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The Meuse at Dordrecht
Eugène Chigot
Ref: 565
The Meuse at Dordrecht
Eugène Chigot
1903
80.5 x 65.5 cm (31³/₄ x 25³/₄ inches)
Signed lower left Eugène Chigot 1903
80.5 x 65.5 cm (31³/₄ x 25³/₄ inches)
Signed lower left Eugène Chigot 1903
Exhibition: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris du 1er au 20 avril 1905, no. 35
Provenance: Private collection: Lille, France, Photo Em. Crevaux, Paris
Literature: Antoine Descheemaeker-Colle, Eugène Chigot, June 2008, p. 124, fig. 124
Description: Eugène Chigot, who was an avid traveller and painted numerous European ports, ships and coastlines, captured the Oude Maas in Dordrecht on canvas in this work. This lower course of the Waal and Maas rivers begins in the Dutch province of South Holland and, together with other waterways, forms the ‘Three Rivers Corner’ in the north of the city, which is considered one of the busiest waterways in the country.
With skilful brushstrokes, a nuanced choice of colours and a keen sense of composition, the French painter succeeded in capturing this view with its bustling activity on the water.
With skilful brushstrokes, a nuanced choice of colours and a keen sense of composition, the French painter succeeded in capturing this view with its bustling activity on the water.
Eugène Chigot
Eugène Chigot (1860–1923) was a French painter of northern light, closely linked to the Étaples artists’ colony and the Opal Coast. Trained first by his father, the painter Alphonse Chigot, and later at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he absorbed both realist and impressionist ideas while keeping a strong regional identity. His beaches, ports, dunes and rural scenes are built from loose, atmospheric brushwork, fresh colour and a sensitive study of weather, tides and changing skies.
Alongside Henri Le Sidaner, he helped develop the artistic life of Étaples and later became a founder of the Salon d’Automne. Chigot’s work often balances everyday coastal labour with poetic luminosity. Fishing boats, shorelines, village streets and wide horizons appear alive with wind, reflection and season. His landscapes preserve the modern, open-air spirit of French painting while remaining deeply rooted in place, observation and the mutable drama of the northern sea coast itself.
Alongside Henri Le Sidaner, he helped develop the artistic life of Étaples and later became a founder of the Salon d’Automne. Chigot’s work often balances everyday coastal labour with poetic luminosity. Fishing boats, shorelines, village streets and wide horizons appear alive with wind, reflection and season. His landscapes preserve the modern, open-air spirit of French painting while remaining deeply rooted in place, observation and the mutable drama of the northern sea coast itself.
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