Henri PILLE
Peinture d'histoire
(circa 1880)|21.50 x 35 cm|Encre|une feuille sous marie-louise et cadre
Original ink by Henri Pille depicting a historical scene, preserved under mat and gilt wood frame.
An appreciated figure in the Montmartre artistic milieu, whose work developed through history paintings and genre scenes often tinged with humor, Pille is especially renowned as a pen and ink artist. He executed numerous illustrations for publishing, notably for publisher Alphonse Lemerre, and contributed to reviews and newspapers such as Le Courrier Français, Le Rire, Le Monde illustré, Le Procope, journal parlé, Le Journal Amusant, La Vie moderne, Le Voleur and Le Petit Français illustré. He published drawings in the review of the Le Chat Noir cabaret and participated in creating silhouettes for its shadow theater performances. In his letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his admiration several times for the work of Henri Pille, whom he met during his Parisian stay between May 1875 and March 1876.
An appreciated figure in the Montmartre artistic milieu, whose work developed through history paintings and genre scenes often tinged with humor, Pille is especially renowned as a pen and ink artist. He executed numerous illustrations for publishing, notably for publisher Alphonse Lemerre, and contributed to reviews and newspapers such as Le Courrier Français, Le Rire, Le Monde illustré, Le Procope, journal parlé, Le Journal Amusant, La Vie moderne, Le Voleur and Le Petit Français illustré. He published drawings in the review of the Le Chat Noir cabaret and participated in creating silhouettes for its shadow theater performances. In his letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his admiration several times for the work of Henri Pille, whom he met during his Parisian stay between May 1875 and March 1876.
€500