Vincent Mann Gallery New Orleans: Francoise Gilot, Luc Didier


click to enlarge	ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (French, 1884-1974) PRINTEMPS Oil on canvas, Signed U/R Canvas: 29 ½ x 36” Framed: 34 ½ x 41” Inquire about price.

One of the most important and accomplished of the post-Impressionists, de Segonzac had a brilliant career until the very end of his life at age 90. He cited 1906 as the start of his artistic career: his first Salon d’Automne submission was in 1908, and he exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909. For the next several years he exhibited regularly at both. He was a member of the group known as the section d’or, which in the 1910s stressed geometric aspects in Cubism. His painting style, anchored by excellent draftsmanship skills, became more lyrical and naturalistic after 1920. His watercolors, lithographs and etchings include landscapes, dancers, figures and still lifes, all executed with great spontaneity and elegance. He was one of the modernists included in the Armory Show that opened in New York in 1913, with subsequent showings in Boston and Chicago. His first solo exhibition followed in 1914 at Galerie Levesque in Paris. Drafted for military service shortly thereafter, he published and exhibited a number of war drawings and by the war’s end earned the Croix de Geurre. De Segonzac began etching in 1919 in order to illustrate “The Wooden Crosses” by R. Dorgelès (published in 1921) and by the end of his life had produced some 1600 plates. The gossamer quality of his etchings stands in contrast to the thickly painted surfaces and subdued colors of his oil paintings, which reflect his admiration for Courbet and Cezanne. He is well-represented in museums in France, the UK, the United States and other countries, including: Louvre, Paris; Tate Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco; Courtauld Institute (UK); Fitswilliam Museum, University of Cambridge (UK); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (UK).

click to enlarge	PIERRE DUMONT (1884-1936) “Along the Seine" Oil on canvas, Signed Lower Right Canvas Size: 21 x 25" Inquire about price.


click to enlarge	PIERRE DUMONT (1884-1936) "NOTRE DAME DE PARIS " Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right Painting Size 28 3/4 " x 36 1/4" Framed Size 37 1/2" x 44 1/2" Inquire about price.

One of the most influential post-Impressionist artists, Pierre Dumont was born in Paris on March 29, 1884. Against the wishes of his father, Dumont enrolled at the Lycée Corneille; it was there he met Robert Antoine Pinchon and Marcel Duchamp who became lifelong friends. In 1906, at the age of 22, Dumont held his first one man exhibition at Galerie Legrip, a Rouen dealer who promoted Normandy painters. Dumont's paintings confirmed his fiery temperament as a colorist and his departure from the influence of Impressionism. When the Fauve movement ran out of steam, Dumont took it upon himself to create a parallel salon. He united a "Group of XXX" with the first exhibition held at Galerie Legrip. Two years later this group expanded into the Sociéte de Peintures Modernes. Included were some of the most exciting artists of the time. Even Paris-based painters such as Utrillo, Vlaminck, Luce and Gillamin sent their works to Rouen for these exhibitions. From 1914 - 1924 Dumont achieved great success with his paintings of street scenes in Monmartre, Notre Dame cathedral and the bridges of Paris. But in 1927 he suffered the first of many "cerebral attacks" which endured intermittently for ten years. In February 1931, he was invited by Armand Drouant to hold an exhibition at 35 Rue de Seine. This was the last exhibition held while the artist was alive. His eyesight dimmed and his right hand paralyzed, Dumont painted with his left hand during his final years. He died in a Paris hospital in 1936 at the age of 52.


click to enlarge	JAC MARTIN-FERRIÈRES (1893-1972) "Paris - Pont Marie" - 1932 Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right Painting Size 28 1/2" x 23 1/2" Framed Size 39" x 35" Inquire about price.


Son of renown impressionist Henri Martin, Jac Martin-Ferrières also studied with Mormon and Ernest Laurent. He began as a Pointillist painter, but by the mid-1920s he changed to a broader linear framework and broad color areas, with more realistic landscapes. From 1928 - 1955 he received numerous commissions for large decorative works, among the best known is the series of frescoes for the Church of St. Christophe de Javel in Paris. One of his paintings, The Seine in Winter (dated 1921) is in the Holiday Collection of post-Impressionist painters now owned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the United States. In the 1920 Paris Salon he received an Honorable Mention, and in 1923 in the same Salon his painting Le Christ was awarded the Silver Medal, and afterward was purchased by the French State. In 1924, Le Boeuf, won him a traveling grant which enabled him to discover Italy. In 1925 he was awarded the Prix National for his important composition Le Peintre. In 1928 his remarkable Marche d'Assissi was awarded both the Gold Medal of the Paris Salon and the Prix Legay-Lebrun and was then purchased by the City of Paris. In 1937 he won the Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle, and in 1939 he had a large retrospective exhibition in Paris consisting of more than one hundred and fifty canvases. In addition to the honors and awards received in the Salons, Martin-Ferrières was honored by his country. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1956, having previously been named a Chevalier of the Legion in 1937.


click to enlarge	ACHILLE LAUGÉ (1861-1944) "VASE OF ROSES" Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right Painting Size 28 3/4" x 36 1/4" Framed Size 38 3/4" x 46 1/4" Inquire about price.

