Ladislas Slewinski and Roderic O'Conor: An Ode to Pont-Aven

Result EUR110,500

Published on 02 November 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 22 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Through their paintings, Ladislas Slewinski and Roderic O'Conor illustrated their impassioned discovery of Pont-Aven, strongly marked by the influence of Paul Gauguin.

Ladislas Slewinski (1854-1918), Le Petit Port à Doëlan, c. 1916, oil on canvas, 55... Ladislas Slewinski and Roderic O'Conor: An Ode to Pont-Aven

Ladislas Slewinski (1854-1918), Le Petit Port à Doëlan, c. 1916, oil on canvas, 55 x 73 cm/21.7 x 28.7 in.
Result: €110,500

Things had begun badly. A mediocre administrator, the young Polish nobleman Ladislas Slewinski was forced to flee from his father's rage after the seizure of his property. Totally penniless, he moved to Paris in 1888, attracted by the lights of a city that was also famous for its bohemian life, and enrolled at the Académie Julian.…

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