Les Flâneurs: Salon and School of Paris Painters from the 19th and 20th Century
L'arc De Triomphe a Crepuscule
Edouard Cortes
French, 1882 - 1969
Oil on Canvas
13 x 18 in. (33.0 x 45.7 cm)
Few painters captured the soul of Paris more evocatively than Edouard Cortès, and this luminous view of the Arc de Triomphe at twilight ranks among his most iconic subjects. Horse-drawn carriages and elegantly attired figures animate the Champs-Élysées in the golden hour before dusk — bare autumn trees casting long shadows across glistening pavement, the great arch rising majestically against a sky of pale gold and soft mauve. Cortès's mastery of fading natural light gives the scene an irresistible warmth and atmosphere, transporting the viewer to Belle Époque Paris at its most romantic. A highly desirable subject in an intimate, beautifully handled format.
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