Lot n° 389
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- Lot 389
ROSIANU (Matei). Untitled (ca 1932-36). Gouache and watercolour on strong paper, signed with the studio stamp on the back. Dim. subject : 15 x 27 cm. Influenced by Cézanne and Bissière, cubist in form, militant in substance, discreet and luminous in the decorative arts, dark in post-war expressionism, Matei Rosianu is an unknown eclectic artist. A painter of Romanian origin (1897-1969), he moved to Paris in 1919 where he continued his artistic studies. Deeply marked by cubism, his first works are still lifes and intimate figurative paintings. In 1929, he joined the Communist Party and added a social dimension to his art. A very active militant and artistic period followed, culminating in the Exhibition of Revolutionary Artists, which he set up in 1934 with Aragon. A little later and against all odds, he abandoned the political movement and devoted himself to the wallpaper workshop, which he opened under a pseudonym. Mobilized in 1945, he came out of the war with a wound, which inspired his darkest paintings of desperate density. In black or in colour, Rosianu's work is subtle, honest and moving.
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