Henry MORET (1856-1913). - Lot 58

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Henry MORET (1856-1913). - Lot 58
Henry MORET (1856-1913). Ouessant, 1900 Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left. (Original canvas, some restorations.) Height 81.5 cm; Width: 65.5 cm. A certificate from Mr. J.-Y. Rolland will be given to the buyer. "Vivid tones, frank greens, violent seas, vast horizons, air and clarity [...] This is an art of singing light of sincere impressionism." (Anonymous, April 1907). At the end of the 19th century, Brittany, a land untouched by contemporary life, attracted a number of landscape painters in search of poetry, authenticity and the picturesque. Henry Moret, who had been living in Lorient since the 1870s, made the Breton coast, and more particularly the Finistère coast and the Ponant islands to which Ouessant belongs, his favorite subject. He witnessed the blossoming of synthesism, whose particular framing and broad flat tints he used, but also the evolution of other currents such as Impressionism, whose poetic universe would touch him more deeply. By blending these opposing movements, he deepened his art of the landscape. Ouessant, 1900 reflects his great sensitivity and keen observation of nature. Through the use of a clear, bold palette, the capture of the spray, the play of light and shadow on the granite cliffs, the representation of the ocean's shimmer and movement through the use of deep blues contrasting with the white of the foam, and the introduction of atmospheric effects, he gives this work a truly poetic scope, specific to the Breton coast.
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