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Georges Lemmen

Jeune Femme faisant du crochet (Julie Lemmen)

French & Company, Llc

Date 1890

Period Neo-Impressionism

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimension 46 x 38 cm (18¹/₈ x 15⁰/₁ inches)

Georges Lemmen adopted the Neo-Impressionist style after seeing George Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte at the 1887 exhibition of Les XX, an avant-garde Belgian group. Seurat’s monumental painting impacted the course of modern art. Lemmen was elected a member of Les XX in 1888, exhibiting with them from 1889-1892, and then with its successor La Libre Esthetique.

Here, dabs of pink, orange and green offset densely packed dots forming a retinal mixture that energizes the intimiste family portrait. A calm order envelopes Julie, whose humble task, rapt concentration and near religious inwardness recall Dutch 17th century paintings of Lacemakers by Nicolas Maes and Johannes Vermeer.

Lemmen used the newly minted Pointillism technique for a second 1891 portrait of his sister, now in The Art Institute of Chicago.

Date: 1890

Period: Neo-Impressionism

Medium: Oil on canvas

Signature: Signed

Dimension: 46 x 38 cm (18¹/₈ x 15⁰/₁ inches)

Provenance: Julie Lemmen, Brussels (acquired directly from the artist)
Lise Lemmen-Thévenin, Toulon (the artist’s daughter)
Galerie André Maurice, Paris (acquired by 1959, probably from the above)
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above in May 1959)
Private Collection, Florida (acquired from the above in 1960)
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 14, 2025, lot 219

Literature: Roger Cardon, Georges Lemmen, Antwerp, 1990, n.n., p. 87, illustrated
This work will be included in the forthcoming Georges Lemmen catalogue raisonné being prepared by Olivier Bertrand.

Exhibition: Brussels, Les XX, Huitième exposition annuelle, Georges Lemmen, 1891, no. 2 (titled Jeune femme faisant du crochet)
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Exposition G. Lemmen, 1913, no. 6 (titled La Couture)
Paris, Galerie André Maurice, Exposition rétrospective de Georges Lemmen (1865-1916), Du pointillisme à l’intimisme, 1959, no. 21, illustrated on the cover (titled Tante Julie)

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