226. After the Rain in Băneasa [1902-1904]

Ştefan Luchian

1868, Ştefăneşti - 1916, Bucureşti

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EUR 15.000 - 25.000

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Session

Thu, 23 November 2017 19:30

The main pictural motifs captured by Ștefan Luchian appeared in his imagination after 1900. What is paradoxical is that at the end of 1901 the artist became partially paralysed following a spinal condition, but he continued to work, creating his most perfect works in the following years. His landscapes clearly show his commitment to life, with the joyful rhythms created with his wide touches and the contrasts between bright colours and delicate shades. Luchian is a painter of summer nature, of warm light and of the celebration of the vegetal life, most of his landscapes being lyrical evocations of the universe's life-giving rhythms and of the joy of being alive. The years 1908 and 1909 mark a climax in the landscapedimension of his work, the impressions of the summer months when he painted in Brebu and Moinești following him for a long time. His stay at Brebu was beneficial to Luchian, helping him to regain his powers and giving him a sense of achievement in his creation, as evidenced by a letter in which he told of his life there. In Brebu he worked in pastel and coloured crayons, techniques that allowed him to translate directly and accurately the effects of light and the changes in the plants' colours under its action. The velvety shades of pastel were suited to his sensitivity, like the dust on the wings of butterflies. In his dialogue with nature, he always wondered about the views that attracted him and what was characteristic of them that mirrored him. Painted in a quick technique, namely watercolor, this landscape presents one of Luchian's study stays at the beginning of the 20th century. The painter captures a typical view for impressionists, attracted by the light effect specific to a particular moment - in this case, after the rain. There is also a version in oil, which highlights the importance that this motif had in Luchian's landscape body of work. "After the Rain in Băneasa" has an interesting documentary trail and is mentioned for the first time in the review dedicated by Leu Bachelin (the Royal House librarian) in 1914, following the Luchian-Dărăscu exhibition. (I.P.)

References

CEBUC, Alexandru, Luchian, Monitorul Oficial, Bucureşti, 2007
CIOFLEC, Virgil, Luchian, Ed. Cultura Naţională, Bucureşti, 1924
COMARNESCU, Petru, Luchian, Ed. de Stat pentru Literatură şi Artă, Bucureşti, 1955

Dimensions

width 35 cm, height 18 cm, custom 35x18

Description

watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower left, in ink, "S. Luchian"

Research information

Opera a participat la expoziția "Luchian-Dărăscu", Palatul Ateneului Român, Sala Exarcu, februarie 1914.
Opera a participat la expoziția inaugurării Fundației Ioan I. Dalles, expoziția "Andreescu-Grigorescu-Luchian", București, 1932, cat. 20. Opera este reprodusă în monografia "Luchian", Petru Comarnescu, Ionel Jianu, E.S.P.L.A., București, 1956 la cat. 101, pag. 141. Opera a participat la expoziţia "Ştefan Luchian", Muzeul de Artă al R.P.R, 16 iulie-10 noiembrie 1957 și este menționată în catalogul expoziției la cat. 203, pag. 87. Opera a participat la expoziția "Luchian. Peisajul și compoziția în aer liber", Muzeul de Artă al R.S.R., București, 1968 și este menționată și reprodusă la cat. 79, pag. 134. Opera este menționată și descrisă de criticul de artă Leo Bachelin în "Exposition Luchian et Dărăscu", din "La Politique", 28 feb/13 mart 1914: "Village de Băneasa, une fine aquarelle où les notes grises et bleues sont d'une délicatesse exquise". Opera este menționată în catalogul expoziției retrospective "M.W. Arnold", Muzeul de Artă al R.S.R., catalog de Georgeta Peleanu, București, 1970 la pag. VII. Opera a participat la expoziția "Luchian și Independenții", Artsafari 2017 și este reprodusă în catalogul expoziției la pag. 98. Opera este clasată în categoria Tezaur a Patrimoniului Național Cultural Mobil, prin ordinul ministrului culturii nr. 2019 din 19.01.2007. Ofertată statului român în cadrul procedurii de exercitare a dreptului de preempțiune prin notificarea, conform adresei 3665/31 octombrie 2017, aferent prezentei vânzări prin licitație.

Lot.notes

Etichetă de participare în expoziţia "Ştefan Luchian", Muzeul de Artă al R.P.R, 16 iulie-10 noiembrie 1957.

Dating

1902-1904

PROVENANCE

the collection of Elena and Dr. Iosif Dona; the collection of Maruca Dona; the patrimony of the Art Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania; the patrimony of the Museum of Art Collections near the National Museum of Art of Romania; the collection of Dr. Șerban Andronescu Ghika.

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