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Georges R. Ricard-Cordingley (1873-1939) Fishing Boats setting out at Sunset (c. 1929) Signed lower left Annotated Etude and à Madame Lanson, avec mes les respectueux hommages, de G. Ricard-Cordingley, La Haye le 16 Avril 1929 on the backing of the work Oil on canvas, 26.2 x 33.2 cm Provenance: - Collection Mrs Lanson / Galerie Lanson, The Hague (1929) - Auction Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 July 1998, lot 147 - Private collection, the Netherlands Note: The French painter and traveller Ricard-Cordingley received his initial artistic training from notable figures such as J.C. Cazin and Dutch Impressionist J.B. Jongkind. In 1929 he also visited the Netherlands, where he met Mrs Lanson of Gallery Lanson in The Hague, whom he gifted this painting. "Georges Ricard-Cordingley is the only maritime artist to have begun life in Lyon. His taste for the esoteric, his writings about art, and his treatment of mist in seascapes - nuanced tones, subtle harmonies - make him a clear product of the Lyonnais school of painting. Here was a man remarkable for his discretion, finesse, and restraint in conveying feelings and emotions. Ricard-Cordingley was said to be a painter of colourful greys: hues echoed not only in the styles of the Lyonnais and London schools, but in the two cities themselves, which granted the artist his first taste of success. He would also find a niche in Boulogne-sur-Mer and Cannes. In Cordingley’s mind, the morning fog on the North Sea was linked to the evening fog on the Côte d’Azur, and his work basks in the uncertain, infinite nature that this artistic “bilingualism” so effortlessly translates into universal emotion. Different - but above all, diverse - Cordingley’s oils, watercolours and charcoals are marked by a unique artistic vision that unites them all." - Pierre Miquel (1921-2002) - art historian and Cordingley expert. * Condition report available upon request
Gerard Hordijk (1899-1958) Fête Foraine (Traveling Carnival) (1931) Signed and dated '31 lower left Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 73.2 cm Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands (since 1947), thence by descent Literature: P. Fierens, L'art Hollandais Contemporain, Éditions "Le Triangle", Paris, 1933, no. 22 (ill) Note: Gerardus Hordijk was a Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and painter. In 1927, he moved to Paris, taking up residence at Rue du Départ 26, where Mondrian also lived. In the same year, he painted a portrait of Mondrian, an oil portrait that has been in the possession of the Gemeente museum Den Haag since 1971. During his initial years in Paris, the circus, fairs and ballet performances were favourite subjects for Hordijk. The painting in our auction was created in the period 1931-1935 and is aptly titled 'Fete Foraine' (Traveling Carnival). The dark colours in this work are characteristic of the colours he used in the early stages of his career. During this period, he enjoyed more success than Mondrian. * Condition report available upon request
Georges R. Ricard-Cordingley (1873-1939) Fishing Boats setting out at Sunset (c. 1929) Signed lower left Annotated Etude and à Madame Lanson, avec mes les respectueux hommages, de G. Ricard-Cordingley, La Haye le 16 Avril 1929 on the backing of the work Oil on canvas, 26.2 x 33.2 cm Provenance: - Collection Mrs Lanson / Galerie Lanson, The Hague (1929) - Auction Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 July 1998, lot 147 - Private collection, the Netherlands Note: The French painter and traveller Ricard-Cordingley received his initial artistic training from notable figures such as J.C. Cazin and Dutch Impressionist J.B. Jongkind. In 1929 he also visited the Netherlands, where he met Mrs Lanson of Gallery Lanson in The Hague, whom he gifted this painting. "Georges Ricard-Cordingley is the only maritime artist to have begun life in Lyon. His taste for the esoteric, his writings about art, and his treatment of mist in seascapes - nuanced tones, subtle harmonies - make him a clear product of the Lyonnais school of painting. H