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Théo van Rysselberghe
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Description
- Théo van Rysselberghe
- LA POINTE DU ROSSIGNOL, I
- signed with the monogram and dated 1904 (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 46 by 56cm., 18 1/8 by 22in.
Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris
Hirschl & Adler, New York
R. Monks, Connecticut
Sale: Habsburg & Feldman, 26th June 1988, lot 59
Hirschl & Adler, New York
R. Monks, Connecticut
Sale: Habsburg & Feldman, 26th June 1988, lot 59
Literature
(Possibly) Théo Van Rysselberghe letter to Octave Maus, March 1908
Ronald Feltkamp, Théo Van Rysselberghe, 1862-1926, Brussels, 2003, p. 346, no. 1904-016, illustrated; p. 109, illustrated in colour
Ronald Feltkamp, Théo Van Rysselberghe, 1862-1926, Brussels, 2003, p. 346, no. 1904-016, illustrated; p. 109, illustrated in colour
Catalogue Note
The present work demonstrates Van Rysselberghe's mastery of the Divisionist technique pioneered by Georges Seurat during the late-1880s.
After Seurat's premature death in 1891, the artist steadily replaced his methodical application of paint with a more intuitive approach, indebted equally to Impressionism. His coastal views offer a stunning representation of water, where the interplay of colours creates a vibrating luminosity.