Adrien SEGERS (1876-1950). Rouen, the market on rue de l'Epi - Lot 77

Adrien SEGERS (1876-1950). Rouen, the market on rue de l'Epicerie and the cathedral. Oil on canvas, signed. 81 x 65 cm. Rue de l'Epicerie in Rouen was the subject of numerous paintings by Ecole de Rouen painters (Pierre Dumont, Marcel Delaunay, Léon Suzanne, Robert-Antoine Pinchon, Hippolyte Madelaine, Alfred Dunet, Maurice Louvrier . ). See exhibition catalog Ecole de Rouen, Atelier Grognard (Rueil-Malmaison, 2011) pages 86 to 95. Camille Pissarro also dedicated a series of three canvases with lighting variations to him, preserved at the Met in New York (1898). Adrien Segers, a Belgian-born artist who arrived in Rouen to escape the German invasion of Belgium in 1914. Quickly integrated into Rouen's art world, he exhibited at the 9th salon des artistes rouennais in 1915, an event in which he became a faithful participant. Between the wars, he settled in Place Saint Maclou. Producing little, his work is stylistically homogeneous, characterized by thick paste and bold colors.