ÉDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS | Rue de la Paix
Oil on Canvas
33 x 46 cms / 13 x 18 inches
Signed Édouard Cortès (lower right)
Édouard Cortès (1882–1969), the celebrated “Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture”, captures the bustle of Paris in this evocative street scene, with horse-drawn carriages, umbrellas, and glistening pavements under the rain. Known for his atmospheric portrayals of the French capital, Cortès worked in the Impressionist tradition, combining luminous brushwork with acute observation of urban life. His paintings remain enduring records of Belle Époque and early 20th-century Paris.
For most of the late 19th and early 20th centuries Paris was a bustling city at the heart of the art world, a thriving metropolis teeming with ideas and innovation that drew collectors and artists from all corners of the globe.
The celebrated French painter Edouard Cortès became the city’s lyrical recorder, capturing the delicate intonations of its light, the vicissitudes of its weather, the passing of the seasons, its market stalls, tramcars and crowded streets with Impressionistic delicacy.
“As long as I am able to get up and go to my easel,” Cortès said, “I will paint until my last breath, because I was born from and for painting.” He was, indeed, a prolific painter who found, in the many visitors to the city, a huge demand for his work.
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