Armand Guillaumin, Loyal to Landscapes and Impressionism

Published on 12 January 2023, by Caroline Legrand

Auction on 14 February 2023 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Although the painter’s saturated colors foreshadowed Fauvism, he was among the first and most loyal Impressionists, as this 1890 landscape attests.

Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), Femme et enfant dans un paysage (Woman and Child in... Armand Guillaumin, Loyal to Landscapes and Impressionism

Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), Femme et enfant dans un paysage (Woman and Child in a Landscape), 1890, oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated, annotated on back in blue “Village allée avec femme (Guillaumin)” (“Village Lane with Woman [Guillaumin]), 82 x 65 cm/32.28 x 25.59 in.
Estimate: €40,000/60,000

Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) participated in six of the eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886. He was one of the movement’s first followers and its last representative at his death in 1927. The artist was often compared to Claude Monet until 1893, when he moved to the Creuse. His bright palette, hatched strokes and enthusiasm for open-air…

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