Adrien Jean LE MAYEUR DE MERPRES (1880–1958) - Lot 82

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Adrien Jean LE MAYEUR DE MERPRES (1880–1958) - Lot 82
Adrien Jean LE MAYEUR DE MERPRES (1880–1958) View of Venice, Sailing Boats in Front of San Giorgio Maggiore. Oil on panel. Signed “J. Le Mayeur” lower right. 47 × 55 cm. A lively view of the Venetian lagoon, with sailboats and small craft in the foreground. In the background stands the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore, one of the lagoon’s principal landmarks Compare with *The Harbour of Venice*, an oil on canvas signed “J. Le Mayeur” in the lower right corner, with a very similar composition and dimensions (46 × 55 cm), offered at Christie’s. Christie’s Note: After World War I, Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès became a prolific traveling painter. His travels took him notably to the south of France, Italy, Africa, India, Madagascar, and later to Southeast Asia. Christie’s notes that his travels between 1919 and 1927 can be traced in part through the dated paintings and gouaches he created during his stays, and cites Venice as one of the cities where the artist was able to stay long enough to study its atmosphere and light. Christie’s Venice is, in fact, a well-documented subject in his work. A view of the Grand Canal, dated and located “Canal Grande, Venice 1919,” is known, as is a “View of Santa Maria delle Salute and San Marco, seen from Le Zitelle, Venice,” bearing the inscription “Venice 1919 / J. Le Mayeur.” Christie’s Another composition, *Sailing Boats near Venice*, is dated and located “Venice 1921,” attesting to the enduring presence of the Venetian theme in his work from the early 1920s. Christie’s This work thus belongs to Le Mayeur’s European and traveling period, several years before he settled in Bali in 1932.
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