Oil on canvas, Bouquet of flowers by Maurice ASSELIN
Oil on canvas, Bouquet of flowers by Maurice ASSELIN
3.200,00 €
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947)
was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator, born in Orléans.
Drawn to drawing from a very early age, he pursued his artistic calling by enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under Fernand Cormon, renowned for training many painters of the early 20th century
He made up for the academic instruction he disliked by closely studying the works of Paul Cézanne and the Impressionists at the Musée du Luxembourg and the Louvre.
After his first appearances at Parisian art shows—the Salon des Indépendants in 1906 and the Salon d’Automne in 1907 (he became a member and a jury member of the latter in 1910)
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| Dimensions | 47 × 53.5 cm |
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Before the war, Maurice explored Brittany, Italy, and then the south of France, where he formed friendships with many painters and developed a taste for colorful, luminous landscapes.
His first solo exhibition took place in London in February 1913. Between 1914 and 1916, he was Walter Sickert’s closest friend, and for a time they shared Sickert’s apartment on Red Lion Square.
After the war, he resumed his travels, but World War II eventually took him to Chalonnes-sur-Loire. Maurice had a hard time coming to terms with the armistice with Germany, and during this period, his style became harsher. His son speaks of “red nudes and small bouquets” (of which our work is surely a part).
The style is typical of Asselin: visible brushstrokes and broad, dynamic brushwork that capture the movement and spontaneity of nature. The vase is suggested through reflections and translucent effects, demonstrating the artist’s sensitivity to the way light plays on surfaces.
Maurice Asselin:“If you truly love painting, you won’t ask it merely to serve as decoration for the walls of your home, but first and foremost to nourish your inner life,” declares the artist, who continues:“No intellectual exercise, no theory can give birth to a work of art… Art springs from a sense of wonder and love for life