Robert William VONNOH (Hartford 1858 - Nice 1933) Portrait of Bessie Potter Vonn…
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Robert William VONNOH (Hartford 1858 - Nice 1933)

Portrait of Bessie Potter Vonnoh Original oil on canvas 41x 31 cm Marked on the back with the stencil of the canvas dealer C. Friedrichs Art Material New -York Born in 1858 to an American family from Hartford, Robert William Vonnoh began his artistic education at the Massachusetts Normal Art School in 1875, then in Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian from 1881. In 1886, Vonnoh married Grace D. Farrelll. Farrelll, and they celebrated their union at the Hôtel Chevillon in Grez-sur-Loing. The landscapes of this village had a profound effect on the artist, who now aspired to paint outside his studio, with nature as his only model. His entire pictorial oeuvre celebrates what some critics would call the "Grez School", even though the artist made several trips to Paris, the South of France and the United States. Each canvas depicts an atmosphere where light is captured in the moment, where time seems suspended. Vonnoh manages to combine a chromatic palette characterized by its freshness and delicacy, with a clean, precise touch. Thus, the almost pastel hues of his oils, particularly his pinks, greens and blues, stand side by side with a touch composed of several small brushstrokes, giving a cottony appearance to his blossoming trees and a vaporous atmosphere to his landscapes. It's not without reason, then, that the artist is often associated with the Post-Impressionist movement, or with artists such as Armand Guillaumin, Camille Pissarro and others. Vonnoh's passion for this part of Ile-de-France led him, from 1870-1880, to settle permanently in Grez-sur-Loing, in one of Marie Simard's houses, accompanied by his second wife, American sculptor Bessie Potter. The ensemble we are presenting for sale is a testament to their love and artistic practice, since both took Bessie Potter as their subject, one to create her portrait and the other her self-portrait. This collection is also a moving tribute by this American painter, fascinated by the beauty of nature and its nuances, to landscapes from the Seine-et-Marne to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Robert William VONNOH (Hartford 1858 - Nice 1933)

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