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Louis Valtat
(1869 - 1952)
La Colline à Choisel (The Hill at Choisel)



Louis Valtat was born in Normandy in 1869 to a wealthy family of ship owners. Encouraged by his father, an amateur painter himself, the young Valtat chose to follow a career as an artist and left for Paris in 1887. There he quickly befriended his contemporaries Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard, who at that time were establishing the Nabis movement. They in turn introduced Valtat to the work of Paul Gauguin, which had a profound impact on his...



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  Lot 33 of 73  

IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART AUCTION
15-16 FEBRUARY 2012
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Louis Valtat
 La Colline à Choisel (The Hill at Choisel)

 Signed 'L. Valtat' (lower right)
Circa 1930
Oil on canvas
21 x 28.5 in (53.3 x 72.4 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artist, circa 1930)

Category: Painting
Style: Landscape


 









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