Georges Willaume (Wuillaume) (French, 1876-circa 1920) Un théâtre à Pao Ting Fu (in the artist's original frame) image 1

Lot 54

Georges Willaume
(Wuillaume) (French, 1876-circa 1920)
Un théâtre à Pao Ting Fu

19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art

2 March 2016, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

£40,000 - £60,000

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Georges Willaume (Wuillaume) (French, 1876-circa 1920)

Un théâtre à Pao Ting Fu
signed and dated 'G.Willaume 03' (upper right)
oil on canvas
116 x 137.2cm (45 11/16 x 54in).
in the artist's original frame

Footnotes

The present lot showcases Georges Willaume's Neo-Impressionist style, strongly influenced by the works of Paul Seignac (1826-1904) and Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) and his close friend Theo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926). His evident concern for colour and light, and bold, confident brush strokes evoke the electric atmosphere of the bustling theatre. Such paintings by the artist are incredibly rare, as his involvement with the political activist group Étudiants Socialistes Révolutionnaires Internationalistes led him away from painting, and more towards politically-themed drawings for the covers of trade union manifestos, campaigning for workers' rights and in particular contributing to the anarchist magazine Les Temps Nouveaux.

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