Lot 424
  • 424

Edgard Maxence French, 1871-1954

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edgard Maxence
  • LES FLEURS DU LAC
  • signed and dated upper right: EDGARD MAXENCE / 1900
  • tempera on panel
  • 84 by 164 cm.; 33 by 64 in.

Provenance

Georges Paulhac until 1951;
Anonymous Sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 May 1979, lot 354

Exhibited

Paris, Exposition Universelle de 1900 (winner of the Medaille d'Or)

Catalogue Note

In a letter dated 16th February, 1955, the widow of the artist wrote 'Mons. Paulhac avait acheté ce merveilleux tableau, et nous avions été toujours enchentés de le revoir ainsi que les Fleurs du Lac (sa meilleur toile)'.

Edgard Maxence took his subjects from medieval and legendary sources much like the Pre-Raphaelites. He studied under Elie Delaunay and Gustave Moreau and exhibited at the Salon de la Rose Croix between 1895 and 1897 as well as achieving considerable success at other Salons.