Edmond Lempereur immerses us on the banks of the Seine or the Marne, one of his favorite subjects. We find there his particular touch, of a great modernity which makes his works unique.
Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

Dimensions: 60 x 81 cm

With frame: 87 x 107 cm
Edmond Lempereur, a personal touch of great modernity
From Claude Monet, whom he admired, he retains his impressionist sensitivity in the treatment of light. A painter of suggestion rather than description, his drawing prefers a broad, brushed and unctuous touch where many colors intermingle. We can travel through the meanders of this very personal touch.

The palette in a range of blue, green and beige, punctuated by a few touches of bright colors.

 
The banks of the Marne or the Seine, a favorite subject for the artist
On the banks of the Marne or the Seine, elegant women accompanied by children are preparing to set off for a boat trip. A few sailboats are setting off on the water.

The painter brings the surface of the water to life with reflections of the sky, its clouds and the surrounding vegetation.
A balance is found through a play of vertical and horizontal lines. The masts of the sailboats soaring towards the sky, the surrounding trees and the characters counterbalance the wide horizontal areas of the boats, the river and the shore.
Biography
Edmond Lempereur is a French post-impressionist painter with a very particular technique.

He painted landscapes around Paris, the banks of the Marne and the Seine, racecourses, brasserie and café scenes, guinguettes, café-concerts. The artist died prematurely, at the age of 33. French painter, designer and engraver, he is a member of the Society of Independent Artists.

A posthumous exhibition of his entire work took place in 1926.

Bibliographie:
• Valentine Marcadé, “Catalogue of French artists from the I. Morozov Collection in Moscow (according to the magazine Apollon 1912)”, in: The revival of Russian pictorial art, 1863-1914, L'Âge d'Homme, 1971, p. 272.
•Gérald Schurr, 1820-1920 the little masters of painting: values ​​of tomorrow,

vol. 1, Paris, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 1986, p. 97.
• Martin Wolpert and Jeffrey Winter, “Edmond Léglise”, in: Figurative paintings: Paris and the modern spirit, Schiffer Publ., Atglen (PA.), 2006, p. 180
Museums:
• Saint Petersburg, The Hermitage Museum – Morosoff Collection preserves some of his works including Bar Tabarin (1907).
• Albi, Toulouse Lautrec museum
• Paris, National Center for Plastic Arts (Fishermen in Meulan, Fishermen).