Edouard Cortes (French, 1882-1969). "La place de l'Opera". Oil on canvas. 1930s?. Signed lower right. Fine condition. Inspected under blacklight. Signature contemporaneous to painting. No repairs or inpainting. Original, untouched state. Varnish slightly yellowed. Probably the original frame. This in the 9eme arrondissement, probably from the vantage point of the Boulevard des Capucines. For examples of the artist's work similar to ours, see: Noel Coret "Edouard Cortes (1882 - 1969) - Paris and French Countryside Revealed / Postimpressionist Paintings of Paris," Edmonton, Canada: The Provincial Museum of Alberta, 2001; and David Klein "Edouard Cortes: Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture," Los Angeles, 1999. Cortes was the son of Antonio Cortes, the Spanish Court painter, who was himself the son of the artisan Andre Cortes. In 1899, at the age of 16, he exhibited his first work at the Societe des Artistes Français. It was at the turn of the century, c.1900, that he began to paint the scenes that he would become most famous for: the streets and monuments of Paris. One of the more prolific artists of his time, his views of Paris are among the most telling and beautiful images of this genre, capturing the city during all its seasons for more than 60 years. His depictions of Paris were always in demand and he continued to paint them until his death in 1969. Image size: 13 x 18 in. (330 x 457 mm). Frame size: 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (470 x 597 mm). [27852] |8000| {R100}