Masterpiece: The Couple, 1907 Avant Garde Bloomsbury Group Artist Cubist Jean Hippolyte Marchand Oil on Board

1900 - 1920

Sold by Skippings Fine Arts

Description

One of the leading artists of his generation. Jean Marchand (1882-1941) was fauve and cubist painter, printmaker and illustrator who became closely linked to the Bloomsbury Group.

In 1910, his painting Still Life with Bananas was exhibited in the 1910 "Manet and Post-Impressionism" show organised by Roger Fry, also shown in 1912 in a second exhibition organised by Fry with Clive Bell at the Grafton Galleries in London. What is exciting is that our lightly cubist painting painting, with its dynamic, streamlined composition, dates from precisely this early period: it is truly a first generation modernist work.

The painting has excellent provenance,: it was purchased in 1974 from Crane Kalman Galleries in London, where a major retrospective of Jean Hippolyte Marchand's work was organised in 1967. We can date our painting to 1907 since Marchand painted a second, analogous painting of figures and a loge that year, which was dated and which also was sold through Crane Kalman. Both paintings may have been part of a small series of works on the theatre or the opera.

Paintings by Jean Marchand are in the collections of the Courtauld, the Tate, and in numerous museums in Britain and worldwide. The National Gallery of Ireland owns five oils by Marchand. In France, works by the artist are in the Museum of Modern art of the City of Paris as well as in the Museums of Lyon, Marseille, Troyes, Grenoble, Céret, Besançon and Saint Tropez.

Our oil on board measures 27 x 36 cm, and is signed at the lower left. Presented in its original frame, the overall size is 59 x 57 cm.

Physical Dimensions

Height

27cm (10.63")

Width

35cm (13.78")

Depth

1cm (0.39")

Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA937690

Dealers Notes

Nous parlons français, und wir sprechen auch Deutsch! Paintings may be viewed in Norwich and in Paris, as well as in London and Cambridge by appointment. Please contact us if you would like further details and images of an artwork.

Description

One of the leading artists of his generation.

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Jean Marchand (1882-1941) was fauve and cubist painter, printmaker and illustrator who became closely linked to the Bloomsbury Group.

Skippings Fine Arts

In 1910, his painting Still Life with Bananas was exhibited in the 1910 "Manet and Post-Impressionism" show organised by Roger Fry, also shown in 1912 in a second exhibition organised by Fry with Clive Bell at the Grafton Galleries in London. What is exciting is that our lightly cubist painting painting, with its dynamic, streamlined composition, dates from precisely this early period: it is truly a first generation modernist work.

fig 1. Masterpiece: the couple, 1907 avant garde Bloomsbury group artist cubist Jean Hippolyte Marchand oil on board — fig 1. Masterpiece: The Couple, 1907 Avant Garde Bloomsbury Group Artist Cubist Jean Hippolyte Marchand Oil on Board

The painting has excellent provenance,: it was purchased in 1974 from Crane Kalman Galleries in London, where a major retrospective of Jean Hippolyte Marchand's work was organised in 1967. We can date our painting to 1907 since Marchand painted a second, analogous painting of figures and a loge that year, which was dated and which also was sold through Crane Kalman. Both paintings may have been part of a small series of works on the theatre or the opera.

fig 2. Masterpiece: the couple, 1907 avant garde Bloomsbury group artist cubist Jean Hippolyte Marchand oil on board — fig 2. Masterpiece: The Couple, 1907 Avant Garde Bloomsbury Group Artist Cubist Jean Hippolyte Marchand Oil on Board

Paintings by Jean Marchand are in the collections of the Courtauld, the Tate, and in numerous museums in Britain and worldwide. The National Gallery of Ireland owns five oils by Marchand. In France, works by the artist are in the Museum of Modern art of the City of Paris as well as in the Museums of Lyon, Marseille, Troyes, Grenoble, Céret, Besançon and Saint Tropez.

Our oil on board measures 27 x 36 cm, and is signed at the lower left. Presented in its original frame, the overall size is 59 x 57 cm.