Maximilien Luce, Landskap med träd vid la Cure

MAXIMILIEN LUCE (Frankrike 1858-1941): Landskap med träd, signerad i blyerts Luce, samt daterad La Cure 1906, blyerts, penna och lavering på papper fäst på samtida kartong
13,5x10.5 cm.

PROVENIENS
Konstnären Sixten Lundbohm (1895-1982)


With Seurat and Signac Maximilian Luce was one of the founders of the Neo-Impressionist school, which was based on the scientific study of light and the analysis of the decomposition of colours. As such he used the technique known as Divisionism or Pointillism, using individual points of colour to interpret the complexity of the composition of the colours. While preserving their vibrancy and defining the light and shadow of the elements in the picture. During his stay in Belgium, he played a part in establishing Neo-Impressionism outside France. For many years he was a strict Pointillist, but he then adopted a more relaxed, more fluid technique. This can be seen in his landscapes in Rolleboise, departing from the rigour of Neo-Impressionism and returning to a late Impressionist style.

During the autumn 1894, Luce met August Strindberg in conjunction with the premiere of his play "The father" at theatre Lugne-Poes in Paris. Several portrait drawings by Luce of Strindberg in conjunction with the performance of this play are known