La C?te de Nevez


Signed, titled and dated ?90 lower right
Oil on canvas
51 by 62 cm.


This work will be included in the catalogue raisonn? being prepared by Jean?
Yves Rolland.


Henry Moret was a post?Impressionist painter of French origin, active in the
Parisian art scene at the turn of the 19th century. He was a member of the
Pont?Aven School and is best known for his vividly coloured landscapes of
Brittany in Northern France.


Henry Moret was born in the port city of Cherbourg in Normandy in winter
1856. He was trained by the marine painter Ernest Corroller. Under Corroller?s
guidance, Moret learnt the technique of painting ?en plein air? as perfected
by Jean?Baptiste?Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet and enrolled at the
Ecole des Beaux?Arts in Paris in 1876, studying under Jean?Leon Gerome,
Jean?Paul Laurens and Rudolf Lehmann. In 1880, he exhibited his work at the
Salon in Paris, debuting with ?La Plage de Locqueltas a Maree Basse; Cote de
Bretagne.?


After completing his course at the Ecole des Beaux?Arts, Moret divided his
time between the French capital and the picturesque Brittany, where he would
frequently return to visit his friend and mentor, Corroller.


In 1888, he settled in Pont?Aven, home to a number of the era?s avant?garde
artists including Emile Jourdan, Ernest de Chamaillard and Paul Gauguin.


Moret moved into the near by commune of Le Pouldu (now known as Clohars?
Carnoet) which soon became the centre of creative activity for the Pont?Aven
group, and became particularly close to Gauguin, whose Symbolist influence
is apparent in Moret?s work from that period. Though he remained focused on
marine landscapes and the grassy hillsides and cliffs of France?s Brittany Coast,
his compositions began incorporating figurative elements missing in his earlier
pieces. This can be seen in the current lot, C?te de Nevez, which is dated ?90
and typical for that period. The broad brushstrokes and contrasting colours
bring the work to life, while the tiny figure, most probably a woman in the
typical black?and?white Breton dress standing on the top of the cliff, seems
small against the elements.


After Gauguin left the region in 1891, Moret returned to his original style,
embracing nature as a force, capturing the dramatic scenes of the isolated
coasts and valleys of Brittany.


Provenance:
Galerie Abels, Cologne, where bought by the current owner in the 1960?s

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