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Henri OttmannCoupe aux Pêches et aux Raisins (Bowl with Peaches and Grapes)
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Henri Ottmann
Coupe aux Pêches et aux Raisins (Bowl with Peaches and Grapes)
1877-1927
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Image size: 18 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (47.2 x 39 cm)
Hand-carved gilt wood frame
Provenance
Bernard Toulblanc-Michel Collection
Exhibited
Society of the Friends of the Arts of Angers, 1924
Literature
Henry Ottmann Catalogue Raisonné, Bernard Toublanc-Michel, 2020, Lelivredart, p.87
This fantastic still life of a fruit bowl demonstrates Ottmann's skill as an observational painter, and his competency with the Impressionist aesthetic. The vibrant colours used to paint the fruit create a sense of plenitude, whilst also reflecting how Impressionist artists utilised colour - rather than shadow - to symbolise areas of light and dark. Take, for example, the grapes, which use darker and lighter shades of green to demonstrate how much light their waxy surface is reflecting. Whilst the fruit is beautiful and mouthwateringly sumptuous, the simple glass bowl is the outstanding feature of this work. Whilst it is predominantly painted in light blues, Ottmann has also used the hues of the sandy wall, the orange peaches, and the green grapes, to depict the reflective and transparent nature of the glass. Areas of very light blue are contrasted with areas of a darker shade of blue to demonstrate the crystalline quality of the glass, as well as the direction in which the light is hitting the fruit bowl. The plain background only serves to accentuate the beauty and skill of the central monolith of the fruit bowl, ensuring that the viewer's focus is kept firmly on the bountiful fruit and its vessel.
Henri Ottmann
Born in Ancenis in Loire-Atlantique in 1877, Ottmann began his artistic career as a painter and printmaker in Brussels at the beginning of the 20th century. He began his studies in 1896 at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, but was interrupted the following year when mandatory military service in the 64th Infantry Regiment forced Ottmann to return to Ancenis. Abhorring military life, Ottmann faked his own drowning in the Loire. Whilst on the run, he survived by painting and selling unsigned work. It was also during this fugitive period that he met and married Marianne Capron, with the two of them fleeing to Belgium. It was in Brussels that Ottmann’s first exhibition took place, at the Salon La Libre Esthetique in 1904.
Shortly after this, Ottmann and his wife did return to France, where he subsequently participated in prestigious exhibitions such as the Salon des Independants in Paris from 1905, the Salon d’Automne, the Salon Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries.
Despite this success at the Salons, Ottmann’s early career was marked by extreme financial difficulties. As a result, his formative years as an artist were spent painting works that appealed to collectors and commercial galleries, rather than developing his own distinct style. As he gained more success, this individual style did develop, particularly in relation to still life paintings which, alongside nude paintings, are the subject matter Ottmann is most renowned for.
Ottmann’s oeuvre before the First World War was heavily influenced by the French Impressionist movement, particularly the works of Renoir, and he often exhibited within this artistic circle of Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, and Fauves. In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artiste de la Société Moderne at the Gallery of the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. Durand-Ruel represented many prominent French Impressionist painters, including Armand Guillaumin and Henri Lebasque. In 1912, he also exhibited at the Galerie of Eugene Druet, a French photographer and art dealer whose gallery had exhibited works from Georges Pissarro, Charles Camoin, Albert Marquet, Maurice Denis and Paul Cezanne.
At the outbreak of the war, Ottmann was registered as a conscientious objector. Instead of a combatant role, he worked as a nurse for a military hospital in Ancenis - intriguingly, many of his fellow nurses were his portrait clients and patrons. During the years of conflict, he continued to produce art and hosted an exhibition at Druet’s gallery in 1917.
From 1919, Ottmann was involved in creating woodcut illustrations for the ‘Drawings and Signed Wood’ section in the Nantes-based literary and artistic magazine La Gerbe. These illustrations were displayed among others by Impressionist artists such as Paul Signac and Henriette Tirman. In the early 1920s, Ottmann exhibited at the Marcel Bernheim Gallery and the Exposition du Cercle Artistique de Bruzelles, with the latter exhibition displaying his works alongside those of Charles Guerin, Henri Matisse, Paul-Abert Besnard and Andre Lhote. Ottmann continued to exhibit to great success, enjoying shows at L. Dru and La Palette Francaise in 1926, and the Galerie Armand Drouand in 1927. His works were even exhibited as far away as Beirut, New York, Detroit, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo.
Tragically, Ottmann’s life was cut short in a car accident in Vermon in 1927. Driving to an exhibition of his works in Rouen, a burst tire caused his car to roll over in which Ottmann suffered a fractured skull and spine. After being transported in a coma to a clinic in Vernon, Ottmann tragically passed from his injuries at the young age of 49 years old. If Ottmann had not been involved in this tragedy, it is likely that his artworks and distinct style would have earned him a deservedly high reputation.
Nonetheless, Ottmann’s works can be found in many French Museums, including the Modern Museum and the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. A number of his works were destroyed during the Second World War, particularly his works in collections in Berlin, Hamburg and Nagasaki. Subsequently, the conflicts in the Middle East destroyed a large portion of Ottmann’s oeuvre, held in Beirut by collector Mr Charles Corm. Ottmann’s surviving works are largely in private collections, and are very rarely seen or sold.
- Creator:Henri Ottmann (1877-1927, French)
- Dimensions:Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 15.25 in (38.74 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU52417339622
Henri Ottmann
Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis. He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries.
In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand-Ruel together with Armand Guillaumin, Henri Lebasque and others. In 1912, he exhibited at the gallery Eugène Druet.
In 1920, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Marcel Bernheim together with Manguin, Tirman, Alexandre-Paul Canu and others.
In 1922, he exhibited at the Exposition du Cercle Artistique de Bruxelles together with those of Paul-Albert Besnard, Pierre Bonnard, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, Charles Guérin, André Lhote, Henri Matisse, Paul Signac, Maurice de Vlaminck and others.
In 1926, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery L.Dru (Paris) and at the Parisian gallery La Palette Française and in March 1927 in the gallery Armand Drouand.
He died in Vernon on 1 June 1927 after a car accident.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Nantes has a dozen paintings by the painter, including L'Étal Marseillais, L'Erdre at the bridge of Orleans and Portrait of the artist . The painting La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles is now exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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