{"id":467,"date":"2017-05-19T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/?p=467"},"modified":"2017-05-19T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:20:57","slug":"sothebys-european-art-may-24th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/sothebys-european-art-may-24th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby’s European Art, May 24th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sotheby’s New York on York Avenue holds its annual auction<\/a> of miscellaneous “European art” on Wednesday May 24th. Items include works from “the most celebrated artists of the era, including William Bouguereau, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jean-L\u00e9on G\u00e9r\u00f4me and Henri Gervex.” Era appears to be 19th century.<\/p>\n

G\u00e9r\u00f4me, who did this fighting-cock piece in 1846, is thus described on the website<\/a> for the Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay:<\/p>\n

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Naked Greeks with Chickens<\/p><\/div>\n

In the “Neo-Grec” style, characterised by a taste for meticulous finish, pale colours and smooth brushwork, G\u00e9r\u00f4me portrays a couple of near-naked adolescents at the foot of a fountain. Their youthfulness contrasts with the battered profile of the Sphinx in the background. The same opposition is found between the luxuriant vegetation and the dead branches on the ground, and in the fight between the two roosters, one of which is doomed to die.<\/p>\n

In the chorus of praise for the work, few commentators noticed the artist’s disillusioned attitude. Hardly anyone but Baudelaire criticised the canvas, calling G\u00e9r\u00f4me the leader of the “meticulous school”, and finding him weak and artificial. The public preferred the opinion of Th\u00e9ophile Gautier who saw in The Cock Fight<\/span> “wonders of drawing, action and colour”. At the age of twenty-three, G\u00e9r\u00f4me therefore made a brilliant entry into the art world and thereafter pursued the official career he had planned for himself, punctuated with honours and rewards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whichever, it appears the Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay is getting rid of it, and now’s your chance to hang it over your mantlepiece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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