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Pastel and pencil, Nude with poppies by Alfred ROLL | Galerie Saint Martin Antiquités Paris

Pastel and pencil, Nude with poppies by Alfred ROLL

Pastel and pencil, Nude with poppies by Alfred ROLL

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Alfred Roll (1846-1919 )
He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studio of Léon Bonnat and Daubigny
His first works are devoted to landscapes.
From 1875, he developed his own style, between Romanticism, Renaissance Italy and the naturalism of Gustave Courbet whom he admired.

 

 

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Dimensions 80 × 80 cm

In 1877, he won a gold medal at the Salon and began a career focused on portraiture.
With his painting "The Miners' Strike" in 1880, he became one of the official painters of the Third Republic.
He painted Tsar Nicolas II, President Felix Faure...

The genius of Alfred Roll develops in all genres and in all arts.
Sumptuous landscapes, grandiloquent historical frescoes, eventful and romantic sculptures...
The artist also shows a taste for more feminine, soft, poetic and more intimate works.

Admirer and friend of Édouard Manet, he was inspired by the new codes of the impressionists, but also by the great Odilon Redon, giving his works a touch of sensuality and mystery.
The artist painted many nudes during his career and pastels.
The position of the half-reclining model, her lascivious pose, the black sheet falling from her knees, the subtle play of the three colors and the narrow shot, make this painting one of the most atypical and modern of the painter.