Description: The Société des Aristes Indépendants defends its position during the Occupation. The Société des Aristes Indépendants defends its position during the Occupation. Document type : signed autograph letters Number of documents: 3 - Number of pages: 4pp. 1/2 - Size: In-8 Place : Paris Date : 1943-1945 RECIPIENT : Marcel Mouillot (1889-1972), traveling painter. State : paperclip marks These three letters from Charles-André Igounet de Villers, Secretary General of the Society of Independent Artists, to the painter Marcel Mouillot, offer valuable testimony to the functioning of this society under the Occupation and just after the Liberation. Thus, Mouillot wishes to rejoin the Company: “I cannot object to a member who, absent for several years, who has not resigned, is in compliance with his arrears of contributions. Your last dues paid is 1925. Clearing your arrears is the only way to return to the fold of our old and vibrant society.” Once the thing is done, Igounet de Villers proves to be of great support for Mouillot: “Having not seen your candidacy for the ensemble exhibitions despite the chances that you have of being designated, I put you off. authority on the list. I think I did well." And he can count in return on the support of the painter: “I have never suffered so much, for 43 years that I belong to the Independents than at our last meeting. […] All afternoon in search of the balance of my breathing [he suffers from aortic disorders], speech was literally forbidden to me except the cry of protest in front of the cowardly insinuation of [André] Léveillé extracting 3 lines without context, of a report that I had written on the activity of the Salons during the war and where I pointed out that despite all the fears that we may have had "the occupation authorities had left all facilities for artistic demonstrations of wherever they come from or occur. A simple objective remark that the enriched calico and now amateur scholar implied as "writing to the Germans of his gratitude." I, who refused them 250 marks a week to talk on the radio about the “social role of the artist”! What a bastard! Thank you for your kind words […]”. On the letterhead of the Society of Independent Artists. Charles-André Igounet de Villers (Paris, 1881/1944)As a painter, he made the landscape his favorite subject. He is also a designer of tapestries. Fixed costs: same costs for all buyers Services Shipping time: 1 business day Insurance: included in shipping costs Excluded locations: No locations are excluded Payment Payment methods accepted: Bank check Contact us for any questions. These three letters from Charles-André Igounet de Villers, Secretary General of the Society of Independent Artists, to the painter Marcel Mouillot, offer valuable testimony to the functioning of this society under the Occupation and just after the Liberation. Thus, Mouillot wishes to rejoin the Company: “I cannot object to a member who, absent for several years, who has not resigned, is in compliance with his arrears of contributions. Your last dues paid is 1925. Clearing your arrears is the only way to return to the fold of our old and vibrant society.” Once the thing is done, Igounet de Villers proves to be of great support for Mouillot: “Having not seen your candidacy for the ensemble exhibitions despite the chances that you have of being designated, I put you off. authority on the list
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