Old Man Seated, c. 1895
Victor Emile Prouvéexpand_more
Brush and black ink on tan wove paperexpand_more
Gift of Gabriel P. and Yvonne M.L. Weisbergexpand_more 2015.83.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Painter, sculptor, and decorative artist Victor Prouvé is a key figure in the development of Art Nouveau, a movement inspired by the organic forms of nature. Born in the Art Nouveau hotbed of Nancy, he and other artists there helped drive popular taste toward this new style and away from rehashed versions of historical styles. Prouvé’s Old Man Seated belongs to a group of brush drawings in which he applied ink washes with extraordinary quickness and spontaneity. In subject matter this sheet feels like a realist work, but the technique speaks to an interest in the sweeping brushwork of Asian calligraphy.
Details
- Title
- Old Man Seated
- Artist Life
- Nancy 1858–Sétif, Algeria 1943
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.83.2
- Provenance
- [Galerie Fischer-Kiener, Paris, until 1990s; to Weisberg]; Yvonne and Gabriel Weisberg, Minneapolis (1990s–2015; given to Mia)
- Curator Approved
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