Louis Roy
Fruits and pitcher, synthesist still life
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
. Dimensions: 31.5 x 42 cm
Price upon request.
Illuminated by an overhead light, all the components of the still life stand out in a perfect cloisonnism between shadow and light.
The painting’s balance and modernity are accentuated by the brushstrokes used on the fruit, the pitcher, the basket, and the table.
The touch makes this painting an exceptional representation of the Pont-Aven aesthetic.
Bibliography:
Louis Roy was a painter born in Poligny, in the Jura region, in the spring of 1889.
Louis Roy présente sept tableaux à l’exposition Volpini du groupe des Impressionnistes et Synthétistes.
Sa participation démontre le lien étroit qu’il entretient avec Paul Gauguin et son entourage.
The Nabis generation drew inspiration from Fauvism and the artists associated with this new aesthetic.
André Mellerio describes their work as the “idealist movement in painting. “.
Museums:
• Louis Roy has appeared in collective or personal exhibitions, in museums or galleries in Paris, Pont-Aven, Zurich and New York.
• In Paris: Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Louvre (department of paintings, cabinet of graphic arts).
• In France: Cnap, Brest Fine Arts Museum.
