Paul Vogler (1852-1904)

Paul VOGLER (1852-1904) Boat at quay oil on panel 26x41cm 50x64cm framed Self-taught painter of the second generation of Impressionism, Paul Vogler was a pupil of Alfred Sisley who would influence his way of painting. This is how he painted many landscapes, mainly in the South, Brittany, the Seine and the Oise, at different times of the day but also the seasons, to play with the effects of light thanks to his technique. very personal, simple and vigorous. Following his advice, Le Barc de Boutteville, a dealer in old paintings, became interested in contemporary painters from 1891. In 1893, he produced the sets for Pelléas et Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck for the staging of Lugné-Poe. He exhibited at the Ambroise Vollard gallery in Paris from February to March 18997. For the art historian Gérald Schürr, Vogler certainly does not have "the chromatic finesse of Sisley", but he knows how to restore "melancholy poetry".