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Victor Dupont
(1873 – 1943)
Les Baigneuses
Signed Dupont (lower right)
Oil on canvas
97,3 x 130,2 cm.
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DESCRIPTION
The composition represents women bathing and lying in the shadows under the trees
by a river. The scene is inspired by the works of Puvis de Chavanne and Paul
Cézanne. The women represented may be Dupont’s wife and daughters, some of
which can be recognised in another painting by the artist The artist’s daughters in
Biarritz (see further below) dated 1925.
Comparative works
Paul Cézanne – Les baigneuses
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Victor Dupont was a successful turn of the century French painter of genre,
streetscape, portraits and interior scenes. Born on July 12, 1875 in Boulogne-sur-Mer,
He studied at the 'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lille and at the Académie de Boulogne
from 1895 to 1901. There he studied the works of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul
Cezanne, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Guillaume Appolinaire liked his work.
After integrating La Ruche, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Independants in
1903, and at the Salon d'Automne in 1904, 1906, 1907, 1913, from 1919 to 1926 and
from 1935 to 1941. He joined the Fauvists and was very involved in the artistic life in
Montparnasse and elsewhere: in 1926, many dissident painters which included Marcel
Gromaire, Bompard and André Lhote split from the Salons des Independants and
joined the Salon de l’Art Français which took place from 1929 to 1933 and was
created by Victor Dupont. Dupont's paintings often feature regal women browsing
through open air markets. He worked with his friends Georges Rouault (1871-1958),
Maurice Boudot-Lamotte (1878-1958) and Claude Émile Schuffenecker (1851-1934).
After 1918 his style becomes more classical and focused on family and religion. This
style, made popular by fellow French painter Victor Gilbert, who began exhibiting his
Parisian street scenes approximately ten years prior to Dupont's emergence. This style
proved to be very popular with the Parisian art collectors of the late 19th and early
20th centuries and this popularity continues today. His works can be found in the
Museum de L'Oise in France, Lille, Beauvais and Boulogne sur mer where a street
bears his name.
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SIGNATURE
Signature from The artist’s daughters in Biarritz
Signature from our painting
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CONDITION
Overall good condition. One slight tear due to the rubbing of the stretcher on the
canvas in the middle top has been patched. No losses of paint and no restoration to the
painting itself.
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LITTERATURE
Yann Gobert-Sergent - Victor Dupont, un Boulonnais parmi les fauves - Bulletin de la
commission départementale d’histoire et d’archéologie du pas de Calais - Tome 29 Année 2011.
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RELATED WORKS
The Artist’s daughters in Biarritz – 1925
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Walpole Fine Arts
Tel : +44 (0)77 76 178 387 – [email protected]
www.walpolefinearts.com
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Victor Dupont
(1873 – 1943)
Baigneuses
Signed Dupont (lower Right)
Oil on canvas
97,3 x 130,2 cm.
Victor Dupont was a successful turn
of the century French painter of
genre, streetscape, portraits and
interior scenes. Born on July 12,
1875 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, He
studied at the 'Ecole des Beaux-Arts
de Lille and at the Académie de
Boulogne from 1895 to 1901. There
he studied the works of PierreAuguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, and
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.
He exhibited at the Salon des
Artistes Independants in 1903, and at
the Salon d'Automne in 1904, 1906,
1907, 1913, from 1919 to 1926 and
from 1935 to 1941. He joined the
Fauvists and was very involved in
the artistic life in Montparnasse.
After 1918 his style becomes more
classical and focused on family and
religion. His works can be found in
the Museum de L'Oise in France,
Lille, Beauvais and Boulogne sur
mer where a street bears his name.
LITTERATURE
Yann Gobert-Sergent - Victor
Dupont, un Boulonnais parmi les
fauves - Bulletin de la commission
départementale
d’histoire
et
d’archéologie du pas de Calais Tome 29 - Année 2011
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Walpole Fine Arts
Tel : +44 (0)77 76 178 387 – [email protected]
www.walpolefinearts.com