Description: The Pottery, etching, signed l/r, inscribed
l/l, 4" x 5.75" plate,
7.5"
x 11" sheet.
Condition: Excellent.
Biography: Born in Montmartre, the son of poor parents,
Brouet, worked his way through
night drawing
classes and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
He
lived in poverty as an art student
but became
well known to collectors because
of his sincerity
in portraying the street-peddlers,
gypsies,
street-musicians, beggars, and
rag pickers
in the passages and places where
they congregated.
He portrayed the dark side of
Montmartre
in a romantic rendition, closely
resembling
the etched work of Rembrandt.
In later life
he became enthralled with the
singers, dancers,
and circus life of Paris. Brouet's
sensitivity
and sympathy for his subjects,
shows an artist,
who has lived the life of the
poor portraying
his subjects from an intimate
point of view.
Not only is he acclaimed as one
of the important
etchers of Paris but he has also
etched approximately
20 plates of World War I, recognized
not
only as reliable documents, but
of intense
artistic quality. - from Born
in Montmartre,
the son of poor parents, Brouet,
worked his
way through night drawing classes
and the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He lived
in poverty
as an art student but became
well known to
collectors because of his sincerity
in portraying
the street-peddlers, gypsies,
street-musicians,
beggars, and rag pickers in the
passages
and places where they congregated.
He portrayed the dark side of
Montmartre
in a romantic rendition, closely
resembling
the etched work of Rembrandt.
In later life
he became enthralled with the
singers, dancers,
and circus life of Paris. Brouet's
sensitivity
and sympathy for his subjects,
shows an artist,
who has lived the life of the
poor portraying
his subjects from an intimate
point of view.
Not only is he acclaimed as one
of the important
etchers of Paris but he has also
etched approximately
20 plates of World War I, recognized
not
only as reliable documents, but
of intense
artistic quality. - from ETeichertFinePrints.com.
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