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Time Stops with Henri Le Sidaner

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 22 April 2022 - 13:30 (CEST) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The paintings of Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939) are decidedly unique, with their feeling of silence, muted atmosphere, divisionist touch and warm palette. Here he takes us to Mechelen, in Belgium.

Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939), Le Canal, Malines (The Canal, Mechelen), 1931, oil... Time Stops with Henri Le Sidaner

Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939), Le Canal, Malines (The Canal, Mechelen), 1931, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm/23.6 x 28.7 in.
Estimate: €80,000/120,000

A small picturesque Flemish city rich in charm and history, with no fewer than eight Gothic and Baroque churches, Mechelen is well worth a detour. And here Henri Le Sidaner set up his easel by the Dyle river and produced an intimate, poetic work mingling Impressionism and…
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