Henri Lebasque, Painting the Zest for Life

Published on 22 July 2020, by Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 15 August 2020 - 14:30 (CEST) - Place Franklin Roosevelt - 06400 Cannes

His soft, nuanced palette captures moments of simple happiness on the sunny French Riviera.

Henri Lebasque (1865-1937), Véranda sur la plage de Cannes (Veranda on the Beach... Henri Lebasque, Painting the Zest for Life

Henri Lebasque (1865-1937), Véranda sur la plage de Cannes (Veranda on the Beach at Cannes) or Le Bar de la plage (The Beach Bar), signed oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm.
Estimate: €30,000/32,000

The good life is Henri Lebasque's trademark. It blossoms beneath the languid Mediterranean sun, subtly illuminating his paintings. Here, his delicate shades of pink, blue and mauve dissolve the subjects by wrapping them in a sunny warmth that glows in the…

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