Elegant With Perfume Burner By Adolphe Monticelli 1824-1886

Superb oil on panel measuring 49.4cm x 22.3cm plus modern frame 65cm x 38cm signed lower right Monticelli Very interesting work by this great painter, one of the great creators of modern art of the 19th century with Cézanne and Van GOGH Adolphe Monticelli, whose works appear in the greatest museums around the world as well as in prestigious collections. He is considered one of the first artists to have broken academic codes. This year is the bicentenary of his birth, celebrated in part by the Guardia Gallery. du Castellet and prestigiously by the expert Mr Marc Stammegna in Uzes this summer The painting that I present to you is a reference work which has been exhibited and reproduced three times in full-page color reference books 1/ "The Painters of Color en Provence" exhibition held at the Hotel de La region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in Marseille from January 28 to April 28, 1995 (reproduced full color page p 237) 2/ reproduced in "Monticelli the Strange " by georges GAILLARD, André DIMANCHE publisher full page color p 213 3/ reproduced in "Monticelli" by GARIBALDI Color page Its record price being 413,000 USD in 2013 for a small landscape bordering on abstraction and a bouquet of flowers made 208,000 euros in 2022 Van GOGH had the revelation when he saw works by Monticelli at his brother Théo's house. He wrote "I owe everything to Monticelli, he who taught me the chromatism of colors" This painting that I present to you is a very beautiful collector's work , extremely modern for the time, pure stains placed with precision (a harbinger of both Fauvism and abstraction) on wood left bare in some places to give a background color Free shipping worldwide