Henri-Charles Manguin
(Paris 1874 - 1949 St.Tropez)
“La Flotte”, 1938
watercolour over pencil: 31 x 49 cm;
signed, titled and dated ’38;
dedicated ‘`a l’ami André avec amitié, Henri’
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Notes
An important representative of the Expressionist movement, and one of the most stylishly colourful of 20th century painters, Henri-Charles Manguin was a member of the Fauvism movement that sprang to prominence in 1905. In 1906 he also experimented briefly with Neo-impressionism. Because of his love of bright but not garish color, and because he preferred working on small-scale pictures, his style
of expressionism became very popular with French art collectors.
provenance
- Phillips sale 27 june 2000;
- Wolseley Fine Art, London;
- shown at TEFAF 2001;
- with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam 2012;
- a private Dutch collection
Expertise
Jean-Piere Manguin, the artist’s grand-son, 23-5-2000 (no.2P3814400M37 and stamped H136963).