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Louis Cattiaux - Painter, Poet, Philosopher Alchemist. Magnetic Intimist Still Life, Ca 1940
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Louis Cattiaux - Painter, Poet, Philosopher Alchemist. Magnetic Intimist Still Life, Ca 1940

1920 - 1940
Description

A wonderful modernist still life by Louis Cattiaux (Valenciennes, 1904 - Paris, 1953), painter, poet, and hermetic philosopher.

Contemporary with the French Vanguards, he attained to create a personal style in which is evident a visionary substrate underlying. But Cattiaux is not only interesting because of his painting, but, above all, for his links with the Hermetic tradition, because at his artistic practice united a strong orientation towards Alchemy and the search for the Absolute. This search flowed into an encounter: The Message Rediscovered, a work composed of more than six thousand sentences or aphorisms that are much more than a study of the Hermetic tradition. He also wrote an essay dedicated to painting: Physics and metaphysics of painting. A text written with the intention of deepening, through the artistic language, in the profound mystery that hides itself beyond art (credit: arts gravis).

Ourpainting by Louis Cattiaux is painted on wooded panel, signed lower right, with further annotations on the verso. The size is 16 x 27 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
16cm (6.30")
Width
27cm (10.63")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers
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SA533558
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A wonderful modernist still life by Louis Cattiaux (Valenciennes, 1904 - Paris, 1953), painter, poet, and hermetic philosopher.
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Contemporary with the French Vanguards, he attained to create a personal style in which is evident a visionary substrate underlying.
Skippings Fine Arts

But Cattiaux is not only interesting because of his painting, but, above all, for his links with the Hermetic tradition, because at his artistic practice united a strong orientation towards Alchemy and the search for the Absolute. This search flowed into an encounter: The Message Rediscovered, a work composed of more than six thousand sentences or aphorisms that are much more than a study of the Hermetic tradition. He also wrote an essay dedicated to painting: Physics and metaphysics of painting. A text written with the intention of deepening, through the artistic language, in the profound mystery that hides itself beyond art (credit: arts gravis).

Ourpainting by Louis Cattiaux is painted on wooded panel, signed lower right, with further annotations on the verso. The size is 16 x 27 cm.

Height
16cm (6.30")
Width
27cm (10.63")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA533558
Skippings Fine Arts
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Modern french & continental pictures selected by a former french auction house expert

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Louis Cattiaux - painter, poet, philosopher alchemist. Magnetic intimist still life, ca 1940
Louis Cattiaux - painter, poet, philosopher alchemist. Magnetic intimist still life, ca 1940
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Louis Cattiaux - painter, poet, philosopher alchemist. Magnetic intimist still life, ca 1940
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  • Period1920 - 1940
  • SizeH 16 cm (6 in) x W 27 cm (11 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)
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