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Henri Lebasque
"The light becomes the color."
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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.
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En août 1937, Henri Lebasque s’éteint au Cannet (Alpes-Maritimes) où, attiré par la lumière et les paysages « pleins de charme », il s’était installé dans les années 1880. Il repose au cimetière des Anges, là encore voisin de son ami Pierre Bonnard. En hommage à sa mémoire, une aster.
"Lebasque est un artiste qui "regarde et voit ». Tel est son mérite. On reconnaît chez lui une sensibilité spéciale en face de la nature. Sa main suit avec émotion les lignes du paysage." - Copeau
"Sa palette est vivante. Elle crée. Les formes s'animent dans la lumière. L'art du dessin point servile mais évocateur, soutient l'art du coloriste qui est de la plus noble, de la plus consciencieuse sincérité." - Copeau
"Henri Lebasque est un jeune maître si justement prisé par ses toiles vibrantes et fleuries où jouent tous les prestiges de l'atmosphère et du soleil." - Albert Thomas, 1901
"La lumière du Midi délivre au paysage une certaine franchise et de ce fait, Lebasque s'essayera toujours à exprimer cette lumière par la palette." - Anonyme
"En un certain sens, sa technique est source d’intimité. L’artiste a peint d’une façon intime des scènes dans lesquelles les êtres lui sont chers." - Raymond Charmet
"L’on a souvent abusivement classé Lebasque parmi les Fauves. Son admiration et son amitié pour Matisse, Rouault, Dufy, Valtat ou Manguin, n’entamèrent en rien sa personnalité." - E. Benezit
Notes of biography
Henri Lebasque was born in 1865 in Champigné, France. He takes lessons at the School of Beaux-Arts in Anger, and then comes to Paris in 1886. He is a student of Bonnat, assists Humbert in the decoration of the Panthéon. Henri Lebasque meets Pissarro and Renoir, who he associates with and whom will have a great influence on him. Lebasque participates in the Parisian collective exhibitions: Salon des Indépendants, Salon des Artistes Français, Salon d’Automne of which he is the co-founder and stays a member until his death.
In 1893, Henri Lebasque meets Luce and Signac, and adopts pointillism for a few years. Living, in the 1900’s, in Lagny, he paints the woods of the Marne. It is from here that he discovers the south of the France that will operate as a radical transformation of his painting, modifying his sensible palette. Henri Lebasque will continue for a while vacationing in other regions (Vendée, Normandy, Brittany), but his favourite area will be between Sanary and Nice. The artist portrays the members of his family in interior or exterior decors, at the side of the river or on the beach, those that stay at length. After St. Tropez, Ste. Maxime, it is finally Le Cannet where he decides to move permanently; he is friends and neighbours with Pierre Bonnard.
Lebasque also meets Matisse, Rouault, Dufy, Valtat and Manguin, it is from Manguin whom he discovers the south of France. Henri Lebasque knows vibrant success and esteem. He works in the theatre set design of the Champs-Elysées and those of the transatlantic "Paris". In the summer of 1937, Henri Lebasque dies in Cannet.
In 1957, a grand retrospective exhibition is organised at the Musée des Ponchettes in Nice. Painter of light, colorist and designer, Henri Lebasque expresses in his art his zestful vision of life. The collection of his works put in the forefront his love of life, the beauty, serenity and the peace in which he lived.
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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.
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*« Henri Lebasque », Denise Bazetoux, Vol. I, Arteprint, 2008 All the complete worksBibliographic track and more
To read about the artist :
- « Henri Lebasque », in revue L'art et les artistes n°20, 1920
- « Henri Lebasque », Paul Vitry, Ed. Henry Floury, 1928
- « Henri Lebasque », L. Vauxcelles, cat. d’expo., Ed. Galerie O. Petrides, 1938
- « H. Lebasque », C. Reymond, A. Sarraut, cat., Gal. des Ponchettes, Nice, 1938
- « H. Lebasque, 1865-1937 » L. Banner, P. Fairbanks, Ed. Bedford Press, San Francisco 1986
- « Fenêtre sur ... », B. Bouret, cat., Musée Joseph Déchelette, Roanne, 2002
- « La lumière transfigurée » H. de la Touche, Cat. Espace Bonnard, Le Cannet 2002
- « Palette impressionniste en Méditerranée », cat., Musée de Roanne, 2009
- « H. Manguin, un fauve chez Bonnard », , cat., Musée P. Bonnard, Le Cannet, 2015
To read from the artist :
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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!
Discover all the stamps
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A tribute to Henri Lebasque
Sorry this section is only available in french for now.
En août 1937, Henri Lebasque s’éteint au Cannet (Alpes-Maritimes) où, attiré par la lumière et les paysages « pleins de charme », il s’était installé dans les années 1880. Il repose au cimetière des Anges, là encore voisin de son ami Pierre Bonnard. En hommage à sa mémoire, une aster.
"Lebasque est un artiste qui "regarde et voit ». Tel est son mérite. On reconnaît chez lui une sensibilité spéciale en face de la nature. Sa main suit avec émotion les lignes du paysage." - Copeau
"Sa palette est vivante. Elle crée. Les formes s'animent dans la lumière. L'art du dessin point servile mais évocateur, soutient l'art du coloriste qui est de la plus noble, de la plus consciencieuse sincérité." - Copeau
"Henri Lebasque est un jeune maître si justement prisé par ses toiles vibrantes et fleuries où jouent tous les prestiges de l'atmosphère et du soleil." - Albert Thomas, 1901
"La lumière du Midi délivre au paysage une certaine franchise et de ce fait, Lebasque s'essayera toujours à exprimer cette lumière par la palette." - Anonyme
"En un certain sens, sa technique est source d’intimité. L’artiste a peint d’une façon intime des scènes dans lesquelles les êtres lui sont chers." - Raymond Charmet
"L’on a souvent abusivement classé Lebasque parmi les Fauves. Son admiration et son amitié pour Matisse, Rouault, Dufy, Valtat ou Manguin, n’entamèrent en rien sa personnalité." - E. Benezit
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