Lebourg exhibited his works for the first time together with Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and other artists on the Boulevard Montmartre. Lebourg also taught drawing for five years at the École supérieure des beaux-arts in Algiers. In 1878, he returned to France and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens; he exhibited with the Impressionists in 1879 and 1880, and at the Salon from 1883 to 1895. Lebourg painted mainly in Auvergne, in Normandy, and along the banks of the Seine; he also traveled to England in 1900, Switzerland in 1902, and Belgium in 1907.
While Lebourg’s works show the influence of the Impressionists, they are imbued with a strong sense of structure and design, apparent even in his most atmospheric scenes. His pictures were very popular with his contemporaries, and several solo exhibitions were held in Paris during his lifetime. In the fourth Impressionist exhibition of 1879 Lebourg exhibited 30 works with Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas, presenting paintings and drawings executed in Algiers.
In the fifth Impressionist exhibition of 1880 Lebourg exhibited 20 works depicting Rouen, Paris and Algiers. In 1883 he was admitted to the Salon (Paris) with his work entitled Matinée à Dieppe. In 1887 he exhibited at the acclaimed Les XX exhibition, with Walter Sickert, Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot and Georges-Pierre Seurat, with Seurat and Signac present at the opening.
Lebourg painted in all four seasons, animated scenes of the Seine in and near Rouen and Paris. He painted in Auvergne, Normandy and Île-de-France, finally settling in Puteaux where he remained from 1888 to 1895, availing himself of the surroundings of Paris, painting what he would regard as his best works.
"I will paint often at the banks of the Seine: Nanterre, Rueil, Chatou, Bougival, Port-Marly,” wrote Lebourg at the time. “These are a source of themes and very beautiful landscapes.”
Lebourg became a member of the Société des Artistes Français beginning in 1893. He moved to the Netherlands in 1895, where he would stay two years. Lebourg exhibited to great acclaim at the Mancini Gallery in Paris and won the silver medal at the “Exposition Universelle” (1900). In 1903 a retrospective exhibition was organized presenting 111 works at the Galerie Rosenberg, the art gallery of Paul Rosenberg at 21 rue de la Boétie in Paris. While his fame was firmly established by 1910, he continued exhibiting annually at the Salon. In 1918 another retrospective was organized in Paris.
At the home of Impressionist art collector François Depeaux (1853–1920), Lebourg had the opportunity to converse many times with Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and Robert Antoine Pinchon (an artist who greatly admired him).
In November of 1909, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen opened a show with 52 paintings: thirteen by Lebourg, three by Monet, nine by Sisley, one by Renoir, three by Armand Guillaumin, five by Joseph Delattre, two by Charles Frechon and four by Robert Antoine Pinchon. In 1918, in the same museum, Lebourg was represented along with Bonnard, Boudin, Camoin, Cross, Guillaumin, Luce, Matisse, Monet, Signac and Vuillard and Pinchon.
The artist suffered a stroke in September of 1920 that paralyzed the left side of his body. He nevertheless remarried in February of 1921. A catalogue raisonné was organized that year that included 2,137 works and was released in 1923. It garnered united praise by the press.
Lebourg was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour on June 27th, 1903, and breveted Officer of the Legion of Honour on April 22nd, 1924. He died in Rouen on January 7th, 1928. Lebourg's works are exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay, Petit-Palais, Musée du Jeu de Paume and Carnavalet in Paris, as well as museums in Bayonne, Clermont-Ferrand, Le Havre, Dunkerque, Lille, Strasbourg, Sceaux and above all Rouen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (François Depeaux collection).
Internationally Lebourg’s work is represented in several museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo.
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"Moulins sur la Schie" original lithograph
By Albert Lebourg
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1897 for the rare portfolio "Art et Nature" by Leon Roger-Miles and published in Paris by Boudet in an edition of 525. Printed in blue-gray in...
