Bathers
Ker Xavier Roussel (Chène 1867 - L'Étang-la-Ville 1944)
Lot-No. 431
Starting Bid: 2.500 €
Pastel. 39 x 52 cm. Framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Lower right monogrammed K. X. R. - French landscape and figure painter. R. received painting lessons from William Bouguereau and Diogène Maillard, among others, but was most influenced by the avant-garde pioneers Cézanne, Degas, and Renoir. He also took on large decorative commissions, for example for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Like his brother-in-law Edouard Vuillard, R. was a member of the Nabis group of artists. Mus.: Paris (Louvre, Mus. d'Orsay), Copenhagen, Toulouse, Moscow, Winterthur. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit.
Ker Xavier Roussel: Bathers
Ker Xavier Roussel (Chène 1867 - L'Étang-la-Ville 1944)
Bathers
Lot-No. 431
Starting Bid: 2.500 €
| Technique: | Pastel |
| Dimensions: | 39 x 52 cm |
| Frame: | Framed under glass, uninspected out of frame |
| Mark/Notation: | Lower right monogrammed K. X. R. |
Vita:
French landscape and figure painter. R. received painting lessons from William Bouguereau and Diogène Maillard, among others, but was most influenced by the avant-garde pioneers Cézanne, Degas, and Renoir. He also took on large decorative commissions, for example for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Like his brother-in-law Edouard Vuillard, R. was a member of the Nabis group of artists. Mus.: Paris (Louvre, Mus. d'Orsay), Copenhagen, Toulouse, Moscow, Winterthur. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit.
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