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Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives

10.11.2022 - 04.02.2023

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives

10.11.2022 - 04.02.2023

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives

10.11.2022 - 04.02.2023

ABOUT

Long appreciated according to criteria having nothing to do with aesthetics, gathered under the same label while their pictorial universes differ greatly, modern Primitives have been the subject of blissful revisions for some years. Free from the primitivism that marked the first half of the twentieth century and that greatly influenced their recognition, the time has come to take another look at their work and, while trying to better understand the relationships they have had with modernity, to consider a more pictorial reading of their work. It is with this in mind that the present exhibition aims to highlight the importance of colour in the painting of some of the modern Primitives. The use of a bright colour palette, the fairly frequent use of primary colours, characterize the works of André Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Séraphine Louis, Louis Vivin, and of the one who was considered their father, Henri Rousseau.

Enlivening their canvases with a bright gaiety, this academic and simplified use of colors also invites us to wonder. Would this not be one of the reasons why the painting of the modern Primitives interested the avant-garde that much? One of the essential features of modern painting is the use of a refined palette, sometimes reduced to the primary colours applied to the canvas in large plain areas. From Paul Gauguin to Wassily Kandinsky, to the simultaneity of Sonia and Robert Delaunay – four painters whose appeal to the modern Primitives is well known – modern artists have exalted colour for colour, some even to the point of establishing the concept of “pure colour”. The exhibition Bleu-Rouge-Jaune, the palette of modern Primitives is an opportunity to analyze this pictorial originality through twenty works, some of which have never yet been shown to the public.

Marion Alluchon, exhibition curator

Marion Alluchon holds a PhD in art history and is responsible for the programming of contemporary art, design, crafts, architecture and fashion at the Swedish Institute in Paris. She is the author of a thesis on the reception of naive art, «Du Douanier Rousseau à Gaston Chaissac: la reconnaissance de l'art naïf en France et au Etats-Unis (1886-1948)» defended in 2016 at the University of Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her work focuses on primitivism, modernity and naive art, its definition, reception and its artists.

INSTALLATION VIEWS

EXHIBITED WORKS

Louis Vivin
Le marché aux fleurs
1914

Oil on canvas 46,2 x 32,2 cm
Henri Rousseau
Portrait de femme au bouquet de fleurs
c. 1900-03

Oil on canvas 18,3 x 14 cm
Louis Vivin
Le Village Breton
c. 1930

Oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm
Camille Bombois
Reflets d'automne
c. 1935

Oil on canvas 60 x 73,5 cm
Camille Bombois
La grille rompue
c. 1930

Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm
André Bauchant
Pêcheurs
1922

Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard 20 x 21 cm
Camille Bombois
Au cirque forain
1928

Oil on canvas 73,6 x 57,8 cm
André Bauchant
Deux oiseaux sur un arbre
1943

Oil on canvas 27 x 35 cm
André Bauchant
Portrait de femme en rouge aux fleurs
1927

Oil on hard panel 20 x 26,5 cm
André Bauchant
Les Promeneurs du dimanche
1928

Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm
Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Le marché aux fleurs

Louis Vivin

Le marché aux fleurs

1914

Oil on canvas

46,2 x 32,2 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Portrait de femme au bouquet de fleurs

Henri Rousseau

Portrait de femme au bouquet de fleurs

c. 1900-03

Oil on canvas

18,3 x 14 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Le Village Breton

Louis Vivin

Le Village Breton

c. 1930

Oil on canvas

46 x 33 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Reflets d'automne

Camille Bombois

Reflets d'automne

c. 1935

Oil on canvas

60 x 73,5 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - La grille rompue

Camille Bombois

La grille rompue

c. 1930

Oil on canvas

92 x 73 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Pêcheurs

André Bauchant

Pêcheurs

1922

Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

20 x 21 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Au cirque forain

Camille Bombois

Au cirque forain

1928

Oil on canvas

73,6 x 57,8 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Deux oiseaux sur un arbre

André Bauchant

Deux oiseaux sur un arbre

1943

Oil on canvas

27 x 35 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Portrait de femme en rouge aux fleurs

André Bauchant

Portrait de femme en rouge aux fleurs

1927

Oil on hard panel

20 x 26,5 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Les Promeneurs du dimanche

André Bauchant

Les Promeneurs du dimanche

1928

Oil on canvas

73 x 100 cm

MULTIMEDIAS

EXHIBITED ARTISTS

Vladimir YANKILEVSKY

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Vladimir YANKILEVSKY

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André BAUCHANT

André Bauchant spent his whole life in his native land of Touraine. He left school at 14 to work the land on the family farm. He later became a breeder, tree merchant and nurseryman, which gave him the nickname of «gardener painter».

