Adolphe Monticelli

Superb park scene with water jet fountain signed lower left MONTICELLI
oil on panel measuring 13cm x 22cm plus period golden frame 31cm x 40cm
Adolphe MONTICELLI was a great modern painter
innovative in a very personal style at a time when impressionism was born
Vangogh arriving in Paris and painting in a rather academic style had the revelation when he saw in his brother a work of Monticelli
Thanks to him Van Gogh also accesses a modernity, overturning the academic methods of the time
This painting is a real gem
we see two elegant women conversing in a park, at their side a basin or a jet of water and pulsating in the air
A certificate from Mr Stammegna accompanies this painting
and in addition it is reproduced in photo in the catalog raisonné volume 1 page 74 (a photocopy of this page will be given to the purchaser)
painting in very good condition