ANTOINE IRISSE STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING

ANTOINE IRISSE STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING

Antoine Irisse (Moldovian, 1903-1957) oil on canvas painting "Autumn Landscape", 1955. Signed and dated "IRISSE 55" lower right, also signed on the verso. Provenance: Artcurial, Paris, Auction: Modern Art (session I and II), 07/06/2010, Lot 143. Antoine Irisse was born in 1903 in Kishinev, Bessarabia. He studied at the "Beaux-Arts" of Kishinev then he went to Belgium where he studied at the Royal Academy of Bruxelles. In 1926, he settled down in Paris where he worked in the studio of Wlerick and Arnold. Fauviste painter of the Ecole de Paris participates largely in the artistic life of Montparnasse. He was noticed by the critics in 1929, particularly by Waldemar George, editorship of the magazine Prisme des Arts. He has contributed to collective exhibitions and also to the main Parisian fairs. Then he had a solo exhibition at the gallery of Katia Granoff, “Aux Quatres Chemins” and at the Gallery Armand Drouant. Then, he had two major solo exhibitions at the Gallery André Weil, avenue Matignon, which was a huge success for both the public and the critics. He died at the age of 53 in 1957 in Paris. His painting, full of poetry, is a hymn to the light, the colors, the joie de vivre. He has associated with mastery striking colors, hardiness, simplifying the perspective, giving to the forms very denuded lines. LAST SALE 03 Mar 2021 IN BONHAMS London, United Kingdom Ecole de Paris 1905-1939, The Jewish Artists OF THE SIMILAR: Price including buyer's premium: $10,687 (£7,650 )

Dimensions: 44 7/8 in x 57 1/8 in., (114 x 145 cm.)

Condition: Very good, unframed