Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry

Lot 405 Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858-1945) Cows at Pasture on a Summer Day Signed "F. Gueldry." l.r. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (54.0 x 65.4 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, abrasions, surface grime. Estimate $1,000-1,500 While the painting does not appear to be lined, there is a second layer of canvas beneath the primary canvas, suggesting that the painting was stretched over an existing canvas on its stretcher. Both layers are visible along the tacking edges, but they they are not fused together as would be expected in a traditional "lining." There are two small holes in the "inner" canvas which do not affect the painting itself. Abrasions with retouch to u.r. corner, the largest measuring 5 inches; fine craquelure to sky, mild canvas deformations to corners.

LOT 171 PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION FERDINAND GUELDRY FRENCH, 1858 - 1945 SCENE DE CANOTAGE AU PONT DE BRY signed and dated F.Gueldry 1900 lower left oil on canvas 15,000—20,000 GBP 50.3 by 60.2cm., 19¾ by 23¾in. PROVENANCE Edouard Sevin, Nogent-sur-Marne (a gift from the artist in the1910s. Sevin (1867-1956) was president of the Fédération françaised'Aviron, Secretary of the Comité des régates internationales deParis, and president of the Club nautique de Paris in 1919-1920. Helived in Nogent-sur-Marne and was a close friend of Gueldry);thence by descent to the present owner LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Michel Riousset, Les environs de la Marne et leurs peintres, LeMée-sur-Seine, 1986, p. 147, illustrated CATALOGUE NOTE The present view is of the Marne River near the Bry-sur-Marnebridge, close to where Gueldry's studio was located. To the left isthe bank of Perreux-sur-Marne, with two houses still in existence;on the right, the bank of Bry-sur-Marne.

catalogue note ferdinand gueldry was born into a well-to-do, cultured family who nurtured his artistic talent from an early age. he became a student of the renowned french painter jean-léon gérôme and made his debut at the paris salon in 1878 aged twenty. living a jeunesse doré gueldry dedicated most of his time to his two passions – rowing and painting. accordingly the first subjects of his paintings were depictions of his rowing companions from the société nautique de la marne de joinville-le-pont – a rowing club that exists to this day. rowing was very much in vogue with the upper middle classes and the bourgoisie in paris in the 1880s and 1890s. gueldry however remained faithful to the sport and throughout his career concentrated on boating scenes and depictions of races and regattas on the seine, marne and thames (he competed several times in the prestigious henley regatta). in these works he sought to depict scenes of contemporary life. paintings such as the present work therefore not only capture the conviviality of these boating events but also showcased gueldry's love of detail and accuracy in depicting the boats, rowing equipment and the colours of his fellow oarsmen. fig 1: ferdinand gueldry, bords de marne, private collection signed and dated f. gueldry. 1900 l.l. oil on canvas