Achille Laugé studied first in Toulouse and then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he took instruction from Cabanel and J.P. Laurens, he met Aristide Maillol and Antoine Bourdelle(whom Laugé had known in Toulouse), and the three formed a lasting friendship. Laugé exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1894, with other notable Impressionists and was subsequently given a series of one man shows. Early Achilles Astro exhibited his work in 1907 with the eminent critic Gustave Geffory writing the preface for the catalogue. He was given exhibitions by Alvin-Beaumont in 1911; Nunes et Fiquet in 1919; Bernheim-Jeune in 1923; organizations in Toulouse and Perpignan in 1926; Georges Petit in 1927; Galerie de Renaissance in 1929; and Rene Zivy in 1930. Today, Laugé is one of the most enduring and collectable Neo-Impressionist painters with works in major museums and collections throughout the world, including: Carcassonne; Musée de Limous; Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne; Musée de Agustins; Musée d'Orsay (Paris); The Kaplan Gallery (London); Genéve; Grenoble; Toulouse; Montauban; Limoux; Morlaix; Montpellier; Perpignan; and The Guggenheim (New York).


click to enlarge	GEORGES PICARD (1857-1945) "LE PRINTEMP" Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Left Painting Size 79" x 64" Framed Size 85" x 70" Inquire about price.

The hand of Georges Picard graced many buildings throughout Paris at the turn of the Century in the form of a plethora of commissioned portraits and public murals. His important works include the French Embassy at Vienna, the Petit-Palais in Paris, the foyer ceiling of the Opera House in Lille, and a significant commission of the ceiling at the Hotel de Ville in Paris. His two murals, Le Printemps and L'Automne, painted in 1898 for the Grand Casino in Monte Carlo, exemplify the Belle Epoque era, and have endured to the present. Picard exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris from 1877 - 1924, and was a regular exhibitor at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, of which he was treasurer. He died at age 85 in 1942 during his deportation to the concentration camp of Struthof, France. Picard's model for Le Printemps was Marie Krysinska, the Symbolist poet. Krysinska, a novelist, essayist and composer, was a favorite muse of Picard and was at the center of the bohemian lifestyle of artists and writers of Montmartre. As well as being a writer published in journals central to the avant-garde such as Le Chat Noir, Krysinska was the accompanist supplying (illegal) live music at the infamous Chat Noir theatre during its brief life.


click to enlarge	ALPHONSE-LEON QUIZET (1885-1955) "Rue à Menilmontant" Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right Canvas: 18 x 2" Framed: 24 ½ x 28"

Quizet's spontaneous, immediately recognizable style of painting perfectly conveys the rich character of bohemian Montmartre and Paris in the years leading up to the war. He apprenticed as a young man with the architectural firm that built the Petit Palais for the 1900 Paris Exposition. This allowed him to follow courses in architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts before leaving to pursuit his love of painting full time. Even as a self-trained artist, Quizet achieved significant recognition during his lifetime for his contributions to the Modernist Movement. Today his work is highly collectible for its distinctive style and the charm of its naïve quality.

While painting the colorful streets of Montmartre Quizet met Utrillo, who became his protégé. He taught Utrillo how to make watercolors, and from a cabin in Montmartre the two painters sold their first paintings together. In 1914, Quizet exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and then served four years in the Army during World War I. Returning to painting after the war, he painted Montmartre and the Paris suburbs for the remainder of his life.

He was made a member of the Salon d'Automne in 1926 and was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1931. Between 1907 and 1955, his work was exhibited the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon Paris Moderne and the Salon des Tuilleries, as well as in Sweden, Norway and Japan. In 1931, Quizet was awarded the Silver Medal at the International Exposition in Paris.

Quizet is represented in the Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne, the Petit Palais, the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the Musée du Luxembourg; also at museums in Copenhagen, Saint-Etienne, Le Havre, Grenoble and Philadelphia.


click to enlarge	Henri Rouart (French, 1833-1912) "À Gèdre (Basses Pyrennes)" (c. 1878) Oil on canvas, Signed L/R Canvas: 28 3/4 x 36" Framed: 39 x 46" SOLD

Henri Rouart was a painter, collector, and founding member of the Impressionists along with his great friend Edgar Degas. Rouart, the son of a wealthy manufacturer of military uniforms, met Degas at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where they were both pupils. After graduation, Degas took up the law for a year before beginning to paint, while Rouart joined the military before going into engineering. They were reunited during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, when Degas-who had volunteered for the army - became a lieutenant under Rouart's command. After the armistice their friendship continued and Degas dined regularly at Rouart’s house. Degas painted his friend’s portrait three times, his wife and family more often. An accomplished painter, Rouart also became an astute collector. He acquired many major works by Degas, as well as by Corot and Millet, with whom he studied as a kind of unofficial student. Rouart exhibited his own paintings at the Salons of 1868, 1869, and 1870 and 1872. In 1873 Rouart and Degas co-founded the Society of Artist-Painters, Sculptors, Engravers and Lithographers, whose first exhibition – the so-called “Impressionist Show” – took place in Paris at Nadar’s studio in 1874. Many of the world’s greatest museums, including the Musée d’Orsay and the Louvre in Paris, are indebted to Rouart’s sophisticated eye and early connections to these artists who would become recognized masters, as pieces from Rouart’s great collections have found their permanent home in museums around the world.