Lot 1219 , Antoine Villard (1867-1934) Still life with bowl of fruit c.1907, 25.75 x 21.25in.

Antoine Villard (1867-1934)
oil on canvas,
Still life with bowl of fruit c.1907,
signed,
25.75 x 21.25in.
Estimate £600-800

First president of Salon de'Art Francais Independent, Villard studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts of both Lyon and Paris. In the early years of the twentieth century, at a time when Cezanne's work was becoming highly influential, he painted still lives and landscapes in a related manner, before developing the tougher urban realist approach for which he is better known (see Tate Collection / Villard). This work strongly suggests Cezanne's influence and is tentatively dated to c.1907, the year after Cezanne's death and the year in which the Salon d'Automne - at which Villard also exhibited - included a retrospective of his work.


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Sold for £750