EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS
SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah
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Edouard Léon Cortès (1882-1969) was a French post-impressionist artist. He painted ‘the beauty of Paris’ in many exquisite variations in different types of weather and night settings, with oil, gouache, watercolour and pastel. He was called ‘the Parisian Poet of Painting’.
‘I was born from and for painting, and (I am) a student of myself only’. ‘I do nothing but paint. I stand in front of my easel at around eight in the morning; from twelve to two I eat lunch and rest, and I paint in the afternoon till dusk, because I don’t like artificial light. That gives me eight to ten hours a day to paint’.
Edouard Cortès sought to express special atmospheric qualities like mist in the air, afternoon sun, evening shadows, twilight hours, and shimmering wet surfaces. His illuminated windows shone warmly against the fading twilight. His variations of a theme contrasted the seasons, winter versus summer, morning versus noon and evenings. In spite of subdued cheer and exhilaration in his works, he lived in serenity and simplicity. He loved drawing Paris of 1930s, with horse-drawn carriages, omnibuses and fashions.
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