La Seine au Pont Saint-Michel
1900
Maximilien Luce's impressionist view of the Seine at the Pont Saint-Michel in Paris, painted in 1900. The work captures the interplay of light and water with Luce's characteristic Neo-Impressionist technique.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
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🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Evening Auction
November 14, 2022
Estimate: $3,000,000 to $5,000,000
Lot 137
Spotted works by Maximilien Luce
Artists in conversation
Georges Seurat
French · b. 1859
Seurat pioneered the Neo-Impressionist pointillist technique that directly influenced Luce, and he similarly painted Parisian river scenes along the Seine with meticulous attention to the interplay of light on water surfaces.
Paul Signac
French · b. 1863
Signac was a close colleague of Luce and a leading Neo-Impressionist who frequently painted urban waterways and harbor scenes using the same systematic divided brushwork and luminous color theory visible in this Seine painting.
Camille Pissarro
French · b. 1830
Pissarro painted numerous Parisian urban landscapes along the Seine and its bridges during the same period, capturing the atmospheric light and bustling city environment with a similarly vibrant and structured Impressionist approach.
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