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Lot Essay
Maithe Valles-Bled and Godeliève de Vlaminck will include this painting in the forthcoming Vlaminck catalogue raisonné being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
Vlaminck grew up in the Parisian suburb of Chatou, a town located at a point along the Seine where the river divided into channels. Vlaminck was himself an avid yachtsman and he found subjects for his painting in the bustling life along the river; more than half of the pictures he painted prior to 1915 were boating scenes.
In 1907 Vlaminck attended the special exhibition of Cézanne's paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The exhibition came one year after Cézanne's death and it was followed by a show of his watercolors at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune later that year. Vlaminck was drawn to Cézanne's intuitive analysis of landscape forms. He adapted his own version of Cézannes palette, working mainly in deep blues and greens, contrasted with earthier tones.
Vlaminck grew up in the Parisian suburb of Chatou, a town located at a point along the Seine where the river divided into channels. Vlaminck was himself an avid yachtsman and he found subjects for his painting in the bustling life along the river; more than half of the pictures he painted prior to 1915 were boating scenes.
In 1907 Vlaminck attended the special exhibition of Cézanne's paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The exhibition came one year after Cézanne's death and it was followed by a show of his watercolors at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune later that year. Vlaminck was drawn to Cézanne's intuitive analysis of landscape forms. He adapted his own version of Cézannes palette, working mainly in deep blues and greens, contrasted with earthier tones.