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Louis Valtat
"Fauvism is a pot of paint thrown in the face of the public. (A critic at the time)"
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The publication of a postal stamp is often a homage paid by a nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) or simple studies of stamp (224) in homage to the artists represented on our website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There is often a share of voyage in this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.
When the stamp is really emitted, the artist name is preceded of an asterisk (*). It is certain that we do not know each stamp emitted for such or such artist; do not hesitate with us to make known them!
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Originally from a rich family of ship-owners, Louis Valtat was born in Dieppe, France in 1869. Led by an artistic vocation, he takes art classes at the School of Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1887-1891, then at the Julian Academy from 1891-1892 where he meets Bonnard, Vuillard and Georges d’Espagnat. Louis Valtat regularly exhibits in the annual Parisian Salons from 1889 (Salon des Indépendants, Salon d’Automne). He travels, and in time takes many trips abroad (England, Spain, Italy, Algeria).
In 1895 with Toulouse-Lautrec he designs theatre sets. From 1895 to 1901the artists paints canvases that are close to the Nabis style; he represents interior scenes, portraits, landscapes, where arabesques define a range of color. The first solo exhibition of Louis Valtat is organized in 1903 at the Ambroise Vollard Gallery. Valtat moves closer to Fauvisme - the name does not exist yet - by freely using pure colors; it is however his desire to conserve the effect of perspective in his paintings, it’s what differentiates him. Valtat paints simplified forms, sailors, landscapes of the south of France, everyday scenes or portraits.
In 1905, in spite of the fact that he does not exhibit at the famous ‘Cages aux Fauves’ at the Salon d’Automne, he is assimilated with Fauvism. From 1897 to 1913, Valtat divides his time between Paris and Agay, in the south of France where he builds a home, there where he is continuously confronted by the violence of the red boulders and the blue sea. He also paints in Brittany and in Normandy.
In the 1920’s, then in the 1930’s, the painter uses tones that are clearer and his forms are more stylized, still painting his principal themes. In the decade that follows, the 1940’s, bouquets of flowers become his subject of predilection, a pretext for the artist to play with forms and colors. Valtat will practice wood engraving participating in the revival with Vallotton and Maillol.
In 1948, Louis Valtat becomes almost blind following a glaucoma and must stop painting. Louis Valtat dies in 1952 in Choisel, France. The Salon d’Automne will exhibit, in the same year, a premier retrospective of his work, and an exhibition that reveals the immense talent and the historic importance of this painter.
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Some were created in lithographic technic, most are simple offset reproductions. They are many those who like collecting these rectangles of paper, monochrome or in games of colours, in matt paper or brilliant, with many words or almost dumb.
We are happy also to be able to greet, by this pages, mythical galleries as those of Denise René, Louis Carré, Claude Bernard, Berheim Jeune, Maeght, Pierre Loeb and others.
Complete work(s)
Complete work(s)
*« L’œuvre peint 1869-1952 », Jean Valtat, Ed. Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1977
*« L’oeuvre complet », C. R. en préparation, Louis André Valtat, Choisel
Bibliographic track and more
To read about the artist :
- « Louis Valtat », Cat., Ed. Musée de Dieppe, 1959
- « Louis Valtat », R. Cogniat, Editions Ides et Calendes, Neuchatel, 1963
- « Valtat, rétrospective centenaire, 1869-1969 » Besson, Cat. Petit Palais, 1969
- « Louis Valtat », Jr. Walstein & C. Findlay, cat. d'expo., Gal. Wally Findlay, Paris, 1972
- « 32e Salon de Montrouge : L. Valtat… », collectif, Ed. Bordas, 1987
- « Louis Valtat dans la baie d'Arcachon 1895 », cat. d'expo., 1993
- « Le Fauvisme », Chalumeau, Collection « Découvrons l’Art », Cercle d’Art, 2004
- « L. V. à l'aube du fauvisme », cat. d'expo., Musée de Lodève, Ed. Midi-Pyrénéennes, 2011
- « Valtat, indépendant…», cat. d'expo., Musée P. Valéry de Sète, Ed. Au fil du temps, 2011
- « L. V. à l'aube du fauvisme », J. Calmont, Dossier de l'Art n°186, Ed. Faton, 2011
To read from the artist :
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Website :
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Stamp by Louis Valtat
fictional stamp
The publication of a postal stamp is often a homage paid by a nation to a place, an event, a remarkable cause or a character which count. The painters and other artists do not escape from this rule. Some are however "forgotten" of postal art. Here, gathered below (French or foreign), emitted stamps (206) or simple studies of stamp (224) in homage to the artists represented on our website. The first French stamp was emitted in 1849, England preceded us by ten years. There is often a share of voyage in this small form of shape paper. The stamp circulates, sails, flies away, it makes dream, then dream a little. M.C.
When the stamp is really emitted, the artist name is preceded of an asterisk (*). It is certain that we do not know each stamp emitted for such or such artist; do not hesitate with us to make known them!
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