Roussel, Ker-Xavier. (1867–1944)
Pastorale
Oil on paper laid on panel. Signed lower right: Roussel. Cradled panel. Under UV light there are some areas which fluoresce in the sky but these appear to be due to pigment rather than restoration. Minor surface dirt; an approx. 1 inch surface abrasion in upper right corner and several less significant abrasions along top edge; framed under glass. 24.25 x 32 inches (61.6 x 81.3 cm). Framed dimensions: 32.75 x 40.25 inches.Exhibited at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris, K.-X. Roussel, October 25 - November 8, 1906, no. 7 (as Berger jouant de la flûte). Authenticated by Mathias Chivot and the great-grandsons of the artist.
Born François Xavier Roussel in Lorry-lès-Metz, Moselle in 1867, at age fifteen Roussel studied at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris; alongside his friend Édouard Vuillard, he also studied at the studio of painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888, he enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts, and soon began frequenting the Académie Julian where Maurice Denis and other students formed the group Les Nabis. He is best known for paintings of French landscapes usually depicting women, children, nymphs, and fauns in bucolic settings. (15287)
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