Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1930s.
One of the leading artists of his generation.
Born in Paris, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Léon Bonnat from 1902- 1906. In France, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Indépendants and the Section d'Or.
In 1910, his painting Still Life with Bananas was exhibited in the 1910 "Manet and Post-Impressionism" show organized by Roger Fry. It was also shown in 1912 in a second exhibition organised by Fry with Clive Bell at the Grafton Galleries in London.
Marchand's work was notably acquired by the collector Samuel Courtauld. Paintings by Jean Marchand are in the collections of the Courtault, the Tate, and in numerous regional museums in the UK (Manchester, Gloucester, Cardiff...) and wordwide. The National Gallery of Ireland owns 5 oils by the artist.
Our "Figure in a landscape" dates from the 1920s or 1930s. Slightly cubist and rigorously modernist, it was possible painted in Brittany, where Marchand sojourned regularly . An oil on its original canvas, it is conserved in its original frame. Signed at the lower left, it measures 46 x 55 cm. The overall framed size is 61 x 71 cm.
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1930s.
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Bloomsbury Group C 1930 Figure in a Cubist Landscape, Brittany, Jean Hippolyte Marchand (1883–1941)
