Lot 596: Robert Antoine Pinchon (French, 1886-1943)

Robert Antoine Pinchon (French, 1886-1943) "Le Toquesac Aout", 1912, oil on canvas, signed, dated and titled lower left "Le Toquesac Aout 1912", Robert Pinchon", retains gallery label on the reverse "Galerie Herve, 18 Avenue Matignon, Paris", and framer's label "DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas", 25-1/2" x 32, accompanied by an exhibition catalogue of the artist's work, "Retrospective - Robert A. Pinchon", Galerie Herve, Paris, 1971. Handsomely framed. Provenance: Galerie Herve, Paris. Born in Rouen to an upper middle class family, Robert Pinchon studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1905, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants in Paris, and met Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy and Maurice de Vlaminck, founders of the Fauvist movement. The work inspired him and he began incorporating bold and brighter colors in his impressionist landscapes and later was the founder of the Societe Normande de Peinture Moderne.