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ROURE Auguste (1878-1936)
"Quais du Rhône à Avignon
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right,
Titled on the back on the stretcher by the artist,
Work by Avignon painter Auguste Roure, depicting a rare view of the quays of the Rhône in Avignon.
In the foreground, on the left, can be seen the old buildings at the foot of the Rocher des Doms. In the background, we can make out a boat moored on the quay and, in the background, La Barthelasse and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon with the Tour Philippe le Bel sketched by the artist.
An apprentice engraver at a printing works in Avignon, he was encouraged by his brother to enter the city's School of Fine Arts. A pupil of Pierre Grivolas, he took part in exhibitions organized by the Société Vauclusienne des Beaux-Arts and, from 1908, frequented the Salon des Indépendants in Paris.
In 1919, he became a professor at Avignon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts and embarked on an international career, exhibiting in Tokyo (1926) and New York (1928), as well as in Geneva, Melbourne and London.
Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm unframed and 55.5 x 64.5 cm with its modern gilded wood frame.
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Ref: 92W0ZRT8UC