Frank Will Important painting View of the Bridge of Moret-sur-Loing school of Barbizon circa 1920-1930
Frank Will offers us a view of the bridge of Moret sur Loing, in the tradition of his father Frank Myers Boggs and Alfred Sisley, whose vision of the Bridge of Moret is now kept in the Musée d'Orsay and other versions in private collections.
It is rare to be able to present oils on canvas by Frank Will, who is very well known for his watercolors of Paris, but who is much appreciated by collectors for his paintings with a solid knife technique.
A masterpiece with this oil on canvas signed and located in the lower left corner by Frank Will, French and American painter and watercolorist.
Our painting which represents A View of the Bridge of Moret-sur-Loing projects Frank Will in the universe of Barbizon as a tribute to Alfred Sisley and the Barbizon school, circa 1920-1930.
In fine original condition.
Measurements unframed: H 34.25 In. - W 46.06 In.
Measurements with frame: H 43.30 In. - W 55.11 In.
Provenance collection privée suite à succession.
Frank William Boggs (Frank Will): 1900 - 1951.
French and American painter and watercolorist: Nanterre (Haut de Seine) March 13, 1900 Clichy (Seine) December 29, 1950.
He is the son of the painter Frank Boggs of American origin, Frank Will signed at his beginnings Franque, William Frank, or only Frank; it is in 1919 that he definitively adopted his pseudonym.
Between 1914 and 1918, he lived with his father on the boulevard de Clichy.
In 1916, he focused on watercolors. The following year, he met Gen Paul, who influenced him in his early years, and Leprin who became his friends. Gen Paul would lead him into the famous "Chignolle", a band of local painters. It is impossible to list all the addresses he had on the Butte-Montmartre.
During the war, he lived at 37 rue Pigalle, then finally settled at 1 boulevard de Clichy, above the café des Artistes.
Pierre Bureau, in his book on Leprin tells that Frank Will who had received in 1926, the sum of 80.000 frs in cash went to invest it at Manière's, Caulincourt street, in charge for him to take from this sum the cost of his drinks as well as those of his friends. Needless to say, it only took a few months to exhaust the inheritance.
Denis Coisne, from Bourg en Bresse, has published the only known monograph of an artist who is often better than his reputation as an easy painter. It must be said that his production was abundant for a rather short career, he died at 50 years old. His watercolors could be seen at Georges Petit (1929), at Terrisse, Keller and Yvonel, as well as at Henri Bureau in his Gallery at 54 rue de Rochechouart.
Montmartre and Paris were his favorite subjects, but he also painted seascapes, ships and galleons, the Normandy coast (1922), orchestras (1927), the provinces, Moret sur Loing, the Paris region, Mantes (1928 and 1938), "bacchanals" (1941), and Morocco (1948).
He is buried in Père-Lachaise, near his parents.
Ref : Dictionary of painters in Montmartre Éditions Roussard.
Frank Will Important painting View of the Bridge of Moret-sur-Loing school of Barbizon circa 1920-1930
Frank Will offers us a view of the bridge of Moret sur Loing, in the tradition of his father Frank Myers Boggs and Alfred Sisley, whose vision of the Bridge of Moret is now kept in the Musée d’Orsay and other versions in private collections.
It is rare to be able to present oils on canvas by Frank Will, who is very well known for his watercolors of Paris, but who is much appreciated by collectors for his paintings with a solid knife technique.
A masterpiece with this oil on canvas signed and located in the lower left corner by Frank Will, French and American painter and watercolorist.
Our painting which represents A View of the Bridge of Moret-sur-Loing projects Frank Will in the universe of Barbizon as a tribute to Alfred Sisley and the Barbizon school, circa 1920-1930.
Measurements unframed: H 34.25 In. – W 46.06 In.
Measurements with frame: H 43.30 In. – W 55.11 In.
From a French private collection following an inheritance.
Frank William Boggs (Frank Will): 1900 – 1951.
French and American painter and watercolorist: Nanterre (Haut de Seine) March 13, 1900 Clichy (Seine) December 29, 1950.
He is the son of the painter Frank Boggs of American origin, Frank Will signed at his beginnings Franque, William Frank, or only Frank; it is in 1919 that he definitively adopted his pseudonym.
Between 1914 and 1918, he lived with his father on the boulevard de Clichy.
In 1916, he focused on watercolors. The following year, he met Gen Paul, who influenced him in his early years, and Leprin who became his friends. Gen Paul would lead him into the famous “Chignolle”, a band of local painters. It is impossible to list all the addresses he had on the Butte-Montmartre.
During the war, he lived at 37 rue Pigalle, then finally settled at 1 boulevard de Clichy, above the café des Artistes.
Pierre Bureau, in his book on Leprin tells that Frank Will who had received in 1926, the sum of 80.000 frs in cash went to invest it at Manière’s, Caulincourt street, in charge for him to take from this sum the cost of his drinks as well as those of his friends. Needless to say, it only took a few months to exhaust the inheritance.
Denis Coisne, from Bourg en Bresse, has published the only known monograph of an artist who is often better than his reputation as an easy painter. It must be said that his production was abundant for a rather short career, he died at 50 years old. His watercolors could be seen at Georges Petit (1929), at Terrisse, Keller and Yvonel, as well as at Henri Bureau in his Gallery at 54 rue de Rochechouart.
Montmartre and Paris were his favorite subjects, but he also painted seascapes, ships and galleons, the Normandy coast (1922), orchestras (1927), the provinces, Moret sur Loing, the Paris region, Mantes (1928 and 1938), “bacchanals” (1941), and Morocco (1948).
He is buried in Père-Lachaise, near his parents.
Ref : Dictionary of painters in Montmartre Éditions Roussard.
