Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) Bouquet Of Flowers Oil On Canvas

Painting to be restored and cleaned: two visible accidents.
Original frame as is.
Signed lower right Luce

Height: 40.5cm Width: 26.5cm
Frame: 47cm x 34cm

"Maximilien Luce was born in Paris in a family of artisans. An engraver, he began a career as a painter around 1880. Camille Pissarro, who shared his anarchist convictions, introduced him to the neo-impressionist group in 1887 and Luce then adopted the technique of dividing tones. But, far from having the detached gaze of Georges Seurat, he describes the contemporary world with passion. He loves violent light effects, from twilight on the banks of the Seine to the unprecedented effects of urban lighting. No less lyrical are the paintings of the Black Country where the flames of the blast furnaces set the night ablaze. His works then reach a colorful power that announces Fauvism. Fascinated by the works of Haussmann, he also evokes the world of builders. Later, settled in Rolleboise in the Yvelines, he found peace and returned to more serene subjects. Through more than seventy works (paintings and drawings), as well as numerous historical documents, the exhibition traces the career of one of the best representatives of the neo-impressionist movement.