Loutreuil (1885-1925) La Roche Bernard Brittany

Painter of extraordinary expressiveness. “I only conceive,” he wrote, “of one meaning of the word painting, that of working on nature and as spontaneous as possible, which does not mean impressionist, but rather in the sense of “construction of sensitivity.” Sensitivity of which the artist did not want to lose anything, certain "that there is only a painting made on the spot that really holds up", he avoided repentance. The impetuous style of this landscape springs from the strong and long touch, of. the brilliance obtained by the color rich in contrasts We will enclose with your purchase the book on the artist written by Jean François LEVANTAL: Maurice Loutreuil Cursed Painter of the School of Paris In 1994 the Bourdelle Museum unfairly presented 40 paintings by this artist. forgotten because he died at the age of 40 at the dawn of his glory. Last exhibition in October 2006 at the CERET Museum of Modern Art.