Fine Art Poster
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A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
Bathroom (La Toilette) - Charles Maurin
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Description
A fine art print of Charles Maurin's aquatint, depicting a woman in a domestic interior with a focus on tonal texture and colour.
Charles Maurin, a French artist associated with the Symbolist movement, produced this work during the late nineteenth century. The image depicts a woman in a private interior, captured in a moment of personal grooming. Maurin employs the aquatint technique to create soft, atmospheric textures that define the domestic space. The composition balances the figure against a patterned wall and a deep red armchair, which provides a strong colour contrast to the pale tones of the subject. Maurin was known for his technical experimentation with printmaking, particularly his mastery of colour aquatint. This work demonstrates his ability to render light and shadow through granular tonal variations rather than sharp outlines. The subject matter reflects the period interest in intimate, everyday scenes, often referred to as 'intimisme'. The presence of the small cat resting on the armchair adds a quiet, domestic detail to the scene, grounding the composition in a recognisable reality. The artist's approach to the figure is restrained, focusing on the curve of the back and the drape of the fabric. The wall behind the figure features a subtle, repeating motif, which flattens the pictorial space and draws attention to the foreground elements. Maurin's work often occupied a space between the decorative and the psychological, using colour to evoke a specific mood within the room. This print is a representative example of his contribution to the graphic arts in fin-de-siècle France, showing his technical precision and his preference for domestic subjects.
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Bathroom (La Toilette) - Charles Maurin
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Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Charles Maurin
Maurin organised Toulouse-Lautrec's first solo exhibition, in 1893. He 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. Despite these connections to the centre of Post-Impressionist and Symbolist Paris, he remains almost unknown today, overshadowed by the artists he championed.
He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in 1856. The Prix Crozatier funded his move to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre and at the Academie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon from 1883 and participated in the Rose+Croix exhibitions between 1892 and 1897.
His dual mastery of painting and printmaking made 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. His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. He was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper, and his technical innovations influenced the next generation of French printmakers. He died in 1914, at fifty-eight, on the eve of the war that would scatter the world he had helped build.
He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in 1856. The Prix Crozatier funded his move to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre and at the Academie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon from 1883 and participated in the Rose+Croix exhibitions between 1892 and 1897.
His dual mastery of painting and printmaking made 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. His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. He was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper, and his technical innovations influenced the next generation of French printmakers. He died in 1914, at fifty-eight, on the eve of the war that would scatter the world he had helped build.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
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The same fine art print in a solid wood frame with UV-protective acrylic glaze and rigid backing. Five frame colours. Arrives ready to hang.
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A deeper solid wood frame: 33mm deep with a 20mm face and Perspex glaze. The print sits unmounted for a clean gallery presentation. Black, white or natural.
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Hand-stretched canvas with neat gallery-wrapped edges, giving the artwork surface texture and depth. Arrives ready to hang.
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Stretched canvas set in a floating wood frame, our most substantial finish. Arrives ready to hang.
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Artist Biography
Charles Maurin
Maurin organised Toulouse-Lautrec's first solo exhibition, in 1893. He 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. Despite these connections to the centre of Post-Impressionist and Symbolist Paris, he remains almost unknown today, overshadowed by the artists he championed.
He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in 1856. The Prix Crozatier funded his move to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre and at the Academie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon from 1883 and participated in the Rose+Croix exhibitions between 1892 and 1897.
His dual mastery of painting and printmaking made 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. His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. He was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper, and his technical innovations influenced the next generation of French printmakers. He died in 1914, at fifty-eight, on the eve of the war that would scatter the world he had helped build.
He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in 1856. The Prix Crozatier funded his move to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre and at the Academie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon from 1883 and participated in the Rose+Croix exhibitions between 1892 and 1897.
His dual mastery of painting and printmaking made 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. His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. He was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper, and his technical innovations influenced the next generation of French printmakers. He died in 1914, at fifty-eight, on the eve of the war that would scatter the world he had helped build.
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