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Learn MoreFleurs à la Madeleine by Edouard Léon Cortès
- This beautiful cityscape was composed by the celebrated French painter Edouard Léon Cortès
- The oil on canvas captures the busy thoroughfare of Boulevard de la Madeleine
- Cortès is renowned for his breathtaking renderings of the City of Lights
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$68,500
Item No.
32-2053
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Description
Edouard Léon Cortès
1882-1969 | French
Fleurs à la Madeleine
Signed “Edouard Cortès” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A softly diffused glow settles over Paris in Fleurs à la Madeleine, as Edouard Léon Cortès captures the capital at the height of its evening rhythm. Set before the neoclassical façade of La Madeleine, the scene unfolds on a damp autumn night, where lamplight shimmers across rain-slicked pavement and the movement of pedestrians, flower. . .
1882-1969 | French
Fleurs à la Madeleine
Signed “Edouard Cortès” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A softly diffused glow settles over Paris in Fleurs à la Madeleine, as Edouard Léon Cortès captures the capital at the height of its evening rhythm. Set before the neoclassical façade of La Madeleine, the scene unfolds on a damp autumn night, where lamplight shimmers across rain-slicked pavement and the movement of pedestrians, flower. . .
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Edouard Léon Cortès
1882-1969 | French
Fleurs à la Madeleine
Signed “Edouard Cortès” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A softly diffused glow settles over Paris in Fleurs à la Madeleine, as Edouard Léon Cortès captures the capital at the height of its evening rhythm. Set before the neoclassical façade of La Madeleine, the scene unfolds on a damp autumn night, where lamplight shimmers across rain-slicked pavement and the movement of pedestrians, flower sellers and motorcars animates the boulevard.
The foreground is enlivened by figures gathered around carts of flowers, their vivid tones punctuating the soft palette of grays, blues and ochres. Reflections ripple across the street surface, dissolving forms into light and atmosphere. Rather than fixating on architectural detail, Cortès emphasizes sensation—the glow of storefronts, the blur of passing traffic, and the quiet intimacy of everyday Parisian life unfolding beneath an overcast sky. The result is a composition that feels immediate and timeless in its appeal.
Cortès was uniquely suited to portray Paris with such intimacy. Born just outside the city, he was immersed from an early age in a creative environment shaped by his father, Antonio Cortès, an artist associated with the Barbizon tradition. Surrounded by painters who embraced direct observation and atmospheric nuance, Cortès developed a visual language that blended realism with poetic interpretation, quickly earning the nickname of the "Parisian Poet of Painting." After exhibiting to acclaim at the Société des Artistes Français in 1899, Cortès gained international recognition, particularly in North America, where collectors responded to his evocative portrayals of the Belle Époque of the City of Light.
20th Century
Canvas: 12 1/4" high x 17 3/8" wide (31.1 x 43.7 cm)
Frame: 18 7/8" high x 24 7/8" wide x 3" deep (50.5 x 68.2 x 7.6 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, United States
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1882-1969 | French
Fleurs à la Madeleine
Signed “Edouard Cortès” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A softly diffused glow settles over Paris in Fleurs à la Madeleine, as Edouard Léon Cortès captures the capital at the height of its evening rhythm. Set before the neoclassical façade of La Madeleine, the scene unfolds on a damp autumn night, where lamplight shimmers across rain-slicked pavement and the movement of pedestrians, flower sellers and motorcars animates the boulevard.
The foreground is enlivened by figures gathered around carts of flowers, their vivid tones punctuating the soft palette of grays, blues and ochres. Reflections ripple across the street surface, dissolving forms into light and atmosphere. Rather than fixating on architectural detail, Cortès emphasizes sensation—the glow of storefronts, the blur of passing traffic, and the quiet intimacy of everyday Parisian life unfolding beneath an overcast sky. The result is a composition that feels immediate and timeless in its appeal.
Cortès was uniquely suited to portray Paris with such intimacy. Born just outside the city, he was immersed from an early age in a creative environment shaped by his father, Antonio Cortès, an artist associated with the Barbizon tradition. Surrounded by painters who embraced direct observation and atmospheric nuance, Cortès developed a visual language that blended realism with poetic interpretation, quickly earning the nickname of the "Parisian Poet of Painting." After exhibiting to acclaim at the Société des Artistes Français in 1899, Cortès gained international recognition, particularly in North America, where collectors responded to his evocative portrayals of the Belle Époque of the City of Light.
20th Century
Canvas: 12 1/4" high x 17 3/8" wide (31.1 x 43.7 cm)
Frame: 18 7/8" high x 24 7/8" wide x 3" deep (50.5 x 68.2 x 7.6 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, United States
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Specifications
| Maker: | Cortes, Edouard Leon |
| Period: | 1919-Present |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | Paintings |
| Style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Depth: | 3.0 in. (7.62 cm) |
| Width: | 24.88 in. (63.18 cm) |
| Height: | 19.88 in. (50.48 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 17.215 in. (43.73 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 12.250 in. (31.12 cm) |
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