Gen Paul (Eugene Paul)

Declin du jour (Close of Day View of Montmartre)

Eugene Paul (Gen Paul), an original aquatint and drypoint, Declin du jour (Close of Day View of Montmartre) dates from the early 1920’s. From 1919 to approximately 1925 Gen Paul signed all his works of art with the pseudonym, ‘Paul Trelade’. Thus one clearly sees this pseudonym in the lower margin of Decline du jour. After 1925 he signed his works with the now familiar, ‘Gen Paul’, which, in fact, is another pseudonym for his Christian name of Eugene Paul. Like so many of Gen Paul’s great works of art, Declin du jour delineates a view of his native city, Montmartre. The famous Moulin de la Galette dominates the background of this beautifully rendered, atmospheric street scene. Most of Gen Paul’s earlier etchings, drypoints and aquatints were not published in specifically numbered editions. It is therefore not known how many impressions of Declin du jour were created. Most of his prints from this time, however, are quite scarce and it would thus be a surprise to know that more than forty impressions of this aquatint and drypoint were created.

Original Color Aquatint and Drypoint by the French artist, Gen Paul (Eugene Paul, pseudonym, 'Paul Trelade').

Declin du jour (Close of Day, View of Montmartre)

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Title:	Declin du jour (Close of Day, View of Montmartre)
Artist:	Gen Paul 'Eugene Paul' (Montmartre (Paris), 1895 - 1975)
Date:	c. 1920 - 1925
Medium:	Original Color Aquatint and Drypoint
Note:	Gen Paul (Eugene Paul, pseudonym, 'Paul Trelade'): A leading artist of the ‘Ecole de Montmartre’, Gen Paul was born there at 96 de la rue Lepic, which was a house painted by Vincent Van Gogh. He first worked as a furniture decorator and then enlisted in the French Army during World War One (1914-1918). He was severely wounded twice and on the second occasion lost his leg. Gen Paul then returned to Montmartre and formed a friendship with another artist who lived close by, Juan Gris (1887-1927). At about this time he was also introduced to printmaking techniques by Eugene Delatre. Apart from that, Gen Paul received no formal art training. His first exhibited painting, a view of the Moulin de la Galette, was shown in Paris in 1916.
	Gen Paul’s paintings, aquatints and etchings of the early 1920’s are often compared to the art of such contemporary Parisians as Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) and Maurice Vlaminck (1876-1958). After 1925, however, Gen Paul (Eugene Paul), began developing a unique form of expressionism that promoted a sense of motion through strong diagonals and clashing elements of abstraction and realism. Thus some art historians consider his work from this period to be a precursor of the 1950’s abstract expressionist movement. Of equal importance, his expressionism portrayed a joy of life and innovation and thus stood in opposition to the more despairing art of the twentieth century school of German expressionism and of such French expressionist contemporaries as Chaim Soutine and Georges Rouault
	Gen Paul was a regular exhibitor at Paris’s Salon d’automne and the Salon des independants from 1920 until his death. In 1934 the French government awarded him the Legion d’honneur and in 1937 he was commissioned to paint a large fresco in the Pavilion des vins de France for Paris’s International Exposition
	Gen Paul was a close friend of the novelist, Louis Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) and of the composer, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). During the 1930’s Celine requested Gen Paul to illustrate two of his most famous novels, Voyage au bout de la nuit (Journey to the End of the Night) and Mort a credit (Death on the Instalment Plan). Perhaps because of Darius Milhaud’s influence, Gen Paul (Eugene Paul), developed a strong interest in both contemporary classical music and jazz, and travelled to the United States to portray scenes of music and musicians there. Today the fine art of Gen Paul will be found in many international collections. Within Europe his art will be found in public museums in Berne and Granville and in the Musee d’art moderne de la ville de Paris.
Size:	6 x 8 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials

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Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as created by the artist between 1920 and 1925. Bearing the pencil signed pseudonym, ‘Paul Trelade’, which the artist employed during this time. Several very faint foxing marks are evident in the outer margins, else a fine, deeply printed impression with strong, unfaded colours and in excellent condition throughout. Declin du jour (Close of Day View of Montmartre) represents an important, original example of the famous Montmartre art of Gen Paul.
Subject:	Gen Paul, Eugene Paul, Paul Trelade, Declin du jour (Close of Day View of Montmartre), original color aquatint and drypoint, Ecole de Montmartre’, Moulin de la Galette, French expressionism, Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) and Maurice Vlaminck (1876-1958). Louis Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974).
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