A procession

Details

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824-1886)
A procession
signed 'Monticelli' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 1/8 x 31½ in. (48.8 x 80 cm.)
painted circa 1880

Provenance

Heinrich Stahl, Berlin.
Hubert Tannenbaum, New York. Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 1989, lot 19A, where acquired by the present owner (11,000 USD).

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Lot Essay

After studying at the Ecole d'Art in Marseilles (1846-1847), Monticelli went to Paris where he was taught by Paul Delaroche, discovered the art of Delacroix and copied Old Masters at the Louvre. In the 1860s he developed an interest in Rococo art, opera and theatre and painted 'fêtes galantes' depicting elegantly dressed women and gentlemen relaxing in pastoral settings. In the south of France Monticelli painted in the 1870s with Paul Cézanne and Vincent Van Gogh who was very much influenced by Monticelli. The Dutch painter and his brother Theo supported the first publication on the artist (1890).

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