A pastel, *End of the Day* by Joseph Bernard Artigue
A pastel, *End of the Day* by Joseph Bernard Artigue
4.500,00 €
Joseph Bernard Artigue (1859–1936) was a French painter whose work celebrated the light and rural life of southwestern France. Encouraged by his family to pursue his artistic talents, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse in 1873, where he befriended artists such as Henri Martin and Antoine Bourdelle.
In 1882, he continued his training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under the guidance of Jean-Paul Laurens, Alexandre Cabanel, and Léon Bonnat. Artigue exhibited regularly in Paris at the major Salons of his time.
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| Dimensions | 78 × 62 cm |
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Before World War I, he also exhibited his works in Russia at the request of the empress. This work by Joseph-Bernard Artigue reveals a subtle technique, at the crossroads of Pointillism and Post-Impressionism.
The surface is enlivened by a multitude of small, delicately juxtaposed touches of color that evoke the visual precision of Pointillism.
However, the artist departs from this approach with a freer, less systematic style, in which the vibrancy of color takes precedence over scientific composition.
In this approach, the brushwork becomes softer—sometimes diffuse—a characteristic of the pastel medium, which allows for subtle blends while maintaining a sense of luminous fragmentation. The hues do not blend completely; instead, they interact, intensify one another, and create a vibrant atmosphere.
