ALPHONSE QUIZET (1885 – 1955) (French)
“Le Banlieu Nord, Boulevard Serrurier, Paris”
Oil Painting on board. 18” x 21 5/8”
Exhibited Redfern Gallery, Cork Street, London, No. 66
Exhibition of Artists Work March 27th
1953.
From the collection
of P.D. Harrison Esq. Bears original
exhibition label. 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 made up primarily of Jewish immigrants, 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. L.A. Quizet is
Knight of the Legion d’honneur. Prizes include Paris Vie X…20th
February 192 He died at
Pre-Saint-Gervais (Seine) in 1955.
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