Henri-Edmond CROSS (1856-1910)

Figural Studies

Graphite and charcoal on paper

18 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches; 47.5 x 35 cm
26.5 x 31 inches; 67.3 x 78.7 cm, inc. frame

Price: £4,500 GBP

Henri Edmond Cross was a French pointillist painter. He was born in Douai and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of realism, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism.

In 1884, Cross co-founded the Société des Artistes Indépendants with Georges Seurat. He went on to become one of the principal exponents of Neo-Impressionism.

He was a significant influence on Henri Matisse and many other artists. His work was instrumental in the development of Fauvism.