Gustave Adolphe Mossa

Gustav-Adolf Mossa Nice, 1883 - 1971 Couple fuyant la forêt en feu Aquarelle sur trait de crayon noir Signée 'GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA' en bas à gauche 'COUPLE MOVING AWAY FROM THE FOREST', WATERCOLOUR, BY GUSTAV-ADOLF MOSSA h: 16,50 w: 14 cm Provenance : Vente anonyme: Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Tajan, 30 avril 1999, n° 48 (adjugé 28.000 francs); Collection particulière, Nice Estimation 1 500 - 2 000 €

Gustav-Adolphe Mossa (French, 1883-1971) Clara and Robert Schumann at the Piano signed, inscribed and dated 'Gustav Adolf Mossa Niciensis Pinsit 1913' (lower left) and inscribed 'Bach est mon pain quotidien; avec lui je me declair, je renouvelle mes pensées. Je crois que c'est Beethoven qui a dit: 'Aupres de lui nous sommes tous des enfants.' (lower right) pencil, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.) Executed in 1913. Provenance with Aveline, Paris. Lot Notes Gustave Adolphe Mossa was trained by his father, who was also a painter and the organizer of the Nice carnival's floral parade. His first painting, Salome Dancing before Herod, was executed when he was only eighteen years of age. Up to World War I, Mossa's reputation rested primarily upon his watercolors, with their brilliant coloring and masterful draftsmanship. Mossa was an artist influenced by many factors. He was a Symbolist painter, influenced by the work of Gustave Moreau, Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, and Edgard Maxence. He read Mallarmé, Baudelaire and Huysmans and he was also inspired by the artists of the Quattrocento, the Pre-Raphaelites and Art Nouveau. Mossa retired from painting in 1918 and as curator of the Nice museum, he spent the rest of his life preserving the work of other artists.

Gustav Adolphe Mossa (French, 1883-1971) Clara and Robert Schumann at the Piano signed, inscribed and dated 'Gustav Adolf Mossa Niciensis Pinsit1913' (lower left); also inscribed 'Bach est mon pain quotidien;avec lui je me declair, je renouvelle mes pensées. Je crois quec'est Beethoven qui a dit: 'Aupres de lui nous sommes tous desenfants.' (lower right) pencil, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.) Executed in 1913. Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION Provenance with Aveline, Paris. Lot Notes Gustave Adolphe Mossa was trained by his father, who was also apainter and the organizer of the Nice carnival's floral parade. Hisfirst painting, Salome Dancing before Herod, was executed when hewas only eighteen years of age. Up to World War I, Mossa's reputation rested primarily upon hiswatercolors, with their brilliant coloring and masterfuldraftsmanship. Mossa was an artist influenced by many factors. Hewas a Symbolist painter, influenced by the work of Gustave Moreau,Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, and Edgard Maxence. He read Mallarmé,Baudelaire and Huysmans and he was also inspired by the artists ofthe Quattrocento, the Pre-Raphaelites and Art Nouveau. Mossa retired from painting in 1918 and as curator of the Nicemuseum, he spent the rest of his life preserving the work of otherartists.

signed and dated GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA / NICIENSIS PINXIT MCMVI l.l. oil on canvas PROVENANCE Pierre Cornette de St. Cyr, Paris Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1977 Piccadilly Gallery, London LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Jean-Roger Soubiran, Gustav Adolf Mossa, Nice, 1985, p. 160 (a photograph showing the present work in Mossa's studio; fig. 1) Michael Gibson, Symbolism, Cologne, 1995, p. 12, illustrated in colour (as Woman of Fashion and Jockey) CATALOGUE NOTEPainted in 1906, the present work is one of only a very few oil paintings Mossa executed during his lifetime.

signed, inscribed and dated judita . gustav adolf mossa / niciensis pinzit mcmiv. l.l. pen and ink and watercolour on paper exhibited paris, pavillon des arts, mossa, 1992, no. 37 (illustrated on p. 115 of the catalogue) literature and references jean-roger soubiran, gustav adolf mossa, nice, 1985, p. 52, no. 62, illustrated catalogue note executed in 1904.