Maurice Utrillo Tempera For Auction at 888 Auctions on August 1, 2019

Maurice Utrillo French Modernist Oil Tempera Paper – August 1, 2019

Oil and tempera on paper, unframed. Featuring snowy city street, with pedestrians and buildings. Signed Maurice Utrillo botton right. Inscribed with “43” on verso. Stamped illegibly on verso. Attributed to Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955, French). PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate

Maurice Utrillo French Modernist Oil Tempera Paper – Lot 40 – Aug 1, 2019

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Maurice Utrillo

Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) was a French artist noted for his naïve yet picturesque cityscapes. Rendered in thickly troweled paint, the artist portrayed the winding streets and alleyways in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. “On a particularly boring day, I had a clever but unfortunate inspiration,” he reflected. “I seized a piece of cardboard, some tubes of tint and petroleum base—since I lacked real oil—and, confronting a typical Montmartre street corner, I suddenly found myself a practitioner of this difficult and thankless art of painting.”

Born Maurice Valadon on December 26, 1883 in Paris, France, his mother was the painter and artist’s model Suzanne Valadon. With the encouragement of his mother and his admiration for the Impressionists Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, Utrillo embarked on a career as an artist.

Largely self-taught and suffering from bouts of madness, he was referred to as one of the les maudits (the cursed) along with his friend Amedeo Modigliani. The two painters, led an alcohol-fueled bohemian lifestyle, which ultimately led to the latter’s untimely death. Utrillo died on November 5, 1955 in Dax, France. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, among others.

Auction Overview

Richmond Hill, ON – 423 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ August 1 auction featuring the finest in IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS, MODERN ART & ANTIQUES 2019-08-01.  Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.

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Monday, July 29: 10AM-5PM
Tuesday, July 30: 10AM-5PM
Wednesday, July 31: 10AM-5PM
Thursday, August 01: 10:30AM-1PM

888 Auctions continues to accept consignments on a rolling basis. Auctions take place regularly every other Thursday at the auction house.  Therefore, there are plenty of opportunities to sell rare and fresh-to-market items at 888 Auctions.

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