Still Lifes

Landscapes

Nudes

Paris

The success of Sotheby's Boutet de Monvel sale in Paris in 2016 established that there is a place in the art market for the many talented painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and printmakers who, although they did not always follow in the footsteps of their more radical colleagues, made a significant contribution to the global artistic landscape between 1900 and 1950. These academically trained artists, who did not choose the revolutionary radicalism of the avant-garde, but a middle way based on tradition and practice, were sometimes tempted by modernity, and were sometimes totally opposed to it. Many of them pursued a different, parallel, but rather interesting path with immense talent. The avant-garde is not the only path worthy of an enduring legacy. These talented 20th-century artists, long unjustly forgotten, have recently been given exhibitions: whether it be Raphaël Delorme, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Georges Dorignac or André Devambez. The only thing missing was a sale that was fully dedicated to them, and this has now been done. For those who wish to acquire a work created between the Belle Epoque and the Second World War, the works of these artists from all over the world - from the Belgian Valérius de Saedeleer to the Italian Felice Casorati, and from the Spanish Ignacio Zuloaga and José Maria Sert to the Swiss Niklaus Stoecklin - are still available, their talents are still to be discovered, their beauty to be revealed.

Senior Director, Managing Director

Emmanuel Van de Putte

Senior Director, Head of Department, Old Master and 19th Century Paintings

Olivier Lefeuvre

Deputy Director, Specialist, Old Master and 19th Century Paintings

Côme Rombout

Cataloguer, Old Master and 19th Century Paintings

Clémence Enriquez

Administrator, Old Master and 19th Century Paintings

Valentine Klein

Meet our Specialists

This sale highlights academically trained 20th-century artists who did not choose the revolutionary radicalism of the avant-garde, but a middle way based on tradition and practice. Some of them were tempted by modernity, but others were totally opposed to it, choosing to pursue a different, parallel, but rather interesting path. The avant-garde is not the only path worthy of an enduring legacy, and in recent years many of these talented artists, long and unjustly forgotten, have been granted exhibitions. The only thing missing was a sale that was fully dedicated to them, and this has now been done.

Une Autre Modernité – Les arts figuratifs 1900–1950