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A Girl With Her Guardian Angel - Charles Maurin
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Description
A Symbolist painting by Charles Maurin from 1894, depicting a young girl and her guardian angel in a quiet, contemplative moment.
Charles Maurin, a French artist associated with the Symbolist movement, produced this work in 1894. The composition depicts a young girl seated in a chair, her gaze directed away from the viewer, while a winged figure, representing her guardian angel, kneels before her. The angel looks upward toward the girl with an expression of devotion. The figures are rendered with a focus on soft, ethereal qualities, typical of Maurin's interest in the intersection of the physical and the spiritual.
The background features a view of a town, framed by foliage, which provides a sense of place while maintaining the dreamlike atmosphere of the scene. Maurin employs a palette dominated by warm, golden tones, which contrast with the cooler, muted colours of the angel's wings. The brushwork is precise, allowing for the fine rendering of the girl's features and the texture of her striped dress. The interaction between the two figures is the primary focus, suggesting a narrative of protection and guidance.
Maurin was known for his technical skill across various media, including painting and printmaking. His work often explored themes of childhood, innocence, and the supernatural. This piece reflects the Symbolist tendency to move away from strict realism, opting instead for imagery that evokes mood and internal states. The composition is balanced, with the verticality of the girl and the chair contrasted by the horizontal orientation of the angel's posture. The work remains a clear example of late nineteenth-century French Symbolist painting, demonstrating the artist's ability to combine figurative accuracy with a sense of mystery.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
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A Girl With Her Guardian Angel - Charles Maurin
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From $29.00 USD
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Charles Maurin
Maurin organised Toulouse-Lautrec's first solo exhibition, in 1893. He was a friend and mentor to Felix Vallotton, a close associate of Ambroise Vollard, and a regular exhibitor at Josephin Peladan's Salon de la Rose+Croix. Despite these connections to the centre of Post-Impressionist and Symbolist Paris, he remains almost unknown today, overshadowed by the artists he championed.
He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in 1856. The Prix Crozatier funded his move to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre and at the Academie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon from 1883 and participated in the Rose+Croix exhibitions between 1892 and 1897.
His dual mastery of painting and printmaking made him a bridging figure between Symbolism and the 1890s revival of colour printmaking. His colour etchings and wood engravings from this period are technically accomplished and compositionally inventive. His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. He was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper, and his technical innovations influenced the next generation of French printmakers. He died in 1914, at fifty-eight, on the eve of the war that would scatter the world he had helped build.
He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in 1856. The Prix Crozatier funded his move to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre and at the Academie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon from 1883 and participated in the Rose+Croix exhibitions between 1892 and 1897.
His dual mastery of painting and printmaking made him a bridging figure between Symbolism and the 1890s revival of colour printmaking. His colour etchings and wood engravings from this period are technically accomplished and compositionally inventive. His painted work, particularly his Symbolist studies of maternity, combines academic draughtsmanship with the decorative flatness of the Nabis. He was among a handful of artists who understood both the chemical processes of printmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of colour on paper, and his technical innovations influenced the next generation of French printmakers. He died in 1914, at fifty-eight, on the eve of the war that would scatter the world he had helped build.
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