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Item Ships From: Madrid
Place de la République, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Edouard Léon Cortès
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Madrid, ES
EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS
French 1882 - 1969
PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE
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 inches (70 x 84.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collector, Madrid
An elegant night view of the Parisian Republic Square, with amazing light effects that catch us.
This work executed based on brushstrokes of long and safe strokes that make the forms vibrate with vivid color.
Parisian nightlife is trapped in this corner of Paris. The monumental sculpture that symbolizes freedom and that presides over the square serves as a reference behind the tram between a light chiaroscuro. Meanwhile, the effervecent and lively life of the cafes that surround it vibrate strongly with its bright lights.
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...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Madrid - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
