About Charles Maurin
French · 1856–1914
organising Lautrec's first show and mentoring Vallotton, while producing Symbolist paintings and colour prints that history forgot
Museums3
Countries2
Most worksMusée d'Orsay, Paris · 3 works
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Where to see Charles Maurin
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3 works
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
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2 works
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
Palais de la Berbie, France
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1 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Charles Maurin prints
Hand-finished archival prints from Charles Maurin's body of work.
Footbath - Charles Maurin
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On the Potty - Charles Maurin
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La Petite Toilette - Charles Maurin
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Jeune Femme au Chat - Charles Maurin
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Nude Woman Combing Her Hair - Charles Maurin
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Charles Maurin
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The Slippers - Charles Maurin
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Female Nude - Charles Maurin
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Who was Charles Maurin?
Charles Maurin was a French artist born in 1856. He organised Toulouse-Lautrec's first solo exhibition, was a friend and mentor to Felix Vallotton, a close associate of Ambroise Vollard, and a regular exhibitor at Josephin Peladan's Salon de la Rose+Croix.What is Charles Maurin known for?
Charles Maurin is known for his dual mastery of painting and printmaking, making him a bridging figure between Symbolism and the 1890s revival of colour printmaking. His colour etchings and wood engravings from this period are technically accomplished and compositionally inventive, and he was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper.What was Charles Maurin's art style?
His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. One passage mentions that in 1925, Fry had finished translating an essay of Maurin on aesthetics, a study concerned with relations.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Charles Maurin's works across the following collections.
- [1] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
- [2] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
- [3] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
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