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Maximilien Luce Neo-Impressionist. A Retrospective

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Author(s)	Marina Ferretti Bocquillon
Editor	Silvana Editoriale	Place	Milano
Year	2010	Pages	144
Measure	24x29 (cm)	Illustration	120 ill. colori n.t. - colors ills
Binding	cart. edit. ill. colori - harcover	Conservazione	Usato Ottime Condizioni - used very good
Language	Inglese - English Text	Weight	1500 (gr)
ISBN	8836617778	EAN-13	9788836617777

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Giverny, Musée des impressionnismes, July 28 - October 31, 2010.

Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was born in Paris to an artisan’s family. He worked as a printmaker in his early years then, around 1880, devoted his career to painting. Camille Pissarro, who shared his anarchist convictions, introduced him to the Neo-Impressionist group in 1887.

Luce adopted their technique of divisionism – the separate application of individual colors. But, far from having the detached approach of Georges Seurat, Luce portrayed the contemporary world with passion. He liked to depict violent effects of light, from the sunset on the banks of the Seine River to the new effects of artificial, urban lighting. No less lyrical are the paintings of the Pays Noir where the flames of blast furnaces set the night ablaze. Luce’s works became powerfully colorful prefiguring Fauvism. Fascinated by Haussmann’s works, he evoked the world of builders. In his later years, living in Rolleboise in the Department of the Yvelines, Luce found peace and calm and returned to more tranquil subjects.

The catalogue includes essays by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon, Aline Dardel, Bertrand Tillier and Vanessa Lecomte, and biographic information (T-CA).