His work spans a number of genres - most notably his views of the city of Paris but perhaps his most sensitive works are those from Normandy and Brittany where he painted extensively - interiors and landscapes and his works from his home in the surroundings of Lagny to the east of Paris. Including nomination in 1929 to the rank of Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, the award of the Croix d'Honneur as a Chevalier de l'Education Sociale (1931), and elevation to the rank of Chevalier of the Order des Arts et des Lettres. Cortès was the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions. As a lifelong resident of Lagny, he also set up and presided over the Groupe de Lagny. The Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Autumn and Winter Salons, and the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. Notably in Normandy, Brittany, the Champagne region and Savoy painting as he went.Ĭortès exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français (of which he became a member in 1907). Although he travelled extensively in France. In civilian life, his base was in Lagny in the former studio of Cavallo-Peduzzi. III of the catalogue raisonné of Edouard Cortes published in October 2021.Įdouard Leon Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy positions. This work has been authenticated by Nicole Verdier and will be included in Vol. The piece depicts a flower marker seller outside Madeleine Church in Paris, France on a winter's day with the bare trees visible behind the stall. His father, Antonio Cortés, had been a painter for the Spanish Royal.Ī beautiful oil on panel circa 1930 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Leon Cortes. He is known as 'Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture' or 'the Parisian Poet of Painting' because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings.Ĭortes was born on August 6, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. Èdouard León Cortés (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. Meanwhile, the effervecent and lively life of the cafes that surround it vibrate strongly with its bright lights. The monumental sculpture that symbolizes freedom and that presides over the square serves as a reference behind the tram between a light chiaroscuro. Parisian nightlife is trapped in this corner of Paris.

This work executed based on brushstrokes of long and safe strokes that make the forms vibrate with vivid color.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of original Édouard Leon Cortès paintings.Īn elegant night view of the Parisian Republic Square, with amazing light effects that catch us. Ten years after his death in 1969, the city of Lagny - where Cortès had spent most of his life - named a street in his honor. Cortès was prolific - he painted the streets of Paris and its well-known landmarks as well as majestic landscapes, interiors, boats and scenes that unfolded at Parisian harbors.

He remarked that his oil paintings, pastels and watercolors should speak for themselves. When asked about his depictions of horse-drawn carriages in the streets of Paris as well as outdated fashions - dresses and other garments that bore the hallmarks of pre-1930s fashion design, for example - he cited a fantasy he had about being able to “stop time” so that the Second World War wouldn’t have taken place.Ī humble man, Cortès refused interviews and preferred anonymity. Later, during World War II, Cortès and his family spent time in Normandy to escape the horrors of the conflict. When he was able to return to his easel, Cortès desired solely to paint peaceful scenes of France’s capital city. The artist spent time sketching enemy positions on the front lines, and this may have deepened his anti-war resolve. Cortès went on to study at École des Beaux-Arts.Īs World War I gained steam, Cortès willingly joined the French military effort even though he was a pacifist. He found success among art critics as well as the public and earned renown in France. The son and pupil of Spanish painter Antonio Cortès, his influences included Barbizon painters Constant Troyon and Henri Harpignies.Įstablishing a name for himself early on in his long career, Cortès first exhibited a painting he called La Labour at the Société des Artistes Français when he was still in his late teens. Édouard Leon Cortès is widely known for his Impressionistic renderings of Parisian promenades and rustic French hamlets.

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