Cubist Cityscape, Circa 1940 Figures Overlooking Spiralling City Modernist French Woman Artist Oil on Canvas

Name: Cubist Cityscape, Circa 1940 Figures Overlooking Spiralling City Modernist French Woman Artist Oil on Canvas
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA933239
Availability: SoldOut

1920 - 1940

Sold by Skippings Fine Arts

Description

I wish I could ask woman Lucienne Simon what led her to paint this extraordinary spiralling cubist cityscape. We see bridges and viaducts, a factory, a church with an impressive spire - and two female figures overlooking the scene from what appears to be a plateau.

Born 19 October 1905, in Paris, Lucienne Simon studied at a private school of decorative art in Paris in the 1920s. She was given a commission for twelve portraits by French milliners, which sound like great fun. She also held solo exhibitions of portraits and landscapes in Paris.

Our oil on canvas dates from circa 1940. The work is easy to date as Lucienne only added "Taugourdeau" - presumably her married name - to her signature in 1938. On the stretcher bars, her name is stil "Mademoiselle Simon".

The materials used are of its time: notably, it can be observed one of the wooden stretcher bars is warped, which creates a gap between the original frame and painting. You will forgive this quirk: it gives evidence of a troubled period in history, when things were even harder than they are now, and is part the artworks personality.

Measuring 54 x 65 cm for the canvas alone, the overall size in a late art deco frame with light wear and repair is 63 x 75.

Physical Dimensions

Height

54cm (21.26")

Width

65cm (25.59")

Depth

1cm (0.39")

Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA933239

Dealers Notes

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Description

I wish I could ask woman Lucienne Simon what led her to paint this extraordinary spiralling cubist cityscape.

“

We see bridges and viaducts, a factory, a church with an impressive spire - and two female figures overlooking the scene from what appears to be a plateau.

Skippings Fine Arts

fig 1. Cubist cityscape, circa 1940 figures overlooking spiralling city modernist French woman artist oil on canvas — fig 1. Cubist Cityscape, Circa 1940 Figures Overlooking Spiralling City Modernist French Woman Artist Oil on Canvas

Born 19 October 1905, in Paris, Lucienne Simon studied at a private school of decorative art in Paris in the 1920s. She was given a commission for twelve portraits by French milliners, which sound like great fun. She also held solo exhibitions of portraits and landscapes in Paris.

fig 2. Cubist cityscape, circa 1940 figures overlooking spiralling city modernist French woman artist oil on canvas — fig 2. Cubist Cityscape, Circa 1940 Figures Overlooking Spiralling City Modernist French Woman Artist Oil on Canvas

Our oil on canvas dates from circa 1940. The work is easy to date as Lucienne only added "Taugourdeau" - presumably her married name - to her signature in 1938. On the stretcher bars, her name is stil "Mademoiselle Simon".

fig 3. Cubist cityscape, circa 1940 figures overlooking spiralling city modernist French woman artist oil on canvas — fig 3. Cubist Cityscape, Circa 1940 Figures Overlooking Spiralling City Modernist French Woman Artist Oil on Canvas

The materials used are of its time: notably, it can be observed one of the wooden stretcher bars is warped, which creates a gap between the original frame and painting. You will forgive this quirk: it gives evidence of a troubled period in history, when things were even harder than they are now, and is part the artworks personality.

Measuring 54 x 65 cm for the canvas alone, the overall size in a late art deco frame with light wear and repair is 63 x 75.