Sunday 2 December 2007

ART SUNDAY - MAURICE UTRILLO 3


The finest examples of this are shown throughout his White Period. In his paintings of the White Period, calm and serenity reign, enhanced by the colour white that Utrillo, better than any other painter, could modulate to such poetic effect. During this period, Maurice Utrillo was experiencing one of the happiest times of his life with his marriage to Lucie Valore in 1935 and an established career – he signed his first contract with Paul Pétridès, who was to be his art dealer until the artist’s death in 1955.

“Le Lapin Agile” – 1910 Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou

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