LES DENTELLES DE MONTMIRAIL PAR JAMES DICKSON INNES

 

 

JAMES DICKSON INNES (1887-1914)

Les Dentelles de Montmirail 

France, (Vaucluse)

 

In  Les Dentelles de Montmirail Mountains, South of France, Watercolor, 1910 

 

Les montagnes

Les  Dentelles de Montmirail (722 m - 23,68ft) situées dans le département français de Vaucluse, sont une chaîne de montagne qui marque la limite occidentale des monts de Vaucluse. Elles sont situées au nord de Carpentras, au sud de Vaison-la-Romaine et à l'ouest du mont Ventoux. Leur point culminant est la crête de Saint-Amand à 722 mètres d'altitude. Le massif, qui fait environ huit kilomètres de long, est réputé mondialement pour ses parois d'escalade. Situé au cœur de l'appellation Côtes-du-Rhône, il s'est bâti une réputation pour la qualité de ses vins, ce qui a permis le développement de l'œnotourisme. Il est aussi réputé pour la production de son huile d'olive, protégée par une AOC, et pour la qualité de ses truffes. Son histoire s'étale sur plusieurs millénaires. Le site servit d'abord, par ses oppida, à contrôler les routes unissant le nord et le sud entre vallée du Rhône et Ventoux. Outre Vaison-la-Romaine, des découvertes archéologiques majeures y ont été faites (rare épée celte, inscription celto-grecque, statuaires gallo-romaines), Il abrita aussi deux lieux de culte paléochrétiens datés du 7e siècle, une abbaye de moniales aux sources du Trignon et la chapelle Saint-Hilaire. De plus, la présence pontificale à Avignon, au 14e siècle, permit de développer les muscadières qui fournissaient les celliers des papes en vin muscat. Son patrimoine est particulièrement riche.Elles ont été tres souvent peintes par le roi Charles III d'Angleterre qui y séjourna beaucoup lorsqu'il etait encore Prince de Galles.

Le peintre
James Dickson Innes était un peintre britannique, principalement de paysages de montagne, mais occasionnellement de personnages. Il a travaillé à la fois à l'huile et à l'aquarelle. L'historien de l'art David Fraser Jenkins a écrit à propos de son style : « Comme celui des fauves en France et des expressionnistes en Allemagne, le style de son œuvre est primitif : il est enfantin dans sa technique et est associé au paysage des lieux reculés. »  On a dit que son style inhabituel a ouvert la voie à des artistes britanniques tels que David Hockney. Il a étudié à la Carmarthen School of Art (1904-1905), d'où il a obtenu une bourse pour la Slade School of Art de Londres (1905-1908). Parmi ses professeurs à la Slade figurait P. Wilson Steer.
À partir de 1907, il expose avec le New English Art Club; et en 1911, il devient membre du Camden Town Group. Le Camden Town Group comprenait Walter Sickert qui a eu une influence importante sur l'art d'Innes, et Augustus John avec qui Innes se lia d'amitié.
La politicienne et philanthrope galloise Winifred Coombe Tennant (1874-1956) fut une mécène importante de son travail. En 1913, Innes exposa à l'influent Armory Show de New York, Chicago et Boston. En 1911 et 1912, il passa quelque temps à peindre avec Augustus John autour d'Arenig Fawr dans la vallée d'Arenig au nord du Pays de Galles ; mais une grande partie de son travail fut réalisée à l'étranger, principalement en France (1908-1913), notamment dans les Pyrénées, mais aussi en Espagne (1913) et au Maroc (1913) - des voyages à l'étranger lui ayant été prescrits après qu'on lui eut diagnostiqué une tuberculose. Finalement, le 22 août 1914, à l'âge de vingt-sept ans, il meurt de la maladie dans une maison de retraite à Swanley, dans le Kent.
En 2014, une exposition des œuvres d'Innes a été organisée au Musée national du Pays de Galles, à Cardiff.

 

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2024 - Gravir les montagnes en peinture
Un blog de Francis Rousseau    

LES DENTELLES DE MONTMIRAIL(2) SKETCHED BY A. G. CARRICK / H.M KING CHARLES III

A. G. CARRICK / H.M KING CHARLES III former PRINCE OF WALES (bn.1948)
Les Dentelles de Montmirail  (722 m - 23,68ft)
France (Vaucluse)

In View of Les Dentelles de Montmirail,  watercolor, 1993, Private collection

The mountains
The Dentelles de Montmirail (722 m - 23,68ft) are a small chain of mountains in Provence in France, in the département of Vaucluse, located just to the south of the village of Vaison-la-Romaine. They are foothills of the highest peak in Provence, Mont Ventoux, which is situated just to the east. The dramatically jagged shape of their peaks was formed by horizontal strata of Jurassic limestone being folded and forced into a nearly upright position and subsequently eroded into sharp-edged ridges and spikes. The highest peak of the Dentelles is St-Amand, at 734 m (2,400 ft). The range, which is about 8 km wide, offers over 600 trails for walking, rock climbing, and mountain biking.]The foot of the Dentelles is surrounded by vineyards of the Rhône Valley. Their name Dentelles, the French word for "lace," refers to their shape obtained by erosion, while Montmirail is derived from the Latin mons mirabilis meaning 'admirable mountain'.
Located on the territory of the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise, Crestet, Gigondas, La Roque-Alric, Lafare, Le Barroux, Malaucène, Suzette, and Vacqueyras; the Dentelles de Montmirail were an important natural frontier during Antiquity between the tribes of the Memini in the south, and the Voconces in the north.

