Pastel, Paris, Saint-Germain des prés by Johannes Ten Cate
Pastel, Paris, Saint-Germain des prés by Johannes Ten Cate
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Siebe Johannes TEN CATE 1858-1909
Dutch painter
After studying at the Antwerp Academy, Ten Cate made his career in Paris.
He moved there at the age of 22, where he met and befriended Van Gogh in the 1880s. He also shared a studio in Montmartre with Van Dongen.
He was one of the artists for Durand-Ruel, the Impressionist painters' dealer.
He exhibited several times in Munich, in Paris with the Artistes français, at the 1900 National and World Fairs, in Venice and Vienna.
The French press is full of praise.
He was called, for example, "the new Jongkind". After his death, an English newspaper headlined
Sad End of a Genius'.
The greatest museums in France and around the world own canvases and pastels by the man also known as the Prince of Parisian Mists.
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| Dimensions | 43 × 57 cm |
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Ten Cate
"is a researcher who records his impressions with scrupulous fidelity
and happily captures reality, bringing out the significant aspects of major centers in the hustle and bustle of crowds or the solitude of abandoned corners.
He excels in rendering the local sensation and changing tonalities according to the time of day or night, in both his city views and his landscapes".
Our pastel perfectly sums up this quote.
Observe the sublime pencil strokes with which the painter depicts the rush of passers-by
hastening to escape the snow.
Note how delicately little snowflakes cover the umbrellas and church roofs,
bringing magic and poetry.
