Colette Pope Heldner Antique Modern Landscape Oil Painting Vintage Impressionist

RARE AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER ANTIQUE LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED URBAN LANDSCAPE PAINTER COLLETTE POPE HELDNER. THIS WORK DEPICTS A MESMERIZING PICTURESQUE COURTYARD SCENE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER OF NEW ORLEANS. COLETTE POPE HELDNER HAS RECEIVED RENEWED CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN RECENT YEARS IN SUCH RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS AS IN A NEW LIGHT, AMERICAS BRUSH WITH IMPRESSIONISM, HELD AT THE MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. TITLED: OLD BRULATOUR PATIO BEFOR RESTORATION, FRENCH QUARTER NEW ORLEANS. THIS WORK IS SIGNED ON THE FRONT AND VERSO. IT DATES AROUND THE 1940s. MILD SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME. DIMENSIONS: 54"W x 30"H. Colette Pope Heldner (1902 - 1990) was active/lived in Minnesota, Louisiana. Colette Heldner is known for Urban-landscape, structures. Name variants: Collett S Pope. Her style was Impressionist and personal, as seen in paintings like "Patio, Little Theater, New Orleans, " and St. Augustine City Gates, depicting vegetable and flower vendors in a park-like city environment. He had been established in Duluth, Minnesota, before they settled in New Orleans in 1923, residing on St Peters Street in the French Quarter (Vieux Carre).

Known for her impressionist style, painting scenes of the city's picturesque courtyards and favorite haunts of the local artists and musicians, plus darker atmospheric landscapes of the surrounding countryside, sometimes with figures included but not predominant. A number of her works bore the title Swamp Idyl - Louisiana Bayou Country, but were varied in content, some with a small dwelling or boat or dock, others composed only of cypress trees in the waters of a bayou. These are not numbered or dated. Besides her full three-name signature, some early works were signed only "by Colette" Born in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Colette was raised in Duluth, Minnesota.

She took art lessons at the Rachel McFadden Art Studio in Duluth while working as McFadden's secretary. It was there that she met Knute, a charismatic Swede twenty-five years her senior. After eloping in 1923, the couple visited New Orleans, eager to escape the brutal Midwestern cold. For much of their married life, they alternated between the two cities, enjoying winters in the South and spending summers up north. They especially enjoyed the Latin Quarter in Paris, and their paintings began to reflect the influence of the Impressionists. Colette delighted in the bohemian life Paris offered and depicted urban street life in lighthearted caricature sketches. Back in New Orleans, the pair settled in the French Quarter.

The neighborhood's energy and eccentricity captivated Colette, who described the milieu as compelling, completely fascinating, narrow streets, balconies, plants, [and] clotheslines by the galleries. She rendered colorful cityscapes that reflected her enchantment. It was around this time that she began to sign her objects simply as "Colette, " a practice presumably inspired by the bold French writer. Colette also took part in New Orleans' active cultural community which included several other female artists-Caroline Durieux, Ida Kohlmeyer, and Helen Turner-as well as the playwright Tennessee Williams, among others. Southern artists had long been in the habit of capturing Louisiana's sultry bayous on canvas.

Both Colette and Knute approached the subject with fresh perspective, creating what she called swamp idylls. In the early 1950s, the Heldners' marriage became strained. Some sources note the couple as having separated, while others contend they divorced; Colette was not listed among Knute's survivors in his 1952 obituary. Following his death, Colette's paintings became bolder, characterized by richer colors and expressionistic brushwork.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Fort Worth, TX). Louisiana State Museum (New Orleans, LA). Louisiana State University Museum of Art (Baton Rouge, LA).

The Johnson Collection (Spartanburg, SC). The Ogden Collection, Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA). 5 Book References for Colette Pope Heldner. Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor) The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No. 2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No.

Susan Saward Knute Heldner and the Art Colony in Old New Orleans 72 Yes. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings".

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Artist: Colette Pope Heldner
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Colette Pope Heldner
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 54 In
Region of Origin: Louisiana, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1950s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 30 in
Style: Modernism, Impressionism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Modern Impressionist
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 54 In
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949