Exhibition catalogue Maximilien Luce

Exhibition catalogue of "Maximilien Luce, Neo-impressionist - Retrospective" held at Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny, France (July 28 - October 31, 2010).

Luce adopted their technique of divisionism – the separate application of individual colors. But, far from having the detached approach of Georges Seurat, Luce portrayed the contemporary world with passion. He liked to depict violent effects of light, from the sunset on the banks of the Seine River to the new effects of artificial, urban lighting. No less lyrical are the paintings of the Pays Noir where the flames of blast furnaces set the night ablaze. Luce’s works became powerfully colorful prefiguring Fauvism. Fascinated by Haussmann’s works, he evoked the world of builders. In his later years, living in Rolleboise in the Department of the Yvelines, Luce found peace and calm and returned to more tranquil subjects.

The catalogue includes essays by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon, Aline Dardel, Bertrand Tillier and Vanessa Lecomte, and biographic information.

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