Le Leuvehaven, Rotterdam
1908
An oil painting depicting the Leuvehaven harbor in Rotterdam, created by Neo-Impressionist master Maximilien Luce. The work captures the industrial maritime landscape with characteristic pointillist technique and vibrant color harmony.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
May 17, 2023
Estimate: $30,000 to $50,000
Lot 219
Spotted works by Maximilien Luce
Artists in conversation
Georges Seurat
French · b. 1859
Seurat pioneered the Pointillist technique that Luce directly employed in this Rotterdam harbor scene, applying small dots of pure color to build luminous industrial and urban landscapes with scientific precision and vibrant color harmony.
Paul Signac
French · b. 1863
Signac was a close colleague of Luce and a leading Neo-Impressionist who repeatedly painted harbor and port scenes using the same divisionist color technique, capturing maritime industrial atmospheres with comparable mosaic-like brushwork and saturated tonal contrasts.
Théo van Rysselberghe
Belgian · b. 1862
Van Rysselberghe adopted the Neo-Impressionist Pointillist method and frequently painted coastal and port landscapes with the same luminous color dots and industrial maritime settings that characterize this Rotterdam harbor composition by Luce.
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