Port of Algiers – After the storm
(Port d'Alger – Après l'orage)
(c. 1932-1934)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Albert Marquet belonged to the group of artists nicknamed the ‘Fauves’, named for the French term for wild beasts or animals in reference to their ‘wild’ and iconoclastic use of colour. His palette was the most subdued among the group that included Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck and Raoul Dufy, with Marquet favouring restrained yellows, violets and blues. When not in working in his Paris studio overlooking the Seine, Marquet spent much of his career painting in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The lively Algerian capital city of Algiers, embracing the waterfront, had particular appeal for the artist. The calligraphic economy of Marquet’s figures, reminiscent of the Japanese Shijō painting style, caused Matisse to describe him as ‘our Hokusai’.
Artwork Details
Felton Bequest, 1949
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