Like many of Hippolyte Petitjean's works, his watercolors carry no indication of date and place. They were painted in the last years of his life, from 1912 onwards, when the artist had moved back to the neo-impressionist technique he had abandoned at the turn of the century. These watercolours, which constitute the most interesting part of his work, have been highly sought-after by art collectors ever since they were revealed to the public in the exhibition organised in 1955 with the support of the artist's daughter. Hippolyte Petitjean was born in Mâcon on September 11, 1854 into a family of modest means. He died in Paris, alone and destitute, on September 17, 1929. [http://gandalfsgallery.blogspot.com/] undefined

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