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Louise Hervieu
Louise Hervieu, Fly, charcoal on paper

circa 1925

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£480.77
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Louise HERVIEU (1878-1954) Fly, circa 1925 Charcoal on paper 3,5 × 5 cm frame 19,4 × 14 cm Born in Alençon in 1878, Louise Hervieu showed a talent for drawing from an early age. She attended evening drawing classes in Paris reserved for young girls before completing her training at the Académie Colarossi. From 1910 onwards, her fragile health and failing eyesight forced the artist to give up painting and devote herself exclusively to drawing. Louise Hervieu proved to be more comfortable with the sharp contrasts that charcoal and ink on paper allow. She developed a refined style using wash and charcoal, creating light shades by letting the whiteness of the paper show through. A mysterious light enveloped the forms represented with bold, supple lines, giving them tremendous depth in an atmosphere imbued with lyricism. Among her favorite subjects were still lifes and Louis XV-style interiors teeming with draperies and objects, to which she accorded as much importance as to the figures. Thanks to the support of art critic Félix Fénéon, she illustrated an edition of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal, published in 1920. That same year, her drawings were exhibited at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery. The artist, who was also a writer, illustrated her own texts. We find flies similar to the one in the drawing we present illustrating the cover of his book Entretiens sur le dessin avec Geneviève (Conversations on Drawing with Geneviève), published in 1921. Geneviève is none other than Geneviève Bernheim de Villers (1907-1936), the art dealer's daughter, then aged 14, who devoted herself to painting and drawing. The cover of the 1934 edition is also illustrated with insects similar to those in our drawing. Among other things, Louise Hervieu participated in exhibitions organized by the Société des Femmes Artistes Modernes (FAM), created in 1931 by Marie-Anne Camax-Zoegger (1881-1952). The Musée Galliera in Paris dedicated a retrospective exhibition to her alongside Suzanne Valadon and Marie-Anne Camax-Zoegger in 1961. Public collections : Paris, Musée du Louvre Paris, Musée d’Orsay Paris, Musée d’art moderne de la ville Caen, Musée des beaux-arts Beauvais, MUDO, Musée de l’Oise Bordeaux, Musée des beaux-arts Nantes, Musée des beaux-arts
  • Creator:
    Louise Hervieu (1878 - 1954)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1925
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1.38 in (3.5 cm)Width: 1.97 in (5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Tiny fold mark at the top.
  • Gallery Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2661217062742

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