DELATRE Eugène

LE GRAND-PÈRE ET L’ENFANT
ou AUGUSTE DELÂTRE ET JAQUELINE

Original handsigned etching on paper. 
Size : 40 cm x 25 cm
Date : 1895 
Certificate of Authenticity

Eugène Delâtre

was a very important engraver and technician. He was the teacher of Renoir, Lautrec, Mary Cassat, Steinlen, Gen Paul, etc.. And he worked with most of the engravers of the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth century. To name one, Picasso made " Le Repas Frugal ", maybe the most important etching of the XXth Century, in his studio.

About the etching:

This etching is very important because you can see the father of Eugène, who was also an important engraver, and Jacqueline, the daughter of Eugène. You can see in this work the influence of the japonisme, very present at that time.

Museum : 

• A similar proof in the Museum of Montmartre (France).
• A similar proof in the Zimmerli Art Museum (USA)
• A similar proof in the Musée van Gogh (Amsterdam)
• A similar proof in the Bibliothèque Nationale (France)

Documentation :
• « Impressions à Montmartre » P.68.
• « De Pissaro à Picasso » N°66. P.60.