Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1960s.
Look at this man with his prominent, knobbly nose leaning against the oldfashioned Parisian réverbère lamp post. He is formally dressed but clearly a bit of a shambles, slouching, forlorn. I cannot help but speculate if this is a self-representation - a glimpse into Dauchot’s own sense of outsiderdom.
Dauchot admired Maurice Utrillo and Chaim Soutine. He studied with Yves Brayer and Othon Friesz, and soon received considerable acclaim, being hailed as one of the most important artists of his generation.
In 1951, Dauchot was awarded the Prize of the Society of Art Collectors. Despite his young age, he exhibited at the prestigious Galleries Durand-Ruel and Katia Granoff in Paris. Internationally, his work was shown at the Hattfield Gallery in Los Angeles, the Juster Gallery in New York, the Carel Gallery in Miami, and the O’Hana Gallery in London.
Former French president and avid art collector Jacques Chirac praised Dauchot’s work in a speech, and actress Greta Garbo was also known to collect his paintings.
Signed lower left, the oil on canvas measures 19 × 47 cm. Luxuriously framed, the overall size in its original elegant French frame is 33 × 61 cm.
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Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1960s.
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The Top Hat, Figure by a Lamp Post, Ca 1960: French Expressionist Gabriel Dauchot Oil on Canvas
