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Artist: Ker Xavier Roussel
"The Bathers" original lithograph
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Salomon 27. This lithograph was executed by K X Roussel in homage to Paul Cezanne, printed in 1914 and published in Paris by Bernhei...
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 6th state, sanguine.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods. is an original etching print artworkk on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions....
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 2nd state.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 3rd state.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 3rd state.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 4th state.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, with notes by the author “essai” in pencil.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Nymphe Assise Accoudé au Pied d’un Arbre - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Ker-Xavier Roussel , " Nymphe Assise Accoudé au Pied d’un Arbre" , Etching, 1900 ca.
Beautiful Proof printed in sanguine, 6th state, justified and Signed by the artist in pencil . F...
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Pastorales
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Fine lithograph on ivory colored China paper. Signature on plate on the lower right margin. Beautiful artwork representing a bucolic scene.Excellent conditions, including cardboard p...
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1920s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Lithograph
Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
...
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Pastorales - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Pastorales is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
Ker-Xavier Roussel (Lorry-les-Metz,1867 – L'Étang-La-Ville, 1944), the French artist, together with his friend Édouard Vuillard , studied at the artist studio of the painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then he studied at the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other artists formed the group Les Nabis , shifting towards mythological compositions with clear and luminous palettes of color. As a matter of fact, he is well-known for his paintings of French landscapes, usually depicting nymphs and fauns, women, and children in bucolic settings. In Gertrude Stein's Autobiography o f Alice B...
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Pastorales - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Pastorales is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
Ker-Xavier Roussel (Lorry-les-Metz,1867 – L'Étang-La-Ville, 1944), the French artist, together with his friend Édouard Vuillard , studied at the artist studio of the painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then he studied at the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other artists formed the group Les Nabis , shifting towards mythological compositions with clear and luminous palettes of color. As a matter of fact, he is well-known for his paintings of French landscapes, usually depicting nymphs and fauns, women, and children in bucolic settings. In Gertrude Stein's Autobiography o f Alice B...
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Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
...
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Nymphe et Faunes - Etching by K.-X. Roussel - 1900 ca.
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11,7 x 15,3 cm.
Hand signed in pencil. Note lower left "2em état".
Artist's proof, II state.
Original etching.
Catalogue Salomon n. 116.
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Early 1900s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Nymphe et Faunes - Etching by K.-X. Roussel - 1900 ca.
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11,7 x 15,3 cm.
Hand signed in pencil. Note lower left "3em état". Artist's proof, III state.
Original etching.
Ref: Catalogue Salomon n. 116.
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Early 1900s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 2nd essai.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Early 1900s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 5th state.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Early 1900s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Etching
Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 6th state.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Early 1900s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Etching
Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un étang - Etching by Ker X. Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, 2nd essai.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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Early 1900s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Etching
Satyre et Nymphe se Baignant dans un éta - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1900s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of state on vélin, with notes by the author “1er essai” in pencil.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Salomon 98.
Prov. Collection Henri Petiet, Paris.
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1910s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Etching
Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
Ker-Xavier Roussel (Lorry-les-Metz,1867 – L'Étang-La-Ville, 1944), the French artist, together with his friend Édouard Vuillard , studied at the artist studio of the painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then he studied at the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other artists formed the group Les Nabis , shifting towards mythological compositions with clear and luminous palettes of color. As a matter of fact, he is well-known for his paintings of French landscapes, usually depicting nymphs and fauns, women, and children in bucolic settings. In Gertrude Stein's Autobiography o f Alice B...
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1920s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods. is an original etching print artworkk on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
Ker-Xavier Roussel (Lorry-les-Metz,1867 – L'Étang-La-Ville, 1944), the French artist, together with his friend Édouard Vuillard , studied at the artist studio of the painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then he studied at the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other artists formed the group Les Nabis , shifting towards mythological compositions with clear and luminous palettes of color. As a matter of fact, he is well-known for his paintings of French landscapes, usually depicting nymphs and fauns, women, and children in bucolic settings. In Gertrude Stein's Autobiography o f Alice B...
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1920s Modern Ker Xavier Roussel Art
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Nude in Woods - Etching by Ker Xavier Roussel - 1920s
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Woods is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca.
Hand-Signed on the lower right margin.
Very Good conditions.
Ker-Xavier Roussel (Lorry-les-Metz,1867 – L'Étang-La-Ville, 1944), the French artist, together with his friend Édouard Vuillard , studied at the artist studio of the painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then he studied at the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other artists formed the group Les Nabis , shifting towards mythological compositions with clear and luminous palettes of color. As a matter of fact, he is well-known for his paintings of French landscapes, usually depicting nymphs and fauns, women, and children in bucolic settings. In Gertrude Stein's Autobiography o f Alice B...
