Edmond Heuzé, French Belle Époque Signed Watercolor

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Edmond heuzé french belle époque signed watercolor

a beautiful and rare watercolour by the great french belle époque artist edmond … Read more Edmond heuzé french belle époque signed watercolor

a beautiful and rare watercolour by the great french belle époque artist edmond heuzé; it depicts with rare effectiveness a distinguished gentleman, probably an intellectual intent on leafing through a book.
the bookshop is, as written in the top right-hand corner of this small masterpiece, “la librarie des anglais”.
but what stands out in this delightful watercolour is the majestic posture of the afghan hound, waiting solemnly for its owner to choose a book\.
signed lower right "e. Heuzé"


this artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important european private collection

the painting is also protected by glass

edmond heuzé, pseudonym of edmond amédée letrouvé, born on 26 september 1883 in paris's 15th arrondissement and died in paris's 16th arrondissement on 4 march 1967[1],[2], was a french painter, draughtsman, engraver, illustrator and writer.

amédée letrouvé was born at 29 rue violet in the 15th arrondissement of paris.
he was the son of police officer victor letrouvé and émilienne tessier, a chemist, who lived in the grenelle neighbourhood.
the couple divorced in 1893 and in 1895, the heuzé family moved to montmartre.
his parents enrolled him in the local school on rue caulaincourt, where his teacher, father farigoule, was none other than the father of jules romains.
the couple separated in 1893, and amédée's mother remarried in 1897 to émile heuzé, a tailor at 11 rue custine in montmartre.
he decided to change his name at around the age of fifteen and take that of his stepfather, heuzé. A young self-taught amateur painter, he met suzanne valadon through andré utter, who encouraged him in his vocation and enabled him to frequent the artists of montmartre, including maurice utrillo.
his father-in-law wanted him to follow in his footsteps, but edmond heuzé left his father's home on rue custine to join his childhood friend andré utter in montmartre.
he then painted outdoors with david laksine, known as ‘laxine’ (1888-1911), a young russian sculptor. They moved into a garret at 8 rue cortot. They lived together for two years, until laxine joined fernand cormon's studio and committed suicide in the seine.
"after a few days, our misery became more complete and more awful.
he shared with me what he didn't have. [heuzé recounts] we waited for the moment when the concierge would leave. She had a dog; in its bowl there was still some soup left over from the day before. We jumped on this soup and ate what was left.
back home, his stepfather got him a job as a cutter at the la samaritaine department store, but he was caught leaving work to go painting and was fired.
in 1908, he discovered the paintings of émilie charmy (1878-1974), which made a great impression on him.
for around thirty years, edmond heuzé made a living from 17 different odd jobs: ‘an adventurous and colourful career’ that led his friend pierre mac orlan to compare him to jack london; noticed during an evening out dancing at the tivoli ball, nénesse-tête-de-mouton, a dancer at the moulin rouge, brought him into the moulin rouge troupe under the stage name ‘william’ as a dancer alongside la goulue, which allowed him to travel around the world.
he also became a merchant, middleman, street vendor, travelling circus manager, and tap dancer at maxim's, monico's, etc\.
discharged in 1904, he enlisted as a volunteer in 1914.
before the outbreak of the first world war, he was curator of the enamel collection of grand duke nicholas mikhailovich of russia.
after six unsuccessful attempts, he was enlisted as a guard at the clothing store of the 22nd infantry regiment, like andré utter, and drew inspiration from this for a series of paintings entitled les masques.
in 1918, after working in various jobs, he became director of the sagot gallery on rue laffitte in paris, where he sold paintings by his friends maurice utrillo, suzanne valadon, andré thomas rouault, as well as his own. The twelve paintings in the les masques series sold within the first two days.
he maintained close ties with utrillo, jules depaquit and georges tiret-bognet.
thanks to the generosity of gustave coquiot, an art dealer, among others, he was able to start painting again.
from 1920 onwards, he exhibited at the bernheim-jeune gallery and at the chéron gallery in 1923, where he presented his filles de joie (girls of joy), and was now able to make a living from his art, which he devoted to portraits, particularly in the circus world that his friend, the mime artist maurice farina (1883-1943) at medrano in 1922. He married nina bacquet, the director of the médrano circus.
he exhibited his circus paintings in 1930 at the chéron gallery.
in 1938, he won the paul-guillaume prize for his portrait of the mime artist farina.
in 1941, he bought an apartment at 38 rue ramey in paris[4] but lived at 58 rue custine from 1937 to 1963.
in 1948, edmond heuzé became a member of the académie des beaux-arts, elected to seat no. 5 in the painting section.
in 1951, he was appointed professor at the école des beaux-arts in paris to replace jean dupas, who was undergoing surgery.
according to jean-paul crespelle (1910-1994), he also became a mentor to francis carco.
in 1953, two panels[by whom?] were placed in the entrance to the moulin rouge: hommage à lautrec (tribute to lautrec) and prière aux artistes (prayer to artists), featuring portraits of piéral and edmond heuzé.
edmond heuzé died on 4 march 1967 in paris, on rue charles-dickens.


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