Dur ...

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Camille BOMBOIS

Son of a boatman, Camille Bombois went through various professions, such as farm boy, circus wrestler or bobinier, before devoting himself fully to painting.

He moved to Paris in 1907 and, on his return from the war of 1914 – 1918, decide ...

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Louis VIVIN

Born in the Vosges into a family of schoolteachers, Louis Vivin made a career in the administration of the PTT (Postes Télégraphes et Téléphones). Although he painted all his life, it was only after his retirement in 1923 for his exemplary att ...

André BAUCHANT

Camille BOMBOIS

Louis VIVIN

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ABOUT

Long appreciated according to criteria having nothing to do with aesthetics, gathered under the same label while their pictorial universes differ greatly, modern Primitives have been the subject of blissful revisions for some years. Free from the primitivism that marked the first half of the twentieth century and that greatly influenced their recognition, the time has come to take another look at their work and, while trying to better understand the relationships they have had with modernity, to consider a more pictorial reading of their work. It is with this in mind that the present exhibition aims to highlight the importance of colour in the painting of some of the modern Primitives. The use of a bright colour palette, the fairly frequent use of primary colours, characterize the works of André Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Séraphine Louis, Louis Vivin, and of the one who was considered their father, Henri Rousseau.

Enlivening their canvases with a bright gaiety, this academic and simplified use of colors also invites us to wonder. Would this not be one of the reasons why the painting of the modern Primitives interested the avant-garde that much? One of the essential features of modern painting is the use of a refined palette, sometimes reduced to the primary colours applied to the canvas in large plain areas. From Paul Gauguin to Wassily Kandinsky, to the simultaneity of Sonia and Robert Delaunay – four painters whose appeal to the modern Primitives is well known – modern artists have exalted colour for colour, some even to the point of establishing the concept of “pure colour”. The exhibition Bleu-Rouge-Jaune, the palette of modern Primitives is an opportunity to analyze this pictorial originality through twenty works, some of which have never yet been shown to the public.

Marion Alluchon, exhibition curator

Marion Alluchon holds a PhD in art history and is responsible for the programming of contemporary art, design, crafts, architecture and fashion at the Swedish Institute in Paris. She is the author of a thesis on the reception of naive art, «Du Douanier Rousseau à Gaston Chaissac: la reconnaissance de l'art naïf en France et au Etats-Unis (1886-1948)» defended in 2016 at the University of Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her work focuses on primitivism, modernity and naive art, its definition, reception and its artists.

EXHIBITED WORKS

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Le marché aux fleurs

Louis Vivin

1914

Le marché aux fleurs

1914

Oil on canvas

46,2 x 32,2 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Portrait de femme au bouquet de fleurs

Henri Rousseau

c. 1900-03

Portrait de femme au bouquet de fleurs

c. 1900-03

Oil on canvas

18,3 x 14 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Le Village Breton

Louis Vivin

c. 1930

Le Village Breton

c. 1930

Oil on canvas

46 x 33 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Reflets d'automne

Camille Bombois

c. 1935

Reflets d'automne

c. 1935

Oil on canvas

60 x 73,5 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - La grille rompue

Camille Bombois

c. 1930

La grille rompue

c. 1930

Oil on canvas

92 x 73 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Pêcheurs

André Bauchant

1922

Pêcheurs

1922

Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

20 x 21 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Au cirque forain

Camille Bombois

1928

Au cirque forain

1928

Oil on canvas

73,6 x 57,8 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Deux oiseaux sur un arbre

André Bauchant

1943

Deux oiseaux sur un arbre

1943

Oil on canvas

27 x 35 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Portrait de femme en rouge aux fleurs

André Bauchant

1927

Portrait de femme en rouge aux fleurs

1927

Oil on hard panel

20 x 26,5 cm

Blue-Red-Yellow, the palette of the modern Primitives - Les Promeneurs du dimanche

André Bauchant

1928

Les Promeneurs du dimanche

1928

Oil on canvas

73 x 100 cm

MULTIMEDIAS

EXHIBITED ARTISTS

Vladimir YANKILEVSKY

Aped quas parum qui beaquae preped eum volupitae odis re culpa volor autes nesciis am inus veliquibus. Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvelEt ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel

Vladimir YANKILEVSKY

Aped quas parum qui beaquae preped eum volupitae odis re culpa volor autes nesciis am inus veliquibus. Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel Rum fuga. Et ernam, que minvel

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André BAUCHANT

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Camille BOMBOIS

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Louis VIVIN

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Louis Vivin

1914
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c. 1900-03
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c. 1930
Camille Bombois

c. 1935
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c. 1930

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