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Claude-Émile Schuffenecker: A Painter with Many Influences

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 10 July 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle du Carrefour Europe, 3, avenue de Fontmaure - 63400 Chamalières

Sometimes better-known for his close friendship with Vincent Van Gogh, Claude-Émile Schuffenecker was also a prolific painter whose style was influenced by his friendships.

Claude-Émile Schuffenecker (1851-1934), Jeune garçon au pied de la falaise, marée... Claude-Émile Schuffenecker: A Painter with Many Influences

Claude-Émile Schuffenecker (1851-1934), Jeune garçon au pied de la falaise, marée haute, Normandie (Young Boy at the Foot of a Cliff, High Tide, Normandy), oil on canvas dated 188(?), 81 x 65 cm/31.9 x 25.6 in.
Estimate: €20,000/30,000

Several of Schuffenecker's paintings from 1888 depicting landscapes of  Normandy , particularly the region of Étretat, are well-known today and often garner high bids. Produced two years after Georges Seurat's revolutionary Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande…
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Saturday 10 July 2021 - 14:30 (CEST)
Salle du Carrefour Europe, 3, avenue de Fontmaure - 63400 Chamalières
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