21½" x 25½"/ 54 x 65 cms
Oil on Canvas

As a young man Wintz became a key figure in the Parisian artistic circles of the early twentieth century, dividing his time between Paris and Brittany, occasionally travelling further afield to coastal towns such as Saint Tropez in the South of France. Drawn to the beauty of the Brittany landscape and the unique quality of light, Wintz delighted in the picturesque coastal landscape of the region, particularly in the Finistère department; there he would capture idyllic seascapes and charming river estuaries bathed in sunshine. Brightly coloured fishing boats and dinghies sway in the gentle breeze, waves rippling around their hulls, whilst the local Breton fishermen and bigoudènes in traditional dress mend fishing nets and go about their everyday business.

Amongst Wintz’ most popular subjects are his delicately posed window and balcony scenes which allowed the artist to combine an interior and exterior setting within a single composition. This motif dates back to Renaissance traditions but was brought to the forefront of the twentieth century artistic imagination by Henri Matisse. Matisse exploited the window’s intrinsic duality - at once an opening and a barrier - to generate a tension between illusionistic depth and modernist flatness. Wintz’ interiors are simplistic, and he focuses

the attention on the window or doorframe by placing a vase of vibrantly coloured flowers on a table or a windowsill providing a focus to the view beyond. Outside, boats sway in the quiet fishing ports and brightly coloured sails appear far out to sea on the horizon as Breton figures pass by bathed in the warm sunshine of a summer’s day. The delicate balance between the interior and exterior of these charming paintings celebrate, with arresting spontaneity, the warmth and brilliance of a Breton ‘room with a view’.

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