Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939)

The authentic poetry of Henri Le Sidaner's painting is more than ever visible in this view of the canal in Gisors. This town and its region inspired the artist for decades.

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.

Venice has always been an endless source of inspiration for painters. Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939) went there several times and brought back vaporous, poetic paintings.

Born in Mauritius to Breton parents, Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939) was 10 years old when he moved to Dunkirk, where his father had become a shipbroker. While his four sisters practiced music, Le Sidaner practiced drawing at the local school, then in Paris,...

While a panel by Dunand sold for €102,400 Friday, doubling its estimate, Witwe, an oil on canvas by Lasar Segall, created a surprise at €337,456, winning the second price in the room for the Brazilian artist. Two Nudes by Gluckmann and a view by Le Sidaner went for €117 760 and €245 760 respectively.

Henri Husson is an artist whose work is rare on the market. He is the creator of this astonishing silver bowl featuring a fish whose body disappears beneath water lily leaves and two beetles.

Put up for sale by the owners of the Chateau de l’Herbaudière in Salles-sur-Mer on June 4 near La Rochelle, a red chalk drawing by Watteau went to a French collector for €390,600. The two lovers make up the central motif of “The Embarkation for Cythera.” The same sale saw a landscape by Le Sidaner go for €296,880.

The sale of the contents of the Château de l’Herbaudière brought to light a famous drawing—the prelude to an 18th-century masterpiece—and an impressive painting by Le Sidaner.

In 1885 French artist Henri Martin discovered Venice. From this point forward the city of the Doges became a recurring theme in the painter's career, capturing its glittering colors and the majesty of its palaces.

Sold today by an art lover who was a close friend of Pierre Matisse, this large charcoal and stump drawing was a preparatory work for a painting that was never completed.