Francis Picabia - Retrato de una rubia

 

Francis Picabia - Portrait of a Blonde [c.1942-43]

This painting depicts one of the actresses who was in vogue at the time, Madeleine Sologne (born Madeleine Simone Vouillon). Her cinematic career began in 1936 with a small role in La Vie est à nous by Jean Renoir. At this time she also became a model for Moïse Kisling who painted several portraits of her, It was a 1943 film entitled L’Eternel Retour, written by Jean Cocteau directed by Jean Delannoy that made Madeleine Sologne a star. Alongside the film’s other lead, Jean Maraism she embodied French youth under the Occupation. It was during this period that Picabia decided to take inspiration from the many photographic images of her to paint the present picture.

[Sotheby’s, Paris - Oil on card, 53.5 x 43.5 cm]


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