Set of objects that belonged to Eugène LE... - Lot 34 - Ader

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Set of objects that belonged to Eugène LE... - Lot 34 - Ader
Set of objects that belonged to Eugène LE POITTEVIN - Mantelpiece mirror, end of the 19th century-beginning of the 20th century Black lacquered wood stuccoed and gilded. The pediment is monogrammed : " ELP ". (Damage and missing parts). H : 120 cm W : 102 cm Provenance: House of the artist in Fécamp, descent of Eugène Le Poittevin Attached : - Unidentified photographer with the initials DD Portrait of the painter Eugène Le Poittevin in profile, 1860s Photo-card, photographic print on albumen paper 10,6 x 6,3 cm Exhibition: The Invention of Étretat - Eugène Le Poittevin, a painter and his friends at the dawn of Impressionism, Pêcheries, Musée de Fécamp, 14 July-15 November 2020, cat. 3. Bibliography: - B. Delarue, Les peintres à Étretat, 1786-1840, Yport, 2005, cited p. 254 ; - Cat. exp. L'invention d'Étretat - Eugène Le Poittevin, un peintre et ses amis à l'aube de l'impressionisme, Pêcheries, musée de Fécamp, 14 July-15 November 2020, reproduced p. 95. - Unidentified photographer with initials DD Portrait of the painter Eugène Le Poittevin seated, holding a cane and a cigar, 1860s Photo card Photographic print on albumen paper 11.2 x 6.2 cm Exhibition : The Invention of Étretat - Eugène Le Poittevin, a painter and his friends at the dawn of Impressionism, Pêcheries, Musée de Fécamp, 14 July-15 November 2020, cat. 4. Bibliography: - B. Delarue, Les peintres à Etretat, 1786-1840, Yport, 2005, cited p. 254. - Cat. exp. L'invention d'Etretat - Eugène Le Poittevin, un peintre et ses amis à l'aube de l'impressionisme, Pêcheries, musée de Fécamp, 14 July-15 November 2020, reproduced p. 95. - The artist's stamp in engraved steel Eugène Poidevin - he would later change his name - spent his adolescence in Versailles where his father was sub-curator of the Crown furniture. Through his family, he was in contact with Alexandre du Sommerard, a collector of medieval objects and a lover of modern painting who introduced him to Xavier Leprince (1799-1826), his protégé. After Leprince's death, it was Louis Hersent (1777-1861) who prepared him for the competition for the Prix de Rome in historical landscape. Disappointed by a second prize in 1829, he gave up the academic curriculum to work from nature. In 1830 he made his debut at the Salon in which he participated until his death in 1870. He also exhibited in Belgium and Germany. Le Poittevin was especially appreciated for his genre scenes and seascapes in which he inserted a romantic touch or an anecdote, often taken from the lives of Flemish or Dutch painters of the 17th century. The bourgeoisie of the July Monarchy and of the Second Empire plebiscited him and Edgard Baudeloche, incarnation of a painting lover in Edgard et sa bonne, a play by Labiche (1853), did not hesitate to affirm: "a Le Poittevin is worth a Corot and it's cheaper!
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