103. On the Danube Shore [1912]

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103. On the Danube Shore [1912]

Camil Ressu

1880, Galaţi - 1962, Bucureşti

Estimate:

EUR 15.000 - 25.000

Sold

EUR 34.500

References

ENESCU, Teodor, "Camil Ressu", Publishing House of the Academy of the Romanian People's Republic, Bucharest, 1958. SCHOBEL, Doina, Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition "Camil Ressu. Painting and graphics", Art Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest, 1981-1982. ENESCU, Teodor, "C. Ressu", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1984.

oil on canvas, 66 x 90 cm, 66 Ã 90 cm, signed bottom right, with blue, "C. Ressu"

Research information

The artwork was part of the artist's first solo exhibition, from The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, 1913, cat. 3. The artwork was part of the touring retrospective exhibition from Bucharest (Dalles Hall), TÃ¢rgu MureÈ, Cluj, GalaÈi, 1955, cat. 38. The artwork is reproduced in "La peinture roumaine au XXe siÃ¨cle", Edition en langues etrangeres, Bucharest, 1956, f. 34, under the title "Beteliers de Galatzi". The artwork is reproduced in the monograph "Camil Ressu", Theodor Enescu, Publishing House of the Academy of the Romanian People's Republic, Bucharest, 1958, at p. 50, fig. 26, under the title "BÄrci de ÈÄrani la MÄcin" ("Peasant boats at MÄcin"). The artwork was part of the retrospective exhibition "Camil Ressu. PicturÄ Èi sculpturÄ" ("Camil Ressu. Painting and sculpture"), dedicated to the centenary of the artist's birth, Art Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest, February â April 1982 and is reproduced in the exhibition catalogue at p. 120, cat. 24, under the title "Barcagii la GalaÈi" ("Boatmen in GalaÈi"). The artwork is reproduced in the monograph "C. Ressu", Theodor Enescu, Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1984, fig. 154, under the title "BÄrci cu ÈÄrani la MÄcin" ("Boats with peasants at MÄcin"). The artwork is reproduced in the article "L exposition retrospective C. Ressu, artiste du people de la R.P.R.", Radu Bogdan, L'art dans la Republique Populaire Roumaine, no. 10, 1995, at p. 60. The artwork is reported in the article "Camil Ressu", K. H. Zambaccian, SCIA, nr. 3-4/1955, p. 170.

PROVENANCE

the historical collection Radu Voinescu; the historical collection Hedwiga Voinescu; the historical collection Gheorghe Costin

With paintings inspired by the truth of life, Ressu's work will be created under the seal of visual realism, where the clear and truthful will predominate. The abandonment of academic forms and the approach to the "primitive", a phenomenon characteristic of the beginning of the 20th century, will give rise to a rapprochement between artists and folk art, embraced in turn by Ressu, who will place village life at the heart of his creation. He will portray it in countless poses, illustrating the Romanian village in solemn realities. His preoccupations as a colourist, noticed since his first exhibitions, will reveal a great concentration on chromatic matter, highlighted by capturing the multiple vibrations of nature, as well as light, obtained through local colour, which the artist will treat in bold harmonies. Intense expressions and chromatic flashes, along with combinations of pictorialism and constructivism can also be seen in the work "Pe malul Dunării" ("On the Danube shore"), presented in 1913 at the artist's first personal exhibition, held at the Romanian Athenaeum, when he exhibited several works on this subject. The artwork will also be presented in the travelling retrospective exhibition in Bucharest, Târgu Mureș, Cluj and Galați in 1955, as well as in the posthumous exhibition, dedicated to the centenary of the artist's birth, at the Museum of Art of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest, in 1982. (G.M.)

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