Jeux Artistiques 300pc Sacre Coeur & Montmartre by Utrillo DSC05073
The favoured Holiday Destination is Paris. This jigsaw shows a 1931 painting, Sacre Coeur & Montmartre by M Utrillo (Rue l'Abreuvoir, see earlier identical view below).
A 300pc jigsaw and the first I have tackled from this classic maker beloved of Mike, Pete and Bronwen - Jeux Artistiques. Note the interrupted edge and divided corners. The jigsaw is line cut with piece shapes reflecting something of the character of the image. (See the rear - I think the four odd pieces have just lost their backing paper, not that they are replacements.)
I started with the edge pieces, which are easy to sort out but which Jeux Artistiques cutters turn into a lovely feature. Next I put in the large signature & title and moved up from the street to the buildings. Sacre Coeur came next, with the sky and I finished with the trees.
The front of this jigsaw is a bit grubby around the edges - but the quality of the cutting is sparkling, and I don't regret buying it for a second. I have a four others in my stash - two 600pc and two large ones of 1000-1200pc - and was recently given a 300pc flower study as a gift.
Maurice Utrillo: Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon (1883 – 1955), was a French painter of School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Utrillo
Utrillo was the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (born Marie-Clémentine Valadon), who was then an eighteen-year-old artist's model. She never revealed who was the father of her child; speculation exists that he was the offspring from a liaison with an equally young amateur painter named Boissy, or with the well-established painter Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, or even with Renoir. In 1891 a Spanish artist, Miquel Utrillo signed a legal document acknowledging paternity, although the question remains as to whether he was in fact the child's father.
Valadon, who became a model after a fall from a trapeze ended her chosen career as a circus acrobat, found that posing for Berthe Morisot, Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and others provided her with an opportunity to study their techniques. She taught herself to paint, and when Toulouse-Lautrec introduced her to Edgar Degas, he became her mentor. Eventually, she became a peer of the artists she had posed for.
Meanwhile, her mother was left to raise the young Maurice, who soon showed a troubling inclination toward truancy and alcoholism. When a mental illness took hold of the 21-year-old Utrillo in 1904, his mother encouraged him to take up painting. He soon showed real artistic talent. With no training beyond what his mother taught him, he drew and painted what he saw in Montmartre. After 1910 his work attracted critical attention, and by 1920 he was internationally acclaimed. In 1928, the French government awarded him the Cross of the Légion d'honneur. Throughout his life, however, he was interned in mental asylums repeatedly.
Jeux Artistiques 300pc Sacre Coeur & Montmartre by Utrillo DSC05073
The favoured Holiday Destination is Paris. This jigsaw shows a 1931 painting, Sacre Coeur & Montmartre by M Utrillo (Rue l'Abreuvoir, see earlier identical view below).
A 300pc jigsaw and the first I have tackled from this classic maker beloved of Mike, Pete and Bronwen - Jeux Artistiques. Note the interrupted edge and divided corners. The jigsaw is line cut with piece shapes reflecting something of the character of the image. (See the rear - I think the four odd pieces have just lost their backing paper, not that they are replacements.)
I started with the edge pieces, which are easy to sort out but which Jeux Artistiques cutters turn into a lovely feature. Next I put in the large signature & title and moved up from the street to the buildings. Sacre Coeur came next, with the sky and I finished with the trees.
The front of this jigsaw is a bit grubby around the edges - but the quality of the cutting is sparkling, and I don't regret buying it for a second. I have a four others in my stash - two 600pc and two large ones of 1000-1200pc - and was recently given a 300pc flower study as a gift.
Maurice Utrillo: Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon (1883 – 1955), was a French painter of School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Utrillo
Utrillo was the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (born Marie-Clémentine Valadon), who was then an eighteen-year-old artist's model. She never revealed who was the father of her child; speculation exists that he was the offspring from a liaison with an equally young amateur painter named Boissy, or with the well-established painter Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, or even with Renoir. In 1891 a Spanish artist, Miquel Utrillo signed a legal document acknowledging paternity, although the question remains as to whether he was in fact the child's father.
Valadon, who became a model after a fall from a trapeze ended her chosen career as a circus acrobat, found that posing for Berthe Morisot, Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and others provided her with an opportunity to study their techniques. She taught herself to paint, and when Toulouse-Lautrec introduced her to Edgar Degas, he became her mentor. Eventually, she became a peer of the artists she had posed for.
Meanwhile, her mother was left to raise the young Maurice, who soon showed a troubling inclination toward truancy and alcoholism. When a mental illness took hold of the 21-year-old Utrillo in 1904, his mother encouraged him to take up painting. He soon showed real artistic talent. With no training beyond what his mother taught him, he drew and painted what he saw in Montmartre. After 1910 his work attracted critical attention, and by 1920 he was internationally acclaimed. In 1928, the French government awarded him the Cross of the Légion d'honneur. Throughout his life, however, he was interned in mental asylums repeatedly.