Lot 14, Samuel Mützner - Morning at Baïse (Dimineață la Baïse)* - Romanian Modern Art Evening Sale - Auctions

Morning at Baïse (Dimineață la Baïse)*

Description

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 55 x 45 cm (75 x 65.5 cm with frame)

Signed lower right, in black, "S. Mützner"

Location

Bucharest

Price realised €39,040

Estimate €35,000 - €50,000

Description

Samuel Mützner is considered to be one of the most influential painters of Romanian art. He was a post-impressionist painter who brought to Romania the culture of Impressionism, the freshness of light and colour from the West. After finishing his studies in Bucharest, Munich, Paris and Algiers, he stayed for two years in Giverny studying with Claude Monet, with whom he created pointillist landscapes.

He was the first Romanian painter of his generation to explore several continents in search of other cultures and inspiration. Mützner brought to Romania works made in countries such as Tunisia, Japan, South America and Venezuela. He had solo exhibitions all over the world, including New York. Since 1937, due to his Jewish origins, Mützner was marginalised and forced to retire to his house in the village of Șopârlița, where he focused on the landscape and the rustic atmosphere of the countryside.

In the work “Morning at Baïse” we can see the influence of Renoir. This work resembles the famous “Bord du Mer” landscapes of the father of French Impressionism. The work was made in the south of France, at Baïse, along the Garonne River, while he was exploring the south of France. The chromatics and geometry of the touches are remarkable, creating a state of perfect balance. The realism and atmosphere of the landscape are accentuated by the light that the work emanates, offering synesthetic sensations.

 

Samuel Mützner se numără printre pictorii marcanți ai artei românești. A fost pictorul post-impresionist care a adus în România cultura impresionismului, prospețimea luminii și a culorii din Occident. După ce își încheie studiile de la București, München, Paris și Alger rămâne timp de doi la Giverny studiind cu Claude Monet, alături de care realizează peisaje în manieră pointilistă. 

A fost primul pictor român din generația lui care a explorat mai multe continente în căutarea altor culturi și a inspirației. Mützner a adus în România lucrări realizate în țări precum Tunisia, Japonia, America de Sud și Venezuela. A avut expoziții personale în toată lumea, inclusiv la New York. Începând cu anul 1937, din cauza originilor evreiești, Mützner este marginalizat și este obligat să se retragă la casa sa din satul Șopârlița unde s-a dedicat peisajului și atmosferei rustice a mediului rural. 

În lucrarea “Dimineață la Baïse”, se observă influența pe care a avut-o Renoir asupra picturii lui Mützner. Această lucrare amintește foarte bine de faimoasele peisaje “Bord du Mer” ale părintelui impresionismului francez. Lucrarea este realizată în sudul Franței, la Baïse, de-a lungul fluviului Garonne, pe vremea când a explorat sudul Franței. Sunt remarcabile cromatica și geometria tușelor care se armonizează într-o stare de echilibru perfect. Realismul și atmosfera peisajului sunt accentuate de lumina pe care lucrarea o emană, oferind senzații sinestezice. 

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