Lithograph
$329
H 19.69 in W 0.04 in D 27.56 in
Sketch for an impossible project - Litho by Costantino Persiani - 1971
By Costantino Persiani
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 120 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Lithograph
$1,060
H 14.18 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Fleurs de Mousse - Vintage Adv Lithograph by L. Metlicovitz - 1898
By Leopoldo Metlicovitz
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 26x18.8 cm. Fleurs de Mousse is an amazing colored lithograph on cardboard, realized by the Italian artist and one of the fathers of the modern Italian poster art, Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Trieste, 1868 - Ponte Lambro, 1944). Printed by Officine Ricordi, Milan in 1898, the advertising manifesto for the Fleurs de Mousse fragrance is inspired by the art nouveau graphics of the master Adolf Hohenstein. This is a wonderful vintage advertising poster for the "Fleurs de Mousse, le grand parfum à la mode", monogrammed on lower right margin and with the inscriptions printed on lower margin, under the image: "L. Metlicovitz / Off. G. Ricordi and C. Milano / 90 x 125. In excellent conditions, except for some light abrasions of the paper on the right and lower margins. This modern original poster shows the vintage Art Nouveau taste and the Metlicovitz's full mastery of the artistic medium, has the dignity of an object of art to collect and could be a colorful and fashionable piece for your sophisticated home furniture. Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Trieste, 1868 - Ponte Lambro, 1944) The Italian painter, illustrator, theatrical and advertising scenographer is considered one of the precursors of Futurism and, together with Leonetto Cappiello, Adolf Hohenstein, Giovanni Maria Mataloni and Marcello Dudovich, one of the fathers of modern Italian poster art. He began his artistic career at the age of fourteen working as an apprentice in a typography in Udine, where he learned the technique of lithography. Here he is noticed by Giulio Ricordi, owner of the namesake Officine Grafiche, who invites him to Milan to work as a lithographer. In 1892, after collaborating with Tensi, a photographic product company, he returned to Ricordi as technical director. At the same time, he entered the theatrical environment and began his career as a set designer and costume designer at La Scala. The Mele di Napoli tailoring company entrusted him with the task of advertising his clothes and in 1906, on the occasion of the great Universal Exposition in Milan, he won the competition for the fair poster, establishing himself also as a poster artist and then collaborating with several magazines as an illustrator. For Ricordi he takes care of the illustrations of calendars, opera librettos, postcards. Other famous images created by him are those for the poster of the film Cabiria, a blockbuster of the silent film scripted by Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the trademark that is still used today by the Brothers Branca Distilleries, producers of Fernet Branca...
Lithograph
$995
H 17 in W 23 in
Marc Chagall Original Colorful Lithograph, Unsigned, 1957, The Accordionist
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: The Accordionist (Derriere le Miroir 99-100) Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir Medium: Original Lithograph Date: 1957 Edition: 2500...
Lithograph
$2,500
H 39.25 in W 26 in D 0.1 in
Picasso Cote D'Azur Poster- Original Lithograph- 1962 VINTAGE
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Lithograph
The Three Graces
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Three Graces MEDIUM: Lithograph on Rives Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Sydney Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 169/300 MEASUREMENTS: 2...
Lithograph
$25,914
H 15.12 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
Le Carmen des Carmen illustrated by Pablo Picasso - 1960s
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Rare book by Prosper Mérimée and Louis Aragon, illustrated by Pablo Picasso. Published by La Bibliothèque Française/Editeurs Français Réunis, in 1964. Includes three aquatints, on...
Etching, Lithograph
Skippy, Pop Art Lithograph by Erró
By Erró
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph by Icelandic Pop artist Erro. Like many other noteworthy Pop artists, Erro drew inspiration for his style and subjects from popular media, focusing mostly on comic books...
Lithograph
$895
H 21.25 in W 16.25 in
Sam Francis Abstract Lithograph, 1964, Framed, Round Breast of Jayne Mansfield
By Sam Francis
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis Medium: Lithograph Title: Round Breast of Jayne Mansfield Portfolio: 1964 1¢ Life Year: 1964 Edition: 2000 Framed Size: 21 1/4" x 16 1/4" Sheet Size: 16 1/8" x 11...
Lithograph
$2,800
H 25.8 in W 20 in
Richard Phillips, Miss Parkett for Parkett 71, 5 color Pop lithograph, signed/N
By Richard Phillips
Located in New York, NY
Richard Phillips Miss Parkett for Parkett 71, 2004 5 Color Lithograph on Somerset White paper Hand signed, numbered 37/70 and dated on lower front 25 4/5 × 20 inches Unframed This 5-...
Lithograph
$795
H 22 in W 29.25 in
Alexander Calder Abstract Color Lithograph, 1963, from Derriere Le Miroir #156
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Plate 5 (Derriere le Miroir #156) Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #156 Medium: Lithograph Year: 1966 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 22" x 29 1/4" Imag...
Lithograph
$293
H 7.96 in W 10.95 in D 0.04 in
Sur la Grève - Original Lithograph by L. von Hoffmann - 1910 ca.
By Ludwig von Hoffmann
Located in Roma, IT
Sur la Grève is a red lithograph realized by the German artist Ludwig von Hofmann. It was published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts in 1910 (cfr.n. 1910.12 of the catalog Sanchez Seydo...
Lithograph
$450
H 20 in W 28 in
Jack of Hearts, Surrealist Lithograph by Robert Anderson
By Robert Anderson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Anderson, American (1945 - 2010) - Jack of Hearts, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP, Image Size: 16 x 20 inches, Size:...
Lithograph