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Édouard Leon Cortès
Place de la République, Large Oil on Canvas by Edouard Léon Cortès

Circa 1930

$146,912.25
£108,901.20
€151,250VAT Included
CA$204,921.29
A$208,442.33
CHF 119,624.62
MX$2,505,721.38
NOK 1,395,416.63
SEK 1,408,553.23
DKK 953,178.43

About the Item

EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS French, 1882 - 1969 PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE signed "EDOUARD CORTÈS." (lower right) oil on canvas 25-3/4 x 36-1/4 inches (65 x 91.5 cm.) framed: 33-1/2 x 44-1/4 inches (85 x 112 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Chicago Edouard Léon Cortès (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings. Cortes was born on August 6, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. His father, Antonio Cortés, had been a painter for the Spanish Royal Court. In 1914 Cortès married Fernande Joyeuse, with whom he had a daughter, Jacqueline Simone, in 1916. Although Cortès was a pacifist, when war came close to his native village he was compelled to enlist in a French Infantry Regiment at the age of 32. Sent to the front lines, Cortès was wounded by a bayonet, evacuated to a military hospital, and awarded the Croix de Guerre. After recovery he was reassigned to use his artistic talent to sketch enemy positions. Later in life his convictions led him to refuse the Légion d'Honneur from the French Government. In 1919 he was demobilized. His wife died in 1918, and the following year he married his sister-in-law, Lucienne Joyeuse. Cortès lived a simple life amid a close circle of friends. He died on November 26, 1969, in Lagny, and has a street named in his honor. Painting History At the age of 17, Edouard began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His first exhibition in 1901 brought him immediate recognition. Cortès stressed his independence. Once, in responding to a journalist who asked if he was a student of Luigi Loir, he replied in pun: "Non, seul élève de moi-même." ("No, a student of myself only.") His works were first exhibited in North America in 1945 and he subsequently achieved even greater success. In his last year of life he was awarded the prestigious Prix Antoine-Quinson from the Salon de Vincennes.
  • Creator:
    Édouard Leon Cortès (1882 - 1969, French)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1930
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.6 in (65 cm)Width: 36.03 in (91.5 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Madrid, ES
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Galeria Luis Carvajal's Reference ELC.PDLR1stDibs: LU1281113085602

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