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Fauve Country Lane, Ca 1919 French Avant Garde Landscape Colorist Painting Rene Durey Oil on Canvas
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Fauve Country Lane, Ca 1919 French Avant Garde Landscape Colorist Painting Rene Durey Oil on Canvas

1900 - 1920
Sold 2 June 2025 · Skippings Fine Arts
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A beautifully coloured fauve landscape by Réné Durey (1890-1959) , dating from circa 1919. An influential and highly regarded artist, Durey exhibited in 1917 in the Huyghens Room, a gallery located at 6, rue Huyghens, alongside Moïse Kisling and Henry de Waroquier. He had solo shows at the mythical Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in 1919. Bernheim-Jeune had started by presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Paul Cézanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo.

From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat. The gallery became one of the centres of the artistic avant-garde.

Durey also showed his work at the Galerie Eugene Druet in 1924 , where Bonnard and Rouault exhibited in the same year. His work was collected by Jonas Netter, the great connoisseur of Montparnasse Art.

Durey was a member of the Salon des Indépendants, and had a major retrospective in Stockholm in 1948.

Two works by René Durey are in the collections of the Pompidou Centre/National Museum of Modern Art in Paris. In the UK, a work by the artist is in the Wilson Gallery and Museum in Cheltenham. His work was shown in the 1983 exhibition: "The Aura Of Neo-Impressionism" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the US.

Measuring 65 x 54 cm, our oil on canvas is signed at the lower left. The overall framed size in frame by Paris master framers Delf is 81 x 70 cm

Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Landscape Oil Painting to the 1910s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
54cm (21.26")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Reference Numbers
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SA1138373
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A beautifully coloured fauve landscape by Réné Durey (1890-1959) , dating from circa 1919.
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An influential and highly regarded artist, Durey exhibited in 1917 in the Huyghens Room, a gallery located at 6, rue Huyghens, alongside Moïse Kisling and Henry de Waroquier.
Skippings Fine Arts

He had solo shows at the mythical Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in 1919. Bernheim-Jeune had started by presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Paul Cézanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo.

fig 1. An expressionist oil painting on canvas depicts a winding country lane flanked by lush green trees under a vibrant blue sky.
fig 1. Fauve Country Lane, Ca 1919 French Avant Garde Landscape Colorist Painting Rene Durey Oil on Canvas

From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat. The gallery became one of the centres of the artistic avant-garde.

fig 2. An expressionist oil painting on canvas depicts a winding country lane flanked by lush green trees under a vibrant blue sky.
fig 2. Fauve Country Lane, Ca 1919 French Avant Garde Landscape Colorist Painting Rene Durey Oil on Canvas

Durey also showed his work at the Galerie Eugene Druet in 1924 , where Bonnard and Rouault exhibited in the same year. His work was collected by Jonas Netter, the great connoisseur of Montparnasse Art.

fig 3. An expressionist oil painting on canvas depicts a winding country lane flanked by lush green trees under a vibrant blue sky.
fig 3. Fauve Country Lane, Ca 1919 French Avant Garde Landscape Colorist Painting Rene Durey Oil on Canvas

Durey was a member of the Salon des Indépendants, and had a major retrospective in Stockholm in 1948.

Two works by René Durey are in the collections of the Pompidou Centre/National Museum of Modern Art in Paris. In the UK, a work by the artist is in the Wilson Gallery and Museum in Cheltenham. His work was shown in the 1983 exhibition: "The Aura Of Neo-Impressionism" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the US.

Measuring 65 x 54 cm, our oil on canvas is signed at the lower left. The overall framed size in frame by Paris master framers Delf is 81 x 70 cm

Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Landscape Oil Painting to the 1910s.

Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
54cm (21.26")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1138373
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An expressionist oil painting on canvas depicts a winding country lane flanked by lush green trees under a vibrant blue sky.
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  • ObjectPaintings
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleFauvism / Avant-Garde
  • MaterialOil on canvas, Wood
  • ColourGreen and Blue
  • MotifsExpressive brushwork, Bold colour palette, Winding path perspective
  • SizeH 65 cm (26 in) x W 54 cm (21 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)

Fauvism emerged in France around 1905, characterised by strong painterly qualities and bold, non-naturalistic colours applied straight from the tube to establish emotional resonance rather than representational accuracy.

Artists of this era typically utilised oil paints composed of pigment ground in drying oils like linseed, applied onto primed linen or cotton canvas stretched over wooden stretcher bars.

Authentication involves examining canvas weave characteristics, pigment composition, stretcher frame construction, artist signatures, and provenance documentation, often supported by professional art conservation analysis.

Pairing expressive, richly coloured oil paintings with minimalist, neutral walls allows the artwork to serve as a focal point, drawing the eye and adding historical depth to contemporary spaces.

Keep paintings away from direct sunlight and extreme humidity fluctuations, maintain stable indoor temperatures, and avoid touching the paint surface to prevent oils from skin damaging the aged medium.
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