Core Record |
| Title |
Vignes en Automne |
| Collection |
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool |
| Artist |
Lauge, Achille (French painter, 1861-1944) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1888 |
| Date Latest |
probably about 1896 |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
It is only in the last few years that this little-known artist has been recognised as part of the Neo-Impressionist movement in France. The son of wealthy farmers in the Aude region, Lauze studied in Toulouse and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He rejected the conservative ideals of his teachers and began to experiment with the division of colour in his landscapes. He was in Paris during the critical years of 1886-1888 and exhibited at the Salon des Indépendents in 1894. He may have been influenced by Seurat, as he was in Paris when La Grande Jatte was first exhibited. However, he never conformed to Seurat's strict scientific method of complementary colours and worked more freely and intuitively. From 1888 until around 1896, Luage composed his pictures of small points of colour and this is clearly the period to which the Blackpool work belongs. |
| Current Accession Number |
G621 |
| Inscription |
front ll 'A. Lauge' |
| Subject |
landscape (vineyard) |
| Measurements |
43.5 x 71.5 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given to Lancashire County Museum Service through the National Art-Collection Fund (Lionel Hewlett Bequest) 1995. |
| Provenance |
Kaplan Gallery, London. |
| Notes |
Lauge later abandoned dots and painted landscapes, portraits, and still lifes with thin, systematically placed strokes resembling crosshatching. After 1905 he applied his pigments more freely with enlarged strokes and a thick impasto. It was not until the 1968 Guggenheim show that Lauge was included in an exhibition devoted to Neo-Impressionism. He did, however, exhibit with the Independents in 1894 and with the Nabis at an exhibition sponsored by the newspaper, La Dépêche de Toulouse the same year. In addition, Lauge held several one-man shows in Paris from 1907 to 1930. Notes taken from http://www.frazerfineart.com/SearchE2.asp?At=AchilleLauge. |
| Rights Owner |
Grundy Art Gallery |
| Author |
Lisa Howard |
