The recomposed work : representation of the group and the individual in Paul-Emile Chabas (1869-1937): représentation du groupe et de l’individu chez Paul-Emile Chabas (1869-1937)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to report on the study of Paul-Émile Chabas' work Chez Alphonse Lemerre à Ville-d’Avray (1895). The interest of this analysis lies first of all in the numerous preparatory works associated with it, contributing to a global understanding of the artist's work. Indeed, the works, distributed in both museum and private collections, are disconnected. However, a work is inseparable from its studies, whose visibility is most often reduced and which nevertheless abound in information. Moreover, this painting is the perfect illustration of the painter's privileged relationship with artistic and intellectual circles, and more broadly with the people whose portraits he painted.