LABOUREUR Jean-Emile (1877-1943) after Vendean... - Lot 141 - Vasari Auction

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LABOUREUR Jean-Emile (1877-1943) after Vendean... - Lot 141 - Vasari Auction
LABOUREUR Jean-Emile (1877-1943) after Vendean Cabaret Burin Signed lower left and numbered 39/65 lower right in the margin (foxing and some stains mainly in the margins) Dim. subject : 19,5 x 18 cm Size of the leaf : 32,2 x 25 cm Note : On the eve of the mobilization, Jean-Émile Laboureur lives in Paris where he paints and makes engravings. Since 1913, the evolution of his style towards simplified forms, with cubist consonances, surprises the journalists. His woods arouse the admiration of Apollinaire: "The woods of Laboureur have power, they are a little naked. The research of this artist is similar to that of the most modern painters". With the beginning of the war, this artistic impulse is abruptly broken. During the first months of the conflict, Laboureur stopped almost all artistic activity. In June 1914, his new posting as an interpreter at the rear of the Artois front strongly inspired him. As a fine observer, the artist sketches in his notebooks then engraves with the burin this war but with the difference of many colleagues, he does it in a distanced way, even going sometimes until adding a humorous note. Nevertheless, the fact that Jean-Émile Laboureur does not represent the horror of the war does not mean that he did not see it. It is a deliberate choice, and the writers he chooses to accompany his drawings adhere to this principle. His non-violent vision of the conflict leads Laboureur to draw and engrave the entertainment of the soldiers at rest, in the estaminets, the balls of the villages Posted to Saint-Nazaire only a few days after the landing of the first American contingent, on June 26, 1917, Laboureur returned to the theme of the port. Before the war, he had painted several pictures of the port of Nantes. Here, he also continued his studies on his favorite subject: the soldiers' rest. (Ref Press Kit - Jean-Émile Laboureur Exhibition from January 17 to April 25, 2015 - Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne - Nantes History Museum)
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