Maurice De Vlaminck (1876-1958) - La Naze, le Village

Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Frapier "Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs", Paris
From the unumbered copies

Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958) – Original lithograph – Signed – – China paper – Image: 26 × 20 cm – Sheet: 42 × 32.4 cm – Ref: Walterskirchen no. 180

A rural landscape scene from village La Naze.

Maurice de Vlaminck was a seminal figure in Fauvism, closely aligned with André Derain and Henri Matisse, with whom he shared a radical interest in pure color and raw emotion. Though this monochrome lithograph departs from Fauvism’s chromatic intensity, it maintains its energy and immediacy. His later, more somber works, such as this, reflect the tonal depth of Camille Corot and the rustic realism of Jean-François Millet. The village motif and compositional gravity recall Paul Cézanne, particularly in the structural massing of forms.

The emotional density and stark contrasts here connect to the German Expressionists, including Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Max Pechstein, while the textured inking and moody atmosphere bring to mind the graphic work of Georges Rouault. The solitude and stillness evoke a kinship with Edward Hopper, while the rural subject and architectural rhythm may remind one of Giorgio Morandi's still lifes, transposed into landscape. Elements of Vincent van Gogh’s gestural energy surface in the mark-making, while the spatial layering hints at Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard.

Vlaminck’s later years resonate with the tonal refinement of Odilon Redon, the structural subtlety of Raoul Dufy, and even the spiritual landscapes of Marc Chagall. As a member of the School of Paris, Vlaminck occupied a key position bridging early modernism with post-war sensibilities, drawing visual and thematic parallels across a wide spectrum of European art history.