Lempertz · Lot 203
Gros temps
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Gros temps
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 130200 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 100000
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Henry Moret
Born : 1856Died : 1913Documented citizenships : France
The French painter Henry Moret, born in Cherbourg in 1856 and deceased in Paris in 1913, made the Breton coastline and its islands recurring subjects. The southern coast of Finistère and Morbihan occupy a central place in his work, alongside Groix, Belle-Île, Houat and Ouessant; he also painted the English Channel and the Netherlands. One characterisation of his painting highlights a tension between Synthetism and Impressionism, two approaches between which Moret does not choose.
After studying with Ernest Coroller, he studied in 1876 at the École des beaux-arts de Paris, in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jean-Paul Laurens. He later attended Henri Lehmann’s studio, followed by the Académie Julian. He made his debut at the Salon des artistes français in 1880 with La Plage de Loqueltaz à marée basse. The following year, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français and the Salon des indépendants, then settled in Le Pouldu. He subsequently established his practice in Doëlan, where he worked under contract for the Durand-Ruel gallery. The gallery devoted an exhibition to him in Paris in 1898.
Several works held in public collections attest to the diversity of his coastal landscapes: La Chapelle du Pouldu (1889) is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest, Port Manec’h (1896) in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, and Écueils près d’Ouessant (1901) in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work was the subject of exhibitions at the Musée de Pont-Aven in 1988, and then at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper in 1998 and 2021. A monograph on the painter by Jean-Yves Roland and Marie-Bénédicte Baranger was published by Palantines in 2002.
This profile brings together identity references for Henry Moret and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
4 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Koller, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Works recorded at auction
Koller
Le Crom, baie de Douarnenez. 1911.
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Le Crom, baie de Douarnenez. 1911.
oil on canvas
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Koller
Une ferme près de Pont-Aven. 1902.
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Une ferme près de Pont-Aven. 1902.
oil on canvas
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Dobiaschofsky
In the manner of
Oil on wood
Original catalogue wording
In der Art - Manner of
Öl auf Holz
In der Art
Date to be documented
In the manner of
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
View the lot at the auction house ↗Sources and references
- Reference record
- LoC · Public domain (id.loc.gov authority metadata; link only)
- Documentary source
SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19