Armand Point (1861-1932), Trees And Stumps, Around Marlotte (fontainebleau), Charcoal

Armand Point (1861-1932)
Trees and stumps, surroundings of Marlotte (Fontainebleau)
210 x 139 mm
Charcoal on brown paper

Collection mark, in the lower right corner "Collection Armand Point" (Lugt 5770)

Good condition (a tear point, in the upper right corner)
Framed, under glass
Dimensions with frame: 38 x 31 cm

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The soft sound of the charcoal on the sheet, like the rustling of the wind in the foliage.

Reminiscent in its details of certain masters of French drawing, such as Jean-François Millet or Maximilien Luce, this charcoal drawing demonstrates a beautiful clarity in its composition and execution.

Armant Point, born and trained in Algiers, was dazzled by the discovery of Italy and its masterpieces. In the 1880s and 1890s he developed a pictorial style mixed with orientalism and symbolism, exhibiting regularly at the Salon and often gathering with faithful friends, painters and writers, such as Sâr Péladan, Édouard Dujardin, Camille Mauclair, the painter Louis Anquetin and Oscar Wilde.

After the First World War, Armand Point's work became more austere, with nevertheless beautiful moments of light. The landscapes of France then multiplied in his drawings and paintings: in the regions of Creuse, in Auvergne, in Corsica and certainly in Marlotte, near the forest of Fontainebleau, where he set up his studio in 1890.

According to our research, this drawing can be dated from the 1920s.

In France, the works of Armand Point are kept, among others, at the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Petit Palais and the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse.