 Ricard-Cordingley's works are currently enjoying a significant revival. His works are becoming rare in the art market since a large number of his paintings were destroyed in 1940 by fire. He is listed in Benezit, Gerald Schurr and Pierre Miquel. His work is represented at the Musee des Beauzx-Arts de Boulonge-sur-Mer in France and in Philadelphia in the Philadelphian Museum of Art, USA and other galleries worldwide. Back to Zeitgeistnow Galleries index Tag Keyword French,Impressionist,seascape,Cordingley,clouds,blue,grey |
Seascape by Georges Ricard-Cordingley. Untitled. Subject: Sailboat on water. Medium: Oil on Board. Size: 11" x 14.5". (28cm x 37cm) Georges
Ricard-Cordingley, an impressionist
painter, travelled to many parts of the world by sea,
including Australia. "Free
Man, always you will cherish the sea" (Charles Baudelaire).
Ricard-Cordingley was
recognised as the Master of Seascapes. He was born in Lyon 1873 and
died in London in 1939. He studied at "L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts" and
successfully exhibited at the Salons des Artistes Francais in Paris and
at the Salons of the Royal Academy in London.
A precocious painter, at
the age of 18 years, he had 3 of his
paintings acquired by Queen Victoria for her private parlour Gallery.
He was
taught in France by leading
French painters, including Jules Lefebvre. A painting by Jules
Lefebvre, titled
Chloe, (1875), caused an outcry when first exhibited in Paris. Chloe
came
to Australia for the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition and the
Melbourne Exhibition of 1880-81 where it won gold medals.
Ricard-Cordingley,
is known as the
painter of sea and sky, the edges where sand meets
sea, maritime images, and shipping
activities associated with ports and coastlines.
He is acknowledged as a master of seascapes. It was said
about him that he knew more ways of painting blue and
grey than any other artist. He had the unique ability to paint the most
subtle nuances of the fog of the Northern Seas, the reflection of the
sun on the Mediterranian, and the glistening of the moon on the ocean
waves.
Georges
Ricard-Cordingley came to Australia
in
approximately 1910. Two large works he did in Australia are "Port
of Sydney" and "Port of Melbourne".
In 1994 Ricard-Cordingley's "Port of Sydney" was sold at Sotheby's UK for AUD$100,000.00 |