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In 1927 Cortès chaired the first exhibition of the Union of Fine Arts of Lagny, which was very successful with the public. He participated in three exhibitions which took place the following year at the Grand Palais on the Champs-Elysées, where once again, his work was praised by critics. In 1921, Cortès’ ‘Views of Paris’ and ‘Brittany Interiors’ were bought by famous collectors. In 1920 the Austrian art dealer, Hugo Arnot, who had exhibited Monet’s paintings in 19, began buying Edouard Cortès’ work. Once back in Paris in 1919, he sent his work once again to various exhibitions. He also did a great number of studies on military life and war scenes which he encountered. In the trenches he did several drawings of the enemy position. In 1915, Edouard Cortès voluntarily signed up for the war and was assigned to the Infantry.
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The critics loved him and he worked non-stop, exhibiting his work at numerous exhibitions during this period (Salon d’Automne de la Société des Artistes Girondins à Bordeaux Salon des Indépendants Salon d’Hiver Salon de la Société Nationale de l’Horticulture Union artistique des Ardennes Société des Amis des Arts de l’Avalonnais Société artistique de Charenton Société des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux Société des Amis des Arts de la Côte d’Or Société des Amis des Arts de la Manche Société artistique de Roubaix-Tourcoing Société des Amis des Arts de la Ville d’Hyères Salon de l’Ecole Française Salon de la Société Havraise des Amis des Arts Salon de la Société des Beaux-Arts d’Eure-et-Loir Société des Amis des Arts de Douai Société Artistique de l’Aube etc…). For example, in 1910, he painted several sketches of the North coastline and the Finistère region. Therefore, in parallel to his activity as a Parisian painter, he regularly went to Brittany to paint coastal scenes. As a specialist of Parisian views, Cortès also brought back many studies from each of his trips. In 1908, he was nominated a member of the ‘Friendly Association of French Landscape Painters’. In 1907, aged twenty-five, he organised an auction of his Vues de Paris (Views of Paris) at the Hôtel Drouot, which was a great success. The following year his Boulevard de la Madeleine, soir d’Automne (Boulevard de la Madeleine on an autumn evening) was applauded by the public and published as a postcard. This greatly attracted the attention of the critics, especially the English press. In 1905 Cortès presented his work at the Exhibition of the Society of French Artists with a canvas entitled "La Place de Rennes à Paris le soir" (Rennes Square in Paris by evening). As the years went by, the critics did not stop to confirm the talent of this artist at each new exhibition. He also exhibited at the Artistic and Literary Union of the canton of Lagny.
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He regularly participated in this event throughout his whole life. From then on, he was praised by the international press and began to earn himself a reputation. In 1899 he was admitted to the Exhibition at sixteen years of age, with his painting Le Labour. Alongside the training he received from his father, Edouard Cortès worked in the Froment studio (artists and engravers who were linked to the family through marriage).
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This encouraged his vocation to become a painter. In 1895 after having got his leaving certificate, Edouard joined his father’s studio at the age of thirteen. Biography of Édouard Cortès ( 1882-1969 )Įdouard Cortès was the son of Antoine Cortès, a reputed painter of the Spanish court and grandson of André Cortès, a craftsman.