{"id":407432,"date":"2026-05-12T10:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercier.com\/art\/oeuvres\/110-eugene-leroy-1910-2000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:58:56","slug":"407432-2","status":"publish","type":"oeuvre","link":"https:\/\/www.mercier.com\/art\/oeuvres\/407432-2\/","title":{"rendered":"110 Eug\u00e8ne LEROY (1910-2000)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>110 Eug\u00e8ne LEROY (1910-2000)<br \/>\nLa rue, 1955<br \/>\nHuile sur toile<br \/>\nSign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e en bas \u00e0 droite<br \/>\n73 x 54 cm <\/p>\n<p>Provenance :<br \/>\nMarcel Evrard, marchand de Leroy \u00e0 Tourcoing, acquis directement de l&rsquo;artiste, puis par descendance.<br \/>\nCollection priv\u00e9e, Belgique, acquis du pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent en 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Exposition :<br \/>\nTourcoing, Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts, Eug\u00e8ne Leroy &#8211; Jacques Bornibus : une complicit\u00e9 dans la peinture ann\u00e9es 50, 19 juin &#8211; 12 septembre 2004, p. 34, cat 16.<\/p>\n<p>Eug\u00e8ne Leroy traverse les ann\u00e9es 1950 avec une libert\u00e9 picturale croissante, engageant une s\u00e9rie d&rsquo;\u009cuvres aux fronti\u00e8res de la figuration. Sa touche synth\u00e9tique est d&rsquo;une rare intensit\u00e9 chromatique et lumineuse, r\u00e9v\u00e9latrice d&rsquo;un regard qui absorbe le motif pour mieux le transfigurer.<br \/>\nCette vue plongeante sur l&rsquo;avenue Roger Salengro \u00e0 Croix est saisie depuis son appartement de la rue Jean Jaur\u00e8s : ce qu&rsquo;il peint n&rsquo;est plus vraiment une rue, mais la vibration d&rsquo;une lumi\u00e8re du Nord sur des masses color\u00e9es, \u00e0 peine anim\u00e9es de silhouettes sugg\u00e9r\u00e9es.<br \/>\nVisiteur assidu des mus\u00e9es et lecteur attentif des ma\u00eetres anciens et modernes, Leroy n&rsquo;a certainement pas ignor\u00e9 la composition de m\u00eame esprit de James Ensor expos\u00e9e au mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Anvers en 1950 (n\u00b076) : m\u00eame lumi\u00e8re diffuse, m\u00eame perspective plongeante, m\u00eame dissolution des d\u00e9tails en masses chromatiques, m\u00eames passants r\u00e9duits \u00e0 de simples notations gestuelles\u0085 t\u00e9moignant d&rsquo;une filiation spirituelle entre les deux peintres.<br \/>\n(Voir X. Tricot, Ensor, n\u00b0 194, p. 170)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>110 Eug\u00e8ne LEROY (1910-2000) La rue, 1955 Huile sur toile Sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e en bas \u00e0 droite 73 x 54 cm Provenance : Marcel Evrard, marchand de Leroy \u00e0 Tourcoing, acquis directement de l&rsquo;artiste, puis par descendance. Collection priv\u00e9e, Belgique, acquis du pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent en 2010. 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