FRAMED Painting ~ FRENCH MODERNISM ~ dated 1935 Watercolor JULES CAVAILLES

Description: Original watercolor painting by French artist Jules Cavailles (1901-1977). The work depicts a group of men mingling in a park landscape and it is signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Visible image measures 8 x 12 inches, with frame and mat it is approx. 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. The mat shows some very mild spotting and the frame is a simple strip of walnut or mahogany that shows typical mild scuffing and abrasions. The watercolor appears to be in excellent condition. Jules Cavailles (1901-1977) was a well regarded, and versatile French Modernist painter. He worked in oils, gouache, and watercolor, and his subject matter featured figures, portraits, nudes, still lifes, flowers, landscapes, and animals. His artistic style is characterised by the juxtaposition of pure colour, derived from an interpretation of fauvist painting. Cavailles' work is represented in many leading collections and museums, including the Modern Art Museum in Paris, and the municipal art galleries of Albi, Marseille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Chicago, Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Zurich. Cavailles started as a technical draughtsman and was encouraged by the Pointilist artist Henri Martin to go to Paris to study fine art. In 1925 he enrolled at the Académie Julian and he began exhibiting at the various Parisian Salons from 1928 - the Societie des Artistes Francais, Societe des Artistes Independants and l'Automne. He was soon invited to participate at the Salon des Tuileries, and in 1936 he organized the 14th exhibition of the Artistes de ce temps in the Petit-Palais. In the same year he received the prestigious Grant Blumenthal and he was soon awarded the commission to decorate the Pavilion of Languedoc for the Exposition Universelle. He was part of a group of artists called "La Realite Poetique".

Price: 450 USD

Location: Brooksville, Florida

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