Lot n° 15
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Vincente DE REGO MONTEIRO (1899-1970) - Lot 15
Vincente DE REGO MONTEIRO (1899-1970)
The Carter, 1925
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and located lower right "V. De Rego-Monteiro-1925 Paris".
56 x 72 cm
Bibliography :
- Work reproduced in a press article reporting on the exhibition "Les arts en Amérique Latine" in Recife in 1957, author Géo-Charles (will be attached to the painting).
A Brazilian Modernist
Rego Monteiro belongs to the Brazilian Modernist movement, made up of artists who shared a fascination for the Parisian avant-garde at the beginning of the 20th century. He was one of its key figures, and particularly admired the Cubists, Léger, Purism and the Surrealists. The watercolor presented in this sale shows that Fernand Léger's influence continued into the 1950s. Painter, sculptor, draughtsman, poet, perfectly bilingual (French and Brazilian) and teacher, he was also a remarkable and renowned poet. In 1960, he was awarded the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, the highest distinction in French poetry.
Between Paris and Brazil
Born in Recife, his artistic career took shape in Paris, where his family settled in 1911. He attended painting and sculpture classes at the Académie Julian during the creative explosion of the Ballets Russes and Cubism. After 1918, he became one of the colts in the cubist "stable" of Léonce Rosenberg, who ran the Galerie l'Effort Moderne. After spending most of the twenties in Paris, Vincente returned to Brazil in 1930, accompanied by the journalist Géo-Charles. They organized a major international exhibition of modern art, with works mainly supplied by gallery owner Léonce Rosenberg. The exhibition "L'École de Paris au Brésil" opened in 1930 at Recife's Teatro Santa Isabel to great acclaim. The exhibition subsequently travelled to Rio and Sao Paulo. It brought together avant-garde works by numerous Cubists, Expressionists, Surrealists, Abstractionists and other renowned artists associated with the École de Paris. Géo-Charles, a friend and unconditional supporter of the artist, is a French poet and writer, founder of the Revue Montparnasse, which specializes in the arts and literature.
Le Charretier, 1925
Our painting was reproduced in a press article written by Géo-Charles, reporting on an exhibition of Latin American art, including works by the Monteiro family (Recife, 1957).
Le Charretier illustrates Rego Monteiro's cubism, with its emphasis on volumetry, which coexists with a simplification of drawing and an economy of color.
simplicity of design and economy of color. The reduced color scheme is typical, limited to ochres, rusts and grays. These colors evoke the materiality of the earth and are present in the universe of the indigenous peoples so dear to the painter's imagination (cf. Sylvia Werveck). The strange atmosphere created by the movement of a horse-drawn cart in front of a modern building, the silent ambience, the architecture with its one-way windows, give off a feeling of "disquieting strangeness". Here, too, De Rego Monteiro incorporates the innovations of European metaphysical painting. This powerful image, highly emblematic of Monteiro's art, synthesizes the alliance of plastic modernity and his South American cultural heritage.
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