{"title":"George BOTTINI","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeoges Bottini (1874-1907), lived most of his adult life in poverty, despite being a well-known dandy of the Parisian art scene.  He went as far as to anglicize his birthname of Georges Alfred Bottini.  Son of an immigrant Italian hairdresser, he did odd jobs to sustain himself after high school, eventually landing in the studio of Fernand Cormon, as so many other aspiring artists in the French capital at the end of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century.  He seemingly also apprenticed with Annibale Gatti prior to that, and in 1894 found his first artistic recognition thanks to a show at the shop of art dealer Edouard Kleinmann, who also published some of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottini was mostly self-taught and developed his own style, which is quite unique.  Simplifying figures, which have naïve traits, he often depicted complex interiors or street scenes.  He built his images with multiple grounds and unusual, foreshortened perspectives, reminiscent of Italian Renaissance Masters, which he greatly admired.  Known to be depressive, he did eventually die interned in mental health facility.  He left behind a few dozen oil paintings, about two hundred watercolors and a few dozen prints, etchings, woodcuts and lithographs, mostly in color, but sometimes also monochromatic.  He often collaborated with Harry van der Zee for the creation of his woodcuts.  In his oeuvre figures dominate his café and street scenes, as well as his many bordello images, and assorted cabaret depictions.  In most elegantly dressed or undressed dandies seem to be having a good time.  After all, depressive or not, it was the Belle Epoque.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-shop-window-of-print-dealer-edmond-sagot","title":"The Shop Window of Print Dealer Edmond Sagot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Vitrine de Sagot \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eor \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdresse Sagot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (original French titles)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sagot Address \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eor \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSagot’s Lithography Gallery \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(alternate English titles)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor lithograph on smooth wove paper.\u003cbr\u003eReference: Southard 27.\u003cbr\u003eThere was a signed edition with remarque.  This impression from the regular edition, without the remarque (and to the best of our knowledge, generally unsigned).  Both states, for which exact editions are not known, have become scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery faint and unobtrusive toning inside a prior mat widow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis iconic image of the print trade was reproduced on the cover of the catalog raisonné of the prints, by Edna Carter Southard.  Edmond Sagot is credited for inventing the poster trade.  He was the first print dealer to catalog these commercial color lithographs adorning Parisian walls and Morris Columns, and to sell them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOTTINI, George","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31389667196970,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/GeorgeBottini-LaVitrinedeSagot-AdresseSagot-EdmondSagot-colorlithograph-detail.jpg?v=1585056373"},{"product_id":"at-the-english-bar","title":"At the English Bar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAu Bar Anglais \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(original French title)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLithograph with hand coloring on a large sheet of simili-japon.\u003cbr\u003eReference: related Southard 23, 31 and 32.\u003cbr\u003eEdition unknown.  Certainly small, possibly unique.  Obviously unique as such.\u003cbr\u003eSigned and dated \"99\" in the image.\u003cbr\u003eSigned \"George Bottini\" and dedicated \"pour mon ami F. 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