20th century painting - Paris Montmartre - The Sacré Cœur - Painting Oil on canvas signed (DUMONT Pierre)

Biography

DUMONT Pierre (1884 / 1936)
DUMONT Pierre, born March 29, 1884 in Paris / Died April 9, 1936 in Paris

Painter of landscapes, urban landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, flowers. Expressionist.

Pierre DUMONT is one of the most original and little-known painters of the Rouen school.

Coming to Paris very young, Pierre DUMONT lived there poorly in the La Ruche district, then returned to Rouen around 1905, he painted very colorful landscapes, in a thick, greasy paste spread on the canvas as if he were sculpting his vision.

To contain his "Fauve" temperament, Pierre DUMONT entered the Rouen Academy of Joseph Delattre, then founded with artist and writer friends the XXX group which in 1909 became the Norman Society of Modern Painting.
His first paintings were marked by the influences of Van Gogh and Cézanne.

From around 1910 Pierre DUMONT began to paint the cathedral of Rouen, from 1914 to 1919 he mainly painted the streets of Montmartre, Notre Dame cathedral, the bridges of Paris and the quays of the Seine.

From 1911 to 1916, Pierre DUMONT lived at Bateau-Lavoir where he became friends with Picasso who kept a workshop there.

Pierre Dumont made his first personal exhibition at the Malpel Gallery in 1914 where the vigor and intensity of his landscapes, of Paris in particular, struck critics and the public.

In 1927 Pierre DUMONT suffered his first mental crisis, but once recovered, his exhibition at Durand-Ruel was a great success.

From 1929 Pierre DUMONT's health deteriorated and hemiplegia deprived him of his right hand; he now paints clumsy canvases with his left hand which will harm his work which, in its best period, remains to be discovered

Museums: National Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Montmartre Museum (Paris), Museum of Fine Arts (Rouen), Museum of Modern Art (Troyes)., Museum of Fine Arts (Dijon), Museum of Fine Arts (Menton), "Painting in Normndie" Collection, Regional Council of Lower Normandy, Caen, Cantal Prefecture, Aurillac, Consulate General of France, Rio de Janeiro, Petit Palais Museum, Geneva, Milwaukee Art Museum (Wisconsin).
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