Rehs Galleries Inc., a New York gallery specializing in 19th and 20th-century works of art, announces the discovery of Place de la Republique en Soir – an early Edouard Cortes that dates from circa 1905. Born in Lagny, France, on August 6th, 1882, into a family of artists, Edouard followed the family tradition and started training with his father at an early age. In 1899, at the age of 16, he made his debut at the Paris Salon with Le Labour, a painting which clearly owed a debt to both Realist and Naturalist painters as well as his father and brother. The work’s acceptance by the Salon jury signaled that the artist showed great promise. The critics agreed. Le Figaro proclaimed: “His style and his color have greatly impressed the jury. Young Cort\u00e8s did, of course, attend a good school: we all know what a talented artist his father is.” The newspaper Le Matin commented that Cort\u00e8s was “A little chap, only so high, who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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