Colin, Paul-Alfred (Nîmes, Gard, 1838 – Paris 1916). Sunday on the Marne. (1892.) Color woodcut. 27.3 x 36.2 cm.

Colin, pupil of Jean Paul Laurens, distinguished himself as both landscapist and marine painter as well as graphic artist:

“ 1861 (in Paris) salon debut … in the following years regularly represented with landscapes and marines from Normandy, Brittany … and the forest of Fontainebleau … C. received several official commissions, i. a. for a mural for the staircase in the Senate building of Paris; several works were purchased by the French government … since 1875 chair for drawing at the Paris Ec. polytechnique; vice-director of the Ec. nat. des arts décoratifs there; 1879 appointed Inspecteur gén. de l’enseignement du dessin et des Mus.; 1889 and 1900 member of the jury at the World Fair Paris … 1875 bronze medal in the Paris Salon; 1883 knight, 1901 officer of the Legion of Honor; 1889 and 1900 each bronze medal at the World Fair … Stylistically C.s pictures remind of the Realism of Emile Charles Lambinet. Véron emphasizes his sure, subtle manner of painting ”

(Hans-Peter Bühler + Renate Treydel, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon XX, 1998, 257).

Ed. per 1903 annual portfolio by the Society for Reproducing Art in Vienna as internationally focussed spearhead for the experiments of the artists of Symbolism, Expressionism, and the Secession. – Typographic inscription in the lower margin: “Sonntag auf der Marne”. Farbiger Originalholzschnitt von Paul Colin. / Verlag der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst, Wien. – On thin cardboard up to 10 cm wide. – Backed marginal tears.
Offer no. 14,571 / EUR  225. (c. US$ 291.) + shipping

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