Artist

Louis Valtat

Portrait of Louis Valtat
Portrait of Louis Valtat

French, 1869–1952

Louis Valtat was a French Fauvism artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Hermitage Museum. Louis Valtat was born in Dieppe.

Louis Valtat (French pronunciation:; 8 August 1869 – 2 January 1952) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Fauves ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibited together in 1905 at the Salon d'Automne. He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse.

Works by Louis Valtat

Collections represented

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