148. Houses from Vitré [1921]

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148. Houses from Vitré [1921]

Gheorghe Petraşcu

1872, Tecuci, Galați - 1949, Bucureşti

Estimate:

EUR 18.000 - 25.000

Sold post auction

EUR 20.000

References

OPRESCU, George, „Gheorghe Petrașcu”, Ed. Meridiane, București, 1963. CONSTANTINESCU, Paula; SCHOBEL, Doina, Catalogul „Expoziției Centenar G. Petrașcu 1872-1972”, București, 1972. FLOREA, Vasile, „Gheorghe Petrașcu”, Ed. Meridiane, București, 1989.

oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm, 46 Ã 38 cm, signed, dated and localised bottom left, with black, "G. Petrașcu, Vitré, (1)921"

Research information

The artwork participated in the retrospective exhibition "Gheorghe PetraÈcu", The R.S.R. Museum of Art, Bucharest, 1972 and is reproduced in the exhibition catalogue at cat. 22, under the title "Case la VitrÃ©" ("Houses from VitrÃ©"). The artwork participated in the exhibition "Capodopere ale picturii romÃ¢neÈti interbelice Ã®n colecÈii particulare" ("Masterpieces of Romanian interwar painting in private collections"), Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest, 1997. The artwork participated in the exhibition "Peisajul Ã®n pictura romÃ¢neascÄ" ("The landscape in Romanian painting"), Cotroceni National Museum, 2002. The artwork participated in the exhibition "Gheorghe PetraÈcu. Despre farmecul realitÄÈii" ("Gheorghe PetraÈcu. About the charm of reality"), Art Safari, Bucharest, 2020.

The years 1899 – 1902 capture the artist Petrașcu at studies, in France, at the Julian Academy, where he studied with professors William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 – 1905) and Babriel Ferrier (1847 – 1914). This was a period of discoveries, when the young painter fervently visited the major museums and exhibitions, being impressed with the exhibitions of Rue Lafitte, the impressionists’ place for exhibition. His admiration for impressionism took him to Northern France, in Brittany, where he visited places such as Dinan, Morlaix, Saint Enogat, Saint Malo, or Vitré, where the master Nicolae Grigorescu had also been, not long before. At Vitré he was impressed by the architecture of the houses built in stone, by their tectonic solidity and by the picturesque resulting from the weather-worn aspect, as well as by the sober and restrained polychromy of the houses. He kept coming here until the late 20s, and the Vitré time also represented a chance for artistic growth, while his colourist qualities are admirably highlighted. (G.M.)

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