Lot 267
  • 267

Gustave Cariot

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Gustave Cariot
  • Massif de coléüs, temps couvert d’automne
  • Signed twice G Cariot and dated 1904 and 1905 (lower left); faintly signed G Cariot, dated 1905, titled and inscribed Serres du Jardin Périgny-sur-Yerres (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 1/4 by 25 5/8 in.
  • 54.1 by 65.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Salon des indépendants, 1905-07

Condition

The canvas is not lined. The surface retains a richly textured impasto. There is a layer of varnish on the surface. Under UV light there are a few pindots of retouching at the center of the foreground and some possible retouching to the sky at upper left. Otherwise fine. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Fascinated with the myriad effects of light, Cariot was greatly influenced by the freedom and spontaneity of Monet’s haystack series from 1890- 1891, as well as his views of Rouen Cathedral. The majority of his subjects are rural but they also include the rooftops of Paris, the Seine in all seasons and formal gardens. The present lush composition also alludes to some paintings by Gustave Caillebotte of his garden in Petit-Gennevilliers after his purchase of the house in 1881 and elaborate magnificent flowerbeds. Initially captivated with Pointillist technique, here Cariot incorporates elements of this style by employing individual and vibrant brushstrokes to communicate the warm luminescence of this bright landscape. 

Cariot was a member of the Société des artistes indépendants where his paintings were exhibited in the early years of the twentieth century. It was there that  his pictures would catch the eye of two of the most important collectors of the time, Serguei Dimitrievitch and Armand Cabrol.