Léon Pourtau (1868-1898)Soleil Couchant
signed with initials and dated 'L P.93' (lower right)
oil on canvas
38.1 x 46cm (15 x 18 1/8in).
Painted in 1893注脚The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Gabriel Vallad.

Provenance
Georges Bornet, Zurich.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1990, lot 12.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 2000, lot 317.

Influenced by his friend Seurat, who was a fellow musician, Léon Pourtau (1872-1898) embraced Pointillism in his own painting, the present work being testimony to his grasp of the technique. Pourtau's career was tragically cut short at the age of twenty-five, making this work a rare example of his shimmering Neo-Impressionist oeuvre. While returning from America in 1898, Pourtau was aboard the SS La Bourgogne when it collided with a British sailing ship in dense fog, he tragically died in the accident.