Oil on canvas, Rainy day by Eugène MONTEZIN
Oil on canvas, Rainy day by Eugène MONTEZIN
16.000,00 €
MONTEZIN Pierre Eugène
Born on 16 October 1874 in Paris. Died in July 1946 in Moëlan (Finistère)
19th-20th centuries. Frenchman.
Painter of animated landscapes, landscapes, urban landscapes, gouache painter, pastellist. Postimpressionist.
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| Dimensions | 50.5 × 35 cm |
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His father, a lace designer, introduced him to a decorating workshop, where he soon became a mural decorator. Then, strongly influenced by Impressionist theories, he began his artistic career.
He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1923, and elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Vuillard's place in 1940.
He exhibits at the Salon des Artistes Français. and won third- and second-class medals in 1907 and 1910; awarded the Prix Rosa Bonheur in 1920
Montézin 's painting was a great success. His technique, a distant legacy of Impressionism, seduced with its virtuosity.
MUSEUMS : Mannheim (Kunsthalle): Flowers - Paris (Museum of ModernArt ): La Fenaison en Normandie 1940 - Paris (Musée du Petit Palais): The Poplars.