{"title":"Jacques BEURDELEY","description":"Printmaker Jacques Beurdeley was born in 1874 in Paris.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis father, an influential politician whose circle of friends included Puvis de Chavannes and J.A.M. Whistler, had expected his son to emulate him by studying law.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut Beurdeley's artistic talent was not to be denied; he took an entirely different path. First, he studied painting with Fernand Cormon at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where Toulouse-Lautrec was a regular visitor. Next, he studied with influential printmakers Eugène Carrière and Auguste Delâtre. His talent for transforming lines drawn on a copper plate into shimmering natural light was revealed, and his career blossomed within the medium of etching.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe formidable James McNeill Whistler would also be a profound influence and mentor. In 1903, he traveled with Whistler to London to draw and work on the banks of the Thames. From there, he went on to Venice and then to Bruges and Amsterdam. With their strong contrasts of light and dark and inventive depictions of space, Beurdeley's engravings during this time (especially his scenes of Venice and Amsterdam) have a deep affinity to Whistler's late etchings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProlific over several decades, with an equal interest in drawing city streets and pastoral scenes, his prints reveal his fine hand for nuances of seasonal light and the shimmering texture of water and stone.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeurdeley died in 1954 in Provins, the 13th-century medieval city he loved and called home. Right to the end of his life, residents fondly recalled seeing him out in the fields, working directly on his etching plates.","products":[{"product_id":"demolitions-in-lepic-street","title":"Demolitions in Lepic Street","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eDémolitions Rue Lepic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e (original French title)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eEtching and aquatint on laid \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eArches \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003epaper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eReference: Delteil 14; BN-IFF 3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eEarly state before further shading throughout, and before the edition of 25.  Scarce; and in this state, possibly unique.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eDedicated to Eugène Delâtre, who likely printed many of his plates.  Eugène’s father Auguste, regarded as one of the fathers of etching revival in Paris, was Beurdeley’s eching mentor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eOne of the artist’s earliest plates, and a Parisian subject which pays homage to Charles Meryon, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Whistler, Lalanne…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eSigned and dedicated in pencil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BEURDELEY, Jacques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40141414301895,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/JacquesBeurdeley-DemolitionsRueLepicStreet-early-dedicatedtoAugusteDelatre-EugeneDelatredetail.jpg?v=1622764181"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/jacques-beurdeley\/subject_building+subject_paris.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}