Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître (1859 - 1946)
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Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître (1859 - 1946)
Born in Amiens, Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître is linked to the post-impressionist movement. His workshop in Frépillon, bordering Auvers-sur-Oise, allowed him to interact with the great masters of the city. Counting among his friends Émile Bernard, Émile Schuffeneker and Paul Gauguin during his period in Pont-Aven, he was a member of the Salon d'Automne and took part in the salon des independents.
His particular use of pointillism, a theory founded by Georges Seurat, reveals a perfect mastery of the juxtaposition of complementary colors, and makes him an unfairly unknown painter. Close to the Divisionist painters, in particular Maximilien Luce or Lucien Pissarro, he is also very imbued with impressionist theories, and very often choosing naturalistic subjects, he endeavored to always work on the motif in the open air.
The sale of his studio background comprising more than 90 works (oils on canvas, watercolors and drawings) was carried out by the Marc Labarbe Auction House on March 29, 2016.