“Painted in 1920 Matin doré demonstrates Henri Le Sidaner’s exceptional talent in conveying the optical effects of colour and light. The varying manifestations of light, reflecting on a surface or filtering through the natural environment, was a key preoccupation for the artist throughout his career, so much so that he would advise his students that ‘no landscape was worth painting if it was not enhanced by some play of light’ (R. Le Sidaner, ‘How I saw the painter Le Sidaner’ in Y. Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner – L’Œuvre Peint et Gravé, Paris, 1989, p. 9). The present work stands as a fine example of such an atmosphere, depicting the corner of a charming village gently illuminated by the sunrise. Building the composition through a dazzling array of warm and cool tones, the artist adeptly conveys the dappled effects of the golden beams as they play across the surface of the buildings and the meandering river, capturing the transience of the sunlight as it casts its rays into the nocturnal gloom. The renowned art critic Camille Mauclair termed this enchanted moment of the day as ‘Le Sidaner’s time’. A brief period, be it the morning or evening twilight, in which light has the exceptional power to create this shimmering effect (R. Le Sidaner, ibid, p. 9).”

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