Louis Borgeois Borgex (1873-1959)

With the exception of one work these drawings all date from around 1895 when Bourgeois, having studied at the Ecoles des Beaux-Arts in Lyons and in Paris under Gerome, was mixing in the Montmartre world of the cabaret singer Aristide Bruant and, by association, Toulouse-Lautrec. While he painted and exhibited under the signature ‘L. Bourgeois-Borgex’ he also established himself as ‘L. Borgex’, a caricaturist and lithographer. The style and content of these drawings demonstrates his sympathy with the artistic tastes of the Nineties; combining an enjoyment of the subfusc world of the Symbolists and the robust life of the boulevard at night with an elegiac sense of the rural realities of Northern France. ‘Les Sardinieres’ his lithograph printed in the influential L’Estampe Moderne (1898) and his image included in the Collection des Cent (1901) demonstrate the fashionable direction in which he developed his skills as a draughtsman. By 1910 he had become best known for his advertising work and by the end of WWI he appears to have stopped work. Music remained an interest and he published a biography of Vincent d’Indy (1925).

 

Bourgeois-Borgex-92936-004-4 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) On a Dutch beach: fisherfolk. Oil on canvas. Provenance: By descent from the Artist’s Estate. 6.5x7.5 inches.
Bourgeois-Borgex-92936-005-2 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) On the Dutch coast. The artist often painted at Katwijk. Oil on grey paper. Provenance: By descent from the Artist’s Estate. 7.25x10.5 inches.
Bourgeois-Borgex-92936-020-6 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) On a Dutch beach: two fishergirls. Oil on canvas. Provenance: By descent from the Artist’s Estate. 4x5 inches.
Bourgeois-Borgex-92936-011-1 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Au Bar. Oil on panel. Circa 1900. Provenance: By descent from the Artist’s Estate. 8x10.75 inches.
Bourgeois-Borgex-92936-007-5 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) On a Dutch beach: figure studies. Oil on canvas. Provenance: By descent from the Artist’s Estate. 14.5x7 inches.
Bourgeois-Borgex-92936-006-3 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) On the Dutch coast: nocturne. Oil on canvas. Provenance: By descent from the Artist’s Estate. 5.25x5.75 inches.

Borgex-92936-002 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) A Northern French Village. Pen, ink and crayon on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 9.5x12.5 inches. Framed: 17x19 inches. £375.
Borgex-92936-001 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Au Café. Red, black and white chalks on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 6.5x10 inches. Framed: 13x16 inches.
Borgex-92936-003 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Out with his gun. Pen, ink, red, black and white chalks on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 10x12.75 inches. Framed: 16.5x18.75 inches.
Borgex-92936-012b BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) On a Omnibus. Black chalk and crayons on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 12x9 inches.
Borgex-92936-010 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Two women returning to the farm, Northern France. Pen, ink, black, red and white chalks on tan paper. Circa 1895. 11.5x8.5 inches. Framed: 18x14.5 inches.
Borgex-92936-014 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Smoking by the stove. Black and white chalks on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 12.5x9 inches. Framed: 19x15 inches. £475.
Borgex-92936-008 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Profile of a Child. Coloured chalks on grey/tan paper. Circa 1920. 9.75x11 inches. Framed: 16.25x17 inches.
Borgex-92936-015 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Landscape, Northern France. Pen, ink, black and white chalks on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 9.25x12.5 inches. £275.
Borgex-92936-016 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Seated, contre-jour. Red chalk. Circa 1895. 12.25x8.5 inches. Framed: 18.75x14.5 inches. £475.
Borgex-92936-013 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Studio interior, possibly the Artist’s. Watercolour. Signed and dated, 1894. 9.5x6.5 inches. Framed: 16.5x12.5 inches. £675.
Borgex-92936-020 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Candle-lit seated woman. Red chalks. Circa 1895. 11.5x9 inches. Framed: 18x15 inches. £474.
Borgex-92936-021 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Seated in a landscape. Pen, ink, crayons and white chalk on grey/tan. Circa 1895. 7.5x12.5 inches. £275.
Borgex-92936-018 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Nanny and Baby. Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour. Circa 1895. 6.75x4.5 inches. Framed: 13.25x10.5 inches. £425.
Borgex-92936-022 BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) The little cart. Pen, ink, red and white chalks on grey/tan paper. Circa 1895. 9.5x6 inches. Framed: 16x12 inches.
Borgex-92936-015- BOURGEOIS-BORGEX Louis (1873-1959) Reading by lamplight. Charcoal and white chalk on pink paper. Dated (18)’96’. 11.75x8.25 inches. Framed: 19x14.25 inches. £475.