CHABAUD Auguste (1882-1955) "Le lavoir fleuri au Mas Martin, Graveson" Provence Avignon Alpilles

CHABAUD Auguste (1882-1955)

"Le lavoir fleuri au Mas Martin, Graveson" (The washhouse in bloom at Mas Martin, Graveson)

Oil on canvas,
Unsigned,
Stamp of the Auguste Chabaud studio on the back of the canvas.
Numbered by the artist's studio inventory and various numbers.

Beautiful work by Provencal master Auguste Chabaud, depicting two women washing clothes at the Mas Martin washhouse in Graveson.
This work by the Graveson painter is typical of his work, which uses a pure color palette and plays on light and contrast to depict Provence.
A basket and wheelbarrow filled with laundry can be seen at the entrance to the washhouse, in front of the flowerbeds.

Our work can be compared with another of the artist's compositions, entitled "Le lavoir fleuri", which went on sale at Damien LECLERC in Marseille on April 24, 2010.

Pupil of Pierre Grivolas at the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Avignon. In 1898, he moved to Paris to continue his studies. He attended Cormon's classes as an auditor, and frequented the Académie Julian and Carrière, where he made friends with the painter Henri Matisse.
Following the agricultural crisis in the south of France, which affected his family's property in Graveson, the painter Auguste Chabaud signed up as a pilot on a cargo ship bound for Senegal and Dahomey, in order to support himself.

From 1903 to 1906, he did his military service in Tunisia. The light and colors of Africa quickly drew him to Fauvism.
From 1906 onwards, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and then the Salon d'Automne, and from 1911 he began sculpting.
In 1913, he was drafted into the First World War. After the conflict, the artist retired to his family home in Graveson.
He continued to exhibit in Paris, notably at the Salon des Tuilleries. At the same time, he published and illustrated various works.
From 1920 onwards, he began his blue period, using pure Prussian blue, in which Provence, its interiors and its characters are brought to the fore.

His works can be found in museums in France: Aix en Provence, Arles, Avignon, Bordeaux Lyon, Nantes, Montpellier... and abroad.
A museum in Graveson is entirely dedicated to his work.

Dimensions: 38 x 53.5 cm unframed and 51 x 67 cm with its modern black wooden "caisse américaine" frame.

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