Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) The Market Gardens of Paris Oil on Canas Circa 1910

Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) The Market Gardens of Paris Oil on Canas Circa 1910

MLD Antiquités Collection: This beautiful painting is not displayed in our gallery; it is preserved within our private collection.

This intriguing oil on canvas depicts a view of the market gardens of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. These gardens, now vanished, still played an essential role in supplying Paris at the beginning of the 20th century.

Our painting, in very good condition, is likely an early work of the artist. Signed in the lower left by Lucien Adrion, it dates from around 1910.

Dimensions:

Without frame: Length 31.9 inches, Height 23.6 inches

With frame: Length 35.0 inches, Height 26.8 inches

Biography:

Lucien Adrion (1889-1953):

A French painter, draftsman, and engraver, Lucien Adrion is renowned for his depictions of the countryside, French beaches, and scenes of Parisian life.

Born in Strasbourg, he began his career as a fashion illustrator before traveling across Europe. During World War I, he found himself in Berlin, where he studied under the engraver Hermann Struck. After the war, he returned to France and eventually settled in Paris.

He participated in his first major exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants in 1926.

Supported by galleries and a few collectors, he devoted himself entirely to painting, creating canvases filled with light and life, with a preference for street scenes, racecourses, and the beaches of Normandy or the French Riviera.

In 1926, with Paul Signac, he organized an exhibition of French painters in Berlin as part of the "Berliner Sezession." He subsequently exhibited in Berlin, Paris, and Los Angeles.

A retrospective exhibition was dedicated to him by the Museums of the City of Strasbourg in July 1955.

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