Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1920s.
Where Vlaminck, particularly in his early Fauve period, used pure, untamed color to create dramatic, highly expressive landscapes and occasional still lifes, Woog applies a similar force to his intimate subject matter, creating an explosion of joy.
Raymond Woog (1875-1949) had studied with Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts. He quickly gained recognition as a draughtsman and painter. In 1903, he was one of the exhibitors at the very first Salon d''Automne. He exhibited at the mythical Galerie Georges Petit, one of the main promoters of impressionist painters, from 1913. Serving in the Army during World War I, her spent six months in Flanders. Upon being promoted to Lieutenant, he was posted as an attaché to the British Army. His sketches of English and French soldiers were published in 1916, as 32 plates in a canvas portfolio. In the 1920s, Woog exhibited his art at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery in New York.
Having always remained in the Woog family, our painting was acquired from the estate of the artist's son, Christopher. It is monogrammed at the lower left. Measuring 61 x 71 cm for the canvas alone, the overall framed size is 71 x 81 cm
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1920s.
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Fauve Flowers, Ca 1925, an Explosion of Joy, Striking French Floral Still Life Oil on Canvas
