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Fernand Toussaint Watercolor on paper - signed - 1915
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Fernand Toussaint Watercolor on paper - signed - 1915
Fernand Toussaint (1873 - 1956)
Watercolor Notre-Dame
Signed, dated 1915 and with studio stamp
Dimensions 22 x 28.5 cm
Overall size incl mount 50x 56 cm
Fernand Toussaint (1873-1956) Considered by many to be the Belgian Renoir. He specialized in painting portraits of women, still lifes and city-scapes, in the Impressionist, Art nouveau, and Post-Impressionist styles.
Fernand Toussaint was born into a cultivated upper middle class family in Brussels. At the age of 15, Toussaint began his artistic education at the Art Academy of Brussels under the tutorship of the renowned portrait painter Jean Francois Portaels from 1889 until 1894. Toussaint eventually completed his artistic studies in Paris, where he studied under renowned Belgian portraitist Alfred Stevens. Stevens, a personal friend of Charles Baudelaire, Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas, specialized in portraits of women.
Toussaint was preliminary known as a painter and watercolorist of female portraits, which he presented in a rich and elegant manner. Avant garde art magazines in Paris took notice of him when he was awarded the gold medal for painting.
Toussaints works, whether in oil or watercolors, attract us as much through the opulence of his palette as by the harmony of tones and his delicate touch, whether the subject is a portrait, a bouquet of flowers or, somewhat rarer, the still lifes and views of towns, seascapes and landscapes with their deep greens and rhythmic skies. Toussaint was also known as an engraver and a draughtsman of posters and telegrams for official occasions.
Influenced by Alfred Stevens and the French Impressionists, he has a large and diverse oeuvre that has received international attention due to the quality and expression of his work. He will, no doubt, merit more attention in the coming years from the international art market. Currently the works of Fernand Toussaint are sold at the Top Auction houses like Christies and Sothebys.
This beautiful and rare, view of town type aquarelle, by F. Toussaint with Notre Dame in Paris will be the pearl in every collection. The similar type of city view painting from F. Toussaint View of Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris signed 'F Toussaint' (lower left) has been sold at Christies in September 2011. Normally these kinds of works from F. Toussaint are sold at the Top auctions above 3000 Euro.
Provenance: Direct from the painter Family (relatives).
Bibliography: Benezit Dic. of Painters & Engravers Courtauld Institute of Art Witt & Conway Libraries, London.
Min starting bidding price 800 Euro
Fernand Toussaint (1873 - 1956)
Watercolor Notre-Dame
Signed, dated 1915 and with studio stamp
Dimensions 22 x 28.5 cm
Overall size incl mount 50x 56 cm
Fernand Toussaint (1873-1956) Considered by many to be the Belgian Renoir. He specialized in painting portraits of women, still lifes and city-scapes, in the Impressionist, Art nouveau, and Post-Impressionist styles.
Fernand Toussaint was born into a cultivated upper middle class family in Brussels. At the age of 15, Toussaint began his artistic education at the Art Academy of Brussels under the tutorship of the renowned portrait painter Jean Francois Portaels from 1889 until 1894. Toussaint eventually completed his artistic studies in Paris, where he studied under renowned Belgian portraitist Alfred Stevens. Stevens, a personal friend of Charles Baudelaire, Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas, specialized in portraits of women.
Toussaint was preliminary known as a painter and watercolorist of female portraits, which he presented in a rich and elegant manner. Avant garde art magazines in Paris took notice of him when he was awarded the gold medal for painting.
Toussaints works, whether in oil or watercolors, attract us as much through the opulence of his palette as by the harmony of tones and his delicate touch, whether the subject is a portrait, a bouquet of flowers or, somewhat rarer, the still lifes and views of towns, seascapes and landscapes with their deep greens and rhythmic skies. Toussaint was also known as an engraver and a draughtsman of posters and telegrams for official occasions.
Influenced by Alfred Stevens and the French Impressionists, he has a large and diverse oeuvre that has received international attention due to the quality and expression of his work. He will, no doubt, merit more attention in the coming years from the international art market. Currently the works of Fernand Toussaint are sold at the Top Auction houses like Christies and Sothebys.
This beautiful and rare, view of town type aquarelle, by F. Toussaint with Notre Dame in Paris will be the pearl in every collection. The similar type of city view painting from F. Toussaint View of Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris signed 'F Toussaint' (lower left) has been sold at Christies in September 2011. Normally these kinds of works from F. Toussaint are sold at the Top auctions above 3000 Euro.
Provenance: Direct from the painter Family (relatives).
Bibliography: Benezit Dic. of Painters & Engravers Courtauld Institute of Art Witt & Conway Libraries, London.
Min starting bidding price 800 Euro