On the Yellow Road of a Painting by Paul Sérusier, in Brittany

Published on 21 April 2023, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 29 April 2023 - 14:00 (CEST) - 26, rue du Château - 29200 Brest

This corner of Finistère, which is full of legends and where the Nabi master lived for a long time, provided him with inexhaustible material for landscapes, transfigured here by a glowing palette.

Paul Sérusier (1864-1927), Le Chemin jaune, Châteauneuf-du-Faou, monogrammed tempera,... On the Yellow Road of a Painting by Paul Sérusier, in Brittany

Paul Sérusier (1864-1927), Le Chemin jaune, Châteauneuf-du-Faou, monogrammed tempera, 32 x 43 cm/12.6 x 16.9 in.
Estimate: €25,000/30,000

With Le Chemin jaune, Châteauneuf-du-Faou, ( The Yellow Road, Châteauneuf-du-Faou ) painted around 1903 by Paul Sérusier (1864-1927). This adherent of Synthetism once again set up his easel in this region of Brittany that so spoke to and inspired him. Situated in Finistère, the village overlooks the Aulne River and borders the only mountain range in the Celtic province: the Black Mountains, an ancient massif of hard sandstone and schist culminating in 318 meters (1043 ft.). An early member of the Pont-Aven…

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