Ramiro ARRUE (1892-1971) Bowling in the Basque... Lot 374

Ramiro ARRUE (1892-1971) Bowling in the Basque Country, circa 1908. Gouache signed lower right. 33 x 43.5 cm These three early works were painted by Ramiro ARRUE when he was just 16. His technical and artistic mastery was already remarkable. His style was closer to that of his brother José, 7 years his senior. The subject matter was entirely Basque-Spanish. Between 1907 and 1908, Ramiro lived in Paris at 22, rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement, with his younger brother Ricardo and his aunt Matilde, at the home of an antiquarian acquaintance. He attended courses at free art academies such as La Grande Chaumière and frequented workshops in Montmartre and Montparnasse. He corresponded regularly with his older brothers Alberto and José, who remained in Bilbao. He also discovered Europe... This is essentially how most reference works on the artist begin. The chronology of his life thus begins around 1907, but without reproducing any of his early works. It wasn't until 1910, at the age of 18, that he publicly exhibited his first work at the VI Exposition d'Art Moderne in Bilbao, and 1911 for his first show at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris. These three gouaches are an exceptional testimony to Ramiro ARRUE's innate talent, to his precocious vocation as an artist in the prestigious family of which he was the youngest. In 2021, Côte Basque ENCHERES was fortunate enough to present two works dated 1908. These are once again three exceptional works that combine historical emotion and artistic quality! Provenance: Private collection from Saint-Sebastien, Spain. Bibliography: - Olivier RIBETON, Ramiro ARRUE (1892-1971) un artiste basque dans les collections publiques françaises, ed. Musée Basque, 1991. - Olivier RIBETON, Ramiro Arrue Entre avant-garde et tradition, exhibition Biarritz Le Bellevue July 8-September 17, 2017, Biarritz, 2017. - La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, vol. XI, fasc. 104, p. 112-113. - Maria de ISASI, Ramiro ARRUE Basque painter, c. a., Monaco, 2011. - José GARMENDIA and Galerie Sialelli, Ramiro ARRUE, Biarritz, 1989. - Jose Antonio LARRINAGA, Los Cuatro Arrue artistas vascos, Bilbao, 1990.