Cesar A. Villacres
Paris Street Scene
Cesar A. Villacres
Ecuadorian, 1880 - 1941
Oil on Canvas
24 x 36 in. (61.0 x 91.4 cm)
A bustling Parisian boulevard scene, lined with cafés and trees in autumnal color, with pedestrians, umbrellas, and vintage automobiles animating the street under a crisp, pale sky. The warmer palette here departs from Villacrés’s more typical silvery grey tonalities, showing a broader range within his Parisian street-scene subjects than is usually credited to him.
Why it matters: At 24 x 36 in., this is among the larger documented Villacrés canvases to come to market — most of his Paris street scenes trade in smaller, cabinet-sized formats. Paired with the gallery’s Paris in Winter, it offers collectors a rare opportunity to acquire two substantial, large-format examples of his signature subject from the same source.
Cesar A. Villacrés (1880–1941)
Born in Ecuador in 1880, Cesar Villacrés was a School of Paris painter who worked between South America and France, exhibiting in several European Salons during his career. He is best known for his impressionist Parisian street and boulevard scenes, painted with a distinctive sensitivity to atmosphere and rendered most often in quiet, silvery grey overtones that set his work apart within the broader School of Paris. Villacrés was also a prolific painter of his native Ecuador, producing mountain landscapes — including views of Chimborazo and the Andean valleys — and portraits of Ecuadorian subjects. A dual citizen of two artistic worlds, his work bridges early twentieth-century European Impressionism and South American landscape painting, and is held today in collections worldwide.
Why it matters: At 24 x 36 in., this is among the larger documented Villacrés canvases to come to market — most of his Paris street scenes trade in smaller, cabinet-sized formats. Paired with the gallery’s Paris in Winter, it offers collectors a rare opportunity to acquire two substantial, large-format examples of his signature subject from the same source.
Cesar A. Villacrés (1880–1941)
Born in Ecuador in 1880, Cesar Villacrés was a School of Paris painter who worked between South America and France, exhibiting in several European Salons during his career. He is best known for his impressionist Parisian street and boulevard scenes, painted with a distinctive sensitivity to atmosphere and rendered most often in quiet, silvery grey overtones that set his work apart within the broader School of Paris. Villacrés was also a prolific painter of his native Ecuador, producing mountain landscapes — including views of Chimborazo and the Andean valleys — and portraits of Ecuadorian subjects. A dual citizen of two artistic worlds, his work bridges early twentieth-century European Impressionism and South American landscape painting, and is held today in collections worldwide.
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