Adolphe Pétérelle. 1874-1947.
Gourcuff Gradenigo| N° d'inventaire | 22379 |
| Format | 24 x 30 |
| Détails | 160 p., bound. |
| Publication | Montreuil, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782353403059 |
Adolphe Pétérelle is a unique painter who can be linked to the Expressionist movement, even though he always claimed his independence from any school. Born in 1874 in Geneva, Pétérelle arrived in Paris in 1891. He settled in Montmartre in a studio at the Bateau Lavoir, which he left in 1908 for the Cité Falguière, where he worked until his death in 1947. One of his first exhibitions took place in 1913, at the Galerie l'Encrier. Enlisted in the Foreign Legion, he was wounded in the Somme and lost an eye. Discharged and naturalized French, he returned to his studio. He exhibited at the Galerie du Montparnasse in 1927, then at the Galerie Georges Bernheim in 1930, where he enjoyed great success. He participated in the Salon d'Automne and regularly in the Salon des Tuileries. A major exhibition at the Galerie Charpentier in 1938 was followed in 1942 by a retrospective at the Galerie de France. Supported by critics, he received commissions from the State, and his works were purchased by numerous collectors. This visionary expressionist, a master of chiaroscuro, remained attached to naturalism, which remained the heart of his inspiration. The book seeks to present the artist's work according to a thematic rhythm. The following themes are thus found: large female nudes, more intimate portraits, musicians, church scenes and processions, landscapes and crowds, etc.). Pétérelle also practiced drawing, which constitutes a body of work in its own right. Having died in 1947, Pétérelle left behind a powerful and poignant body of work that had gradually fallen into oblivion, and which this book attempts to bring back to light. The author, Lydia Harambourg, is an art historian and journalist, and a corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. She has written numerous works on 20th-century French painting and on the Second School of Paris.
Adolphe Pétérelle is a unique painter who can be linked to the Expressionist movement, even though he always claimed his independence from any school. Born in 1874 in Geneva, Pétérelle arrived in Paris in 1891. He settled in Montmartre in a studio at the Bateau Lavoir, which he left in 1908 for the Cité Falguière, where he worked until his death in 1947. One of his first exhibitions took place in 1913, at the Galerie l'Encrier. Enlisted in the Foreign Legion, he was wounded in the Somme and lost an eye. Discharged and naturalized French, he returned to his studio. He exhibited at the Galerie du Montparnasse in 1927, then at the Galerie Georges Bernheim in 1930, where he enjoyed great success. He participated in the Salon d'Automne and regularly in the Salon des Tuileries. A major exhibition at the Galerie Charpentier in 1938 was followed in 1942 by a retrospective at the Galerie de France. Supported by critics, he received commissions from the State, and his works were purchased by numerous collectors. This visionary expressionist, a master of chiaroscuro, remained attached to naturalism, which remained the heart of his inspiration. The book seeks to present the artist's work according to a thematic rhythm. The following themes are thus found: large female nudes, more intimate portraits, musicians, church scenes and processions, landscapes and crowds, etc.). Pétérelle also practiced drawing, which constitutes a body of work in its own right. Having died in 1947, Pétérelle left behind a powerful and poignant body of work that had gradually fallen into oblivion, and which this book attempts to bring back to light. The author, Lydia Harambourg, is an art historian and journalist, and a corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. She has written numerous works on 20th-century French painting and on the Second School of Paris.