Joie de Vivre | The Joy of Life

Joie de Vivre

The Joy of Life

French Modern – Impressionism to Postwar

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Édouard Vuillard, French 1868-1940 Madame Hessel à la Campagne à Amfréville, c. 1907 Pastel and charcoal on gray paper, signed E Vuillard lower right 44 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches, Framed: 56 x 52 inches 2

Right: François Aubrun, French, 1934–2009

Detail, Untitled, #499, 1987, Oil on canvas, 38 x 52 inches

Joie de Vivre

The Joy of Life

French Modern – Impressionism to Postwar

February 29 – April 16, 2024

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Joie de Vivre

, the Joy of Life, celebrates French modern painting from

its Impressionist beginnings to Postwar. It is difficult to find a nation which has played a more vital role in Modernism than France. In the late 19th century French Impressionists ushered in Modernism with their loose brushwork and experimental approach to light and color. By the beginning of the 20th century, Paris was the stage for the greatest period of experimentation in art history, a magnet to French artists, expatriate artists from around the world and collectors. In this avant-garde environment, the Modern art genre evolved over time to include the major movements of Post Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism.

Georges Lemmen, French, 1865-1916 L’Eglise Sainte-Marie à Schaerbeek, 1908 Oil on board laid down on paper, 21 5/8 x 26 inches Signed Artist’s monogram, 1908 lower right

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Henry Moret, French, 1856-1913 Paysage a la Chaumiere Bretonne, c. 1910 Oil on canvas, signed lower left 23 3/4 x 29 inches, framed: 32 1/4 x 37 1/2 inches 6

Right: Natalia Dumitresco,

French-Romanian, 1915-1997 Yellow and Green Composition, c. 1950s Mixed media on paper, signed lower left 17 x 12 inches, framed: 27 1/4 x 23 inches

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Left: Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, French, 1841-1927

Le Barrage de Génétin - or - Gords de Vreuse Gelée Blanche, c. 1910 Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches, Framed: 33 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches

Jacques Germain, French, 1915-2001 Composition, 1961, Oil on canvas Signed verso JG 61, 18 x 28 1/2 inches, Framed: 25 3/8 x 35 3/4 inches

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Left: Francois Aubrun, French, 1934-2009

Untitled #902, 1965-7 Oil on Canvas, 38 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches Signed lower right

Luigi Loir, French, 1865 - 1916 Environs de Boulogne-Sur-Mer, c. 1890s Oil on Panel, 5 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches Signed lower left

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Henri LeBasque, French, 1865-1937 Nu Blond au Repos, c. 1925 Oil on Canvas, 25 3/4 x 32 inches Signed lower right 12

Right: Theodore Earl Butler, American, 1876-1937

Femme de L’Artiste, 1908 Oil on Canvas, 29 x 23 1/2 inches Signed lower right and dated: T.E. Butler, ‘08

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Georges Noel, French, 1924-2010 Untitled, 1972 Sand, polymerbinder, ink, graphite and mixed media on canvas, 72 x 72 inches 14

Francois Aubrun, French, 1934-2009 Untitled #831, 1966 Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30 inches

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Henri Charles Manguin, French, 1874-1949) View from the Terrace, 1926-1927 Oil on Canvas, 21 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches Signed lower left

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Right: William Samuel Horton, American, 1865-1936

Champ de Choux, 1936 Oil on Canvas, 21 5/8 x 29 inches

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Alexandre Urbain, French, 1975-1953 Les Plaisirs de la Riverie, 1925 Oil on Canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 inches Signed and dated lower left 18

Right: Georges Noel, French, 1924-2010

Untitled, 1966 Mixed media on canvas, 50 x 45 inches Signed and dated verso

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Francois Aubrun, French, 1934-2009 Untitled #690, 1979 Oil on Canvas, 51 x 76 inches

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Georges Stein, French, 1870-1955 London, Westminster Bridge Oil on Canvas, 10 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches Signed lower center: Georges Stein, London Titled lower right: Westminster Bridge ‘98

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Right: Georges Noel, French, 1924-2010

La Lune au Centre, 1996 Mixed media and mica on canvas, 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 inches SIGNED, titled and dated verso

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Victoria Dubourg Fantin-Latour, French, 1840-1926 Nature Morte avec Fleurs (Still Life with Flowers) Oil on Canvas, 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches Signed lower left

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Right: Georges d’Espagnat, French, 1870-1950

Vase de Roses Oil on Canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches Initialed upper left

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William Samuel Horton, American, 1865-1936 Plage de Houlgate, c. 1910-1936, Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 29 5/8 inches

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