Léon LHERMITTE (1844-1925) The Tedder Oil... - Lot 6 - Eve

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Léon LHERMITTE (1844-1925) The Tedder Oil... - Lot 6 - Eve
Léon LHERMITTE (1844-1925) The Tedder Oil on canvas Signed "L. Lhermitte" on the lower right In a gilded wood frame Height : 54 cm Width : 38,5 cm (Framed) Native of Picardy, deeply marked by his rural childhood, his region will be his main source of inspiration. Nicknamed "the painter of the harvesters", Léon Lhermitte testifies through his works of the social life, worker and peasant. The painting "La Paie des moissonneurs" (1882) brought him the recognition of his peers and the opportunity of an international career. Often compared to Jean-François Millet, Lhermitte was appreciated by Van Gogh. The latter, in a letter to his brother Theo, wrote: "When I think of Millet or Lhermitte, I find modern art as powerful as the work of Michelangelo or Rembrandt. Like the painter of Barbizon, he sublimates the work and the arduousness inherent in the work of the fields. Our tedder, in her distant thoughts, leans on her fork. The time suspended by her posture is only a lure; partially hidden behind the haystacks, two workers symbolize the inevitable return to work. By a subtle contrast, Léon Lhermitte opposes the dreams of a peasant woman to the fatality of her existence. Her body, anchored in a reality from which she cannot escape, shelters a free and wandering spirit. Beyond a social vision, the artist offers us a heroine who is both timeless and universal. A similar work was sold at Christie's New York on April 25, 2016, lot 8, sold for $90,000 excluding fees. Literature: Le Pelley Fonteney, Léon Augustin Lhermitte. Catalog raisonné, Paris, 1991.
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