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Michel-Auguste COLLE (1872-1949). Landscape of the Bellefontaine valley, the ancient cradle of the village of Saint Barthélemy, the origin of the town of Champigneulles. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Situated. Dimensions : 44 x 60 cm. Provenance: Estate of Monsieur Louis Thirion, furniture from the private mansion built in 1923 by Gibert et Ogé, which has remained in the family ever since. Michel-Auguste Colle (1872-1949) was a French painter associated with the Nancy School. He was active from around 1900 to 1940, and his works can be found in private and public collections in France and elsewhere, including the Musée d'Arts de Nantes, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, the Musée de l'École de Nancy, the Musée de l'Histoire du Fer, the Musée Pierre Nol in Saint Dié and the Musée des Marais Salants in Batz-Sur-Mer. Colle was born on January 7, 1872 in Baccarat, France, and died on September 16, 1949 in Batz-sur-Mer. Orphaned in 1885, he apprenticed at the Baccarat crystal glassworks as a gilder and engraver. He then studied painting with Charles Peccatte, an artist from Lorraine working in Baccarat. Colle was introduced to other painters such as Charles de Meixmoron de Dombasle, Émile Friant and Victor Prouvé by Eugène Corbin, a department store owner and art collector.
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Michel-Auguste COLLE (1872-1949). Landscape of the Bellefontaine valley, the ancient cradle of the village of Saint Barthélemy, the origin of the town of Champigneulles. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Situated. Dimensions : 44 x 60 cm. Provenance: Estate of Monsieur Louis Thirion, furniture from the private mansion built in 1923 by Gibert et Ogé, which has remained in the family ever since. Michel-Auguste Colle (1872-1949) was a French painter associated with the Nancy School. He was active from around 1900 to 1940, and his works can be found in private and public collections in France and elsewhere, including the Musée d'Arts de Nantes, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, the Musée de l'École de Nancy, the Musée de l'Histoire du Fer, the Musée Pierre Nol in Saint Dié and the Musée des Marais Salants in Batz-Sur-Mer. Colle was born on January 7, 1872 in Baccarat, France, and died on September 16, 1949 in Batz-sur-Mer. Orphaned in 1885, he apprenticed at the Baccarat crystal glassworks as a gilder and engraver. He then studied painting with Charles Peccatte, an artist from Lorraine working in Baccarat. Colle was introduced to other painters such as Charles de Meixmoron de Dombasle, Émile Friant and Victor Prouvé by Eugène Corbin, a department store owner and art collector.
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