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Fete Champetre - Symbolist Figurative Oil Painting by Ker Xavier Roussel
By Ker Xavier Roussel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed symbolist oil on panel circa 1910 by French Les Nabis painter Ker-Xavier Roussel. This beautiful painting depicts nudes and figures dressed in robes in a wooded landscape.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 31"x40"
Unframed: 23"x32"
Provenance:
JPL Fine Arts - London c. 1985
Ker-Xavier Roussel met Édouard Vuillard at the Lycée Condorcet, which they both attended. Together they visited Eugène Ulysse Napoléon Maillard's studio, where Roussel became acquainted with Charles Cottet, going on to study at the Académie Julian under Bouguereau and Jules Lefebvre. There, he became interested in the Synthetism promoted by Sérusier, following Sérusier's heeding of the line Gauguin had adopted in Pont-Aven. He joined the Nabis group. He and his friends form a link between the Impressionists - he knew Cézanne, Degas, Renoir and Monet - and the Fauves and Cubists.
In his earliest paintings, Roussel adopted a dark palette for Realist still-lifes. Later, his work bore the influence of Gauguin, Sérusier, the Nabis and Cézanne, in Intimist scenes painted in flat tints not yet clearly delineated. Their dull, saturated tones are reminiscent of Cézanne. In about 1900 he started painting mythological scenes full of nymphs and fauns and set in his home region of Île-de-France. After a bicycle trip in Provence with Maurice Denis, during which he met Cézanne, he lightened his palette, much taken by the cloudless skies below which he would now set the mythological and idyllic compositions which link him to Poussin and Corot. This wondrous, unreal world found its way into large-scale works, including the stage curtain of the Champs-Élysées theatre in 1913, a large Pax Nutrix for the Palais des Nations in Geneva and Dance for the Palais de Chaillot in 1937. He is best remembered for: Silenius' Triumph, Polyphemus, Diana, The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus. The nymphs and fauns of a mythology quite his own appear in clearings and woods from the outskirts of Paris, but the sun they rejoice in is Mediterranean. To capture the vibration of bright colours under a permanent sun, he later turned to pastels. He was more a Symbolist than a Nabi and signed himself K.-X. Roussel. He also produced lithographs.
He took part in exhibitions from 1891 with the Groupe des Vingt at le Barc de Bouteville's gallery in Brussels. Then he exhibited in Revue Blanche Painters ( Les Peintres de la revue blanche) in Paris; with the Nabis at Café Volponi in Paris; before World War I with Free Aesthetics in Brussels; from 1901 at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne; in the 1930s in Revue Blanche Painters ( Les Peintres de la Revue blanche) hosted in Paris by designer Bolette Natanson, the daughter of the Revue Blanche's owner. He took part in The Masters of Contemporary Art ( Les Maîtres de l'art contemporain) at the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris, and at the 1938 Venice Biennale and 1939 New York World Fair. He featured posthumously in Toulouse-Lautrec and the Nabis ( Toulouse-Lautrec et les Nabis) at Bern Kunsthalle; From the Revue Blanche ( Autour de la revue blanche) in the Galerie Maeght, Paris, and in Tokyo and Brussels. He had one-man shows in Paris before his death in 1944. Retrospectives were mounted in the 1960s in London and Bremen.
Museum and Gallery Holdings:
Geneva (Petit Palais): Haystacks on the Seaside
Paris (BNF): Training the Dog; Landscapes (engraving); Nymph and Faun (c. 1895, etching)
Paris (Louvre): Poject for a Screen (drawing)
Paris (MNAM-CCI): The Road (c. 1905); The Cyclops (1908); Venus and Cupid on the Seafront (1908); The Abduction of Leucippus' Daughters (1911); Pastorale (1920); Diana at Rest (1923); Portrait of Vuillard (1934)
Paris (Mus. d'Orsay): The Gate (pastel); Woman in Profile with Green Hat; In Bed; Félix Valloton...
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Early 20th Century Symbolist Ker Xavier Roussel Art
Materials
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Not signed. Original etching, Sanguine version.Artist's proof. I State.
Ref. Catalogue Salomon n. 116.
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Ker-Xavier Roussel met Édouard Vuillard at the Lycée Condorcet, which they both attended. Together they visited Eugène Ulysse Napoléon Maillard's studio, where Roussel became acquainted with Charles Cottet, going on to study at the Académie Julian under Bouguereau and Jules Lefebvre. There, he became interested in the Synthetism promoted by Sérusier, following Sérusier's heeding of the line Gauguin had adopted in Pont-Aven. He joined the Nabis group. He and his friends form a link between the Impressionists - he knew Cézanne, Degas, Renoir and Monet - and the Fauves and Cubists.
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Pastel
Ker Xavier Roussel art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Ker Xavier Roussel art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ker Xavier Roussel in etching, lithograph, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Ker Xavier Roussel art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Hermine David, François Desnoyer, and Toyen Marie Cerminova. Ker Xavier Roussel art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $382 and tops out at $7,581, while the average work can sell for $485.