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Alphonse Leon Quizet (1885 – 1955) (French)
“Caulaincourt Belleville, Montmartre, Paris”
Soft
Pencil.
6
˝” x 8 1/8” (165mm x 207mm)
Overall
framed size 14 3/8” x 15 5/8” (365mm x 395mm)
Provenance:
A sheet from one of the Artist’s early sketch books
framed
with ultra-violet filtering low reflect glass. IMAGE IMAGE
Alphonse Leon Quizet
was born in Paris on 13th March 1885 and became an important member
of the School of Montmartre. This designation refers to a group of
painters dwelling in the area of Montmartre, France in
the early 20th Century rather than a specific school of
painting. The description connotes the camaraderie of this bohemian area
of pre-war Paris and the spirit of friendship and artistic communion shared
amongst these friends who gave a multiplicity of styles to the Modernist
movement. He exhibited at the Salons de la Nationale,
the Salon des Independants
and the Salon d’Automne. He is known for his pictures of the rustic suburbs of
Paris. The titles of his pictures include Le Moulin de la Galette, Les
Fortifications, La Quinguette. He liked to paint
the Basilica and the Rue Andre del Sarte. There
he met Utrillo, with whom he stayed, and who
considered Quizet to be his guide. He also became
friendly with Leprin and Valtat.
In 1943 he executed five large decorative panels for the marriage rooms of the
town hall of Pre-Saint-Gervais. Work by Alphonse Quizet
has been acquired for the Museums of Luxembourg,
Belfort, Havre, Copenhagen and Philadelphia. Quizet is Knight of the Legion d’honneur.
He died at Pre-Saint-Gervais (Seine) in 1955.
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