Charles Maurin - Kleurenets van glas-in-loodramen in "La Sainte Chapelle, Paris" - Sold

Charles Maurin (French, 1856-1914), five-plate color etching of stained glass windows in "La Sainte Chapelle, Paris", signed in pencil; Born in Le Puy, France, Maurin was an innovative and eccentric artist who counted Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec among his acquaintances. In 1875 he won the Prix Crozatier, which enabled him to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Jules Lefebvre, and also at the Académie Julian, where he later taught. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français and became a member in 1883. Maurin was instrumental in the revival of artistic wood engraving in the 1890s, and in 1891 he patented a new technique of color printing.