Augustin Rey (1864-1934), Clouds At Sunset, Oil On Canvas

Augustin REY
Milan 1864 - Breteuil-sur-Iton 1934

Clouds at sunset
circa 1900
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
33 x 55 cm
42 x 65 cm framed

   Adolphe Augustin Rey de Villette, known as Rey-Spitzer, enters the School of fine arts in Paris in 1883 in the studio of Louis-Jules André until 1887, after following courses at the School of Decorative Arts. He collaborated with the architect Paul Sédille for the Printemps store in 1885. Augustin Rey graduated from the School of Fine Arts in 1888. During his career as an architect he created many Protestant temples due to his Huguenot origins.
   His painted work, mainly landscapes, is part of the symbolist aesthetic of the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century. Some of his paintings and watercolors are reminiscent of the art of Charles Guilloux.