Lot n° 54
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Henri Lerolle, 1848–1929, - Lot 54
Henri Lerolle, 1848–1929,
Peasant Woman Under the Trees,
oil on canvas (crackle repair), signed lower right, dealer Hardy Allan,
61 x 50 cm.
Henri Lerolle was a French painter, collector, and patron of the arts with close ties to the Impressionist, Symbolist, and Nabi movements. A friend of Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Eugène Carrière, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Albert Besnard, he hosted numerous artistic, literary, and musical figures of his time in his Parisian mansion. An early collector of modern painting, he acquired works by Degas, Monet, Bonnard, Vuillard, and Maurice Denis, whose early careers he supported. Close to Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson, he held a unique place in Parisian artistic life at the end of the 19th century. His work, primarily devoted to landscapes, rural scenes, and figures in the open air, developed a naturalistic sensibility with luminous tones, bridging Impressionism and Symbolism.
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