Louis Hayet Art
Louis Hayet was born to a modest family in Pontoise, near Paris, and despite early evidence of considerable artistic and academic talents, he began his career as a travelling salesman.
Eventually joining with the Neo-Impressionist group of painters centred upon Camille Pissarro, Paul Signac and Georges Seurat, Hayet’s inherent predisposition for painting revealed itself as he experimented with colour, texture and light. Hayet established a friendship with Camille Pissarro, and Pissarro’s eldest son Lucien, a year after moving to Paris in 1885.
Curiously, Paul Signac removed mention of Hayet from the Pointillism manifesto. Yet, from his studios at Montmartre and La Frette, Hayet was a prolific artist who produced a diverse body of work that always sought to be true to the nature of colour itself.
Bearing the influence of Seurat, Hayet would often work en plein air with a fast-moving, decided technique that foreshadowed the evolution from Impressionism to Neo-Impressionism. He was drawn to themes such as the circus, modern urban scenes and landscapes.
The science-based principles of Neo-Impressionism followed Hayet to the end of his painting career, after which he dedicated his time to scientific research into pigments.
(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)
1930s Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Canvas, Oil, Board
1890s Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Panel, Oil
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil
1910s Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Canvas, Oil, Board
1970s Fauvist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Late 20th Century Pointillist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Canvas
Early 2000s Pointillist Louis Hayet Art
Fabric, Gesso, Oil, Foam Board
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Acrylic, Illustration Board, Canvas
1910s Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Panel, Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Board, Canvas
1930s Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Board
20th Century Post-Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Canvas, Oil
1910s Impressionist Louis Hayet Art
Oil, Board
1864-1940• French
Bord de L'Oise a l'aube, Pontoise
Signed and Dated 'L. Hayet. 88' (lower right)
Oil on Canvas
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Late 19th Century Louis Hayet Art
Canvas, Oil