The painter
Arthur George Carrick is actually H.M. the King Charles III, former Prince of Wales.
When he began showing his paintings, he was too nervous to display his name so displayed under a pseudonym. Arthur George are two of his names (Charles Phillip Arthur George) and one of his titles is Earl of Carrick. King Charles III is an experienced watercolourist.  He has been painting for most of his adult life, during holidays or when his official diary allows. King Charles' interest began during the 1970s and 1980s when he was inspired by Robert Waddell, who had been his art master at Gordonstoun in Scotland. In time, King Charles met leading artists such as Edward Seago, with whom he discussed watercolour technique, and received further tuition from John Ward, Bryan Organ and Derek Hill.
The Royal Family has a tradition of drawing and painting, and King Charles’ work first came to public notice at a 1977 exhibition at Windsor Castle at which other Royal artists included Queen Victoria, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke of York.
King Charles paints in the open air, often finishing a picture in one go and his favourite locations include The Queen's estate at Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham House in Norfolk, England. Sometimes King Charles  III paints during his skiing holidays, and during overseas tours when possible.
The copyright of King Charles' watercolours belongs to A. G. Carrick Ltd, a trading arm of The King's Charities Foundation. Over the years King Charles III has agreed to exhibitions of his watercolours and of lithographs made from them, on the understanding that any income they generate goes to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation.
Money from the sale of the lithographs also goes to the Foundation but the paintings themselves are never for sale.
In the 1980s King Charles III, then Prince of Wales,  began inviting young British artists to accompany him on official tours overseas and record their impressions, a tradition that has continued to this day.
Reference :
- The prince of Wales paintings 
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2022 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau

THE DENTELLES DE MONTMIRAIL PAINTED BY A. G. CARRICK / H.M KING CHARLES III

 

 

A. G. CARRICK / H.M KING CHARLES III former PRINCE OF WALES (bn.1948)
Les Dentelles de Montmirail (734m - 2,400 ft)
France (Vaucluse)

In Les Dentelles de Montmirail from Le Barroux, watercolor, Priaate coillection

The mountains
The Dentelles de Montmirail (734 m - are a small chain of mountains in Provence in France, in the département of Vaucluse, located just to the south of the village of Vaison-la-Romaine. They are foothills of the highest peak in Provence, Mont Ventoux, which is situated just to the east. The dramatically jagged shape of their peaks was formed by horizontal strata of Jurassic limestone being folded and forced into a nearly upright position and subsequently eroded into sharp-edged ridges and spikes. The highest peak of the Dentelles is St-Amand, at 734 m (2,400 ft). The range, which is about 8 km wide, offers over 600 trails for walking, rock climbing, and mountain biking.]The foot of the Dentelles is surrounded by vineyards of the Rhône Valley. Their name Dentelles, the French word for "lace," refers to their shape obtained by erosion, while Montmirail is derived from the Latin mons mirabilis meaning 'admirable mountain'.
Located on the territory of the communes of Beaumes-de-Venise, Crestet, Gigondas, La Roque-Alric, Lafare, Le Barroux, Malaucène, Suzette, and Vacqueyras; the Dentelles de Montmirail were an important natural frontier during Antiquity between the tribes of the Memini in the south, and the Voconces in the north. 

The painter
Arthur George Carrick is actually H.M. the King Charles III, former Prince of Wales.
When he began showing his paintings, he was too nervous to display his name so displayed under a pseudonym. Arthur George are two of his names (Charles Phillip Arthur George) and one of his titles is Earl of Carrick. King Charles III is an experienced watercolourist.  He has been painting for most of his adult life, during holidays or when his official diary allows. King Charles' interest began during the 1970s and 1980s when he was inspired by Robert Waddell, who had been his art master at Gordonstoun in Scotland. In time, King Charles met leading artists such as Edward Seago, with whom he discussed watercolour technique, and received further tuition from John Ward, Bryan Organ and Derek Hill.
The Royal Family has a tradition of drawing and painting, and King Charles’ work first came to public notice at a 1977 exhibition at Windsor Castle at which other Royal artists included Queen Victoria, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke of York.
King Charles paints in the open air, often finishing a picture in one go and his favourite locations include The Queen's estate at Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham House in Norfolk, England. Sometimes King Charles  III paints during his skiing holidays, and during overseas tours when possible.
The copyright of King Charles' watercolours belongs to A. G. Carrick Ltd, a trading arm of The King's Charities Foundation. Over the years King Charles III has agreed to exhibitions of his watercolours and of lithographs made from them, on the understanding that any income they generate goes to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation.
Money from the sale of the lithographs also goes to the Foundation but the paintings themselves are never for sale.
In the 1980s King Charles III, then Prince of Wales,  began inviting young British artists to accompany him on official tours overseas and record their impressions, a tradition that has continued to this day.
Reference :
- The prince of Wales paintings 

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2021 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau