Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître (1859 - 1946)
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Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître (1859 - 1946)
Born in Amiens, Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître is part of the post-impressionist movement. His studio in Frépillon, bordering Auvers-sur-Oise, allowed him to exchange 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 Indépendants.
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 unjustly little-known painter. Close to the divisionist painters, notably Maximilien Luce or Lucien Pissarro, he is also very imbued with impressionist theories, and very often choosing naturalist subjects, he strove to always work on the motif in the open air.
The sale of his studio collection, comprising more than 90 works (oils on canvas, watercolors and drawings), was carried out by the Marc Labarbe Auction House on March 29, 2016.