Maurice VAUMOUSSE (1876-1961)
Le bassin à Honfleur
Oil on canvas
37 x 55 cm
Private Collection
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados
department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the
estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the
Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais.
It is
especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its
houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including
in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind,
forming the école de Honfleur which contributed to the appearance of the
Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower
separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in
France.
Located on the estuary of one of the principal rivers of
France with a safe harbour and relatively rich hinterland, Honfleur profited
from its strategic position from the start of the Hundred Years' War. The
town's defences were strengthened by Charles V in order to protect the estuary
of the Seine from attacks from the English. This was supported by the nearby
port of Harfleur. However, Honfleur was taken and occupied by the English in
1357 and from 1419 to 1450. When under French control, raiding parties often
set out from the port to ransack the English coasts, including partially
destroying the town of Sandwich, in Kent, England, in the 1450s. More on Honfleur
Passionate about painting, Vaumousse was a violinist at the Théâtre des arts. He was also one of the regulars of the workshop of the rue des Charettes. Following the example of the master of the outdoors, he observes the seashore, the Seine and the surrounding meadows ... A calm and changing nature that he expresses with passion, to better capture "the moment". The bombings destroyed a large part of its production.
"The School of Rouen", it is customary to group under this name a number of painters of different backgrounds and even temperaments, but linked together by a friendship to the test of time and the same love of nature . The first three representatives of this group are Joseph Delattre, Charles Angrand and Albert Lebourg. As early as 1877, all these painters were designated by the name of Ecole de Rouen. In 1895, Joseph Delattre founded a "Free Academy" where Pinchon, Louvrier, Guilbert, Couchaux, Vaumousse, Dumont, Tirvert, Hodé, Suzanne, Hénocque, Madeleine joined. Regularly Pissaro came to bring them comfort. In 1907, Delaunay and Paul Mascart created the company of Rouen artists and organized exhibitions in Rouen. More on Maurice VAUMOUSSE
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