The enchantment Edouard Leon Cortès (1882-1969) felt for Paris, the “City of Lights” is the inspiration for his Paris paintings.
White and sometimes dark horses drawing a carriage or an omnibus, a soldier in his blue uniform, a kitchen boy or a butcher whose white overalls provide a source of light, a pedestrian reading his paper and, often in the foreground, you will find the artist’s daughter and wife.
Cortès makes the architecture of Paris vibrate with luminous patches, the bright clothes of a passer-by, the reflection of a car’s headlights, shop window lights, a bouquet of flowers or a trail of sunlight shimmering on the façades of buildings or the road. (Wikipedia, Rehs Galleries)
Barbara said:
That’s interesting that he used his wife and daughter in his paintings.
I like the pastels in this one.