French Hand Colored Aquatint Etching by Louis Charlot

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This ANTIQUE ORIGINAL HAND COLORED AQUATINT ETCHING is by LOUIS CHARLOT (1878-1951, France) (circa 1910). It is PENCIL SIGNED CHARLOT … Read more This ANTIQUE ORIGINAL HAND COLORED AQUATINT ETCHING is by LOUIS CHARLOT (1878-1951, France) (circa 1910). It is PENCIL SIGNED CHARLOT Lower right. It is Titled “La Saulail”.
Frame measures 15.5x13.2", sight size 11.5x9"

SEE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ON VERSO.

The COA ETCHINGS CARRYING THESE LABELS ARE GENUINE ORIGINAL FRENCH ETCHINGS IMPORTED FROM PARIS.

THE ARTIST PLACED ON THIS ETCHING THE TRIANGLE TRADE MARK ENCLOSING THE

LETTERS SLL AS A SERIAL IDENTIFICATION.

AN ETCHING IS ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL WHEN MADE BY HAND AND NO MECHANICAL PROCESS IS USED.

Louis CHARLOT (1878-1951) grew up in Autun, where there lived a tapestry-maker named Alexandre Huet. Huet was also a fairly accomplished self-taught amateur painter, who was rather like a Parisian artist in the midst of the French provinces. He taught Charlot the rudiments of painting and, most importantly, found him a job with a decorative artist. At the age of 20, Charlot moved to Paris. Léon Bonnat took an interest in him and helped him prepare for the entrance examination to the École des Beaux-Arts where he was admitted in 1898 or 1899. At the Exposition Universelle of 1900 he discovered the Impressionists and was influenced by Pissarro and Cézanne who made a lasting impact upon his work. In 1905 he went to Uchon for the first time and later set up his family home there.

Charlot first exhibited in Paris at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in 1901. He began exhibiting at the Salon d'Automne in 1906 and was accepted as a member. He also exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1911, and at the Salon des Tuileries from 1927 to 1943. He was made an Officier of the Légion d'Honneur. In 1951 the Dijon salon Ascent (L'Essor) organised a retrospective in homage to Charlot. Then, in 1976, the Musée Rolin in Autun held a retrospective exhibition of his works. See less