Edouard Cortès

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Don Kurtz: Portrait of Édouard Cortès, around 1905

Édouard-Léon Cortès (* 6. August 1882 in Lagny-sur-Marne , † 26. November 1969 ) was a French painter of the late Impressionism with Spanish origin.

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Édouard-Léon Cortès was a son of the Spanish painter Antonio Cortès (1827-1907). He received his first drawing lessons from him. It was also his father who urged him to continue his studies in Paris. In 1899, Édouard studied at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts under William Adolphe Bouguereau, the classical genres and the Impressionist art style. In 1901 he exhibited his works successfully for the first time in the Salon des Indépendants , which immediately earned him recognition in the artistic community.

In 1914 Cortès married Fernande Joyeuse, with whom he had the daughter Simone Jacqueline (* 1916). Actually a pacifist , when the war was raging near his hometown, Cortès reported to the French infantry at the age of 32. While on duty, he was wounded by a bayonet and taken to a military hospital. After recovery, he was supposed to use his skills for state interests, but refused. His convictions also made him reject the Order of the Legion of Honor . In the year the war ended, his wife died and he soon married his sister-in-law Lucienne Joyeuse. Cortès is described as modest; he lived a simple life with his closest friends. He died in Lagny on November 28, 1969. Shortly before his death, he received the prestigious “Antoine-Quinson” prize from the city of Vincennes. A street was also named after Cortès.

Cortès repeatedly emphasized his independence. Once he replied to a journalist who asked him if he was a student of Luigi Loir: "Non, elève de lui tout seul." ("No, just a student of myself.")

Cortès mainly painted Parisian street scenes; he often used the same motifs to depict them at different times of the year or day. He was able to create a dense atmosphere for his works, especially with the use of light and the resulting chiaroscuro effects as well as the contrast between cold and warm tones.

Interest in Édouard Cortès' works ( Parisian street scenes ) has increased steadily in recent years , and they fetch high prices at art auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie's . In a break- in in 1988, four paintings by Édouard Cortès were stolen from the Simic Gallery in Carmel , California .

Awards

literature

  • David Klein: Edouard Cortes. Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture. Klein Art Gallery, Los Angeles 1999, ISBN 0-9672343-0-1 .

Web links

Commons : Édouard Cortès  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cortès, Edouard (1882-1969) on idref.fr
  2. ↑ David Klein: Edouard Cortes. Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture.
  3. ↑ Recoveries - Edouard Cortes Paintings ( Memento from September 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Cortès, Édouard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cortès, Édouard-Léon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagny-sur-Marne
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1969
Place of death Lagny-sur-Marne