Francis Picabia - Retrato de una española

 

Francis Picabia (1879-1953) - Retrato de una española (1930)

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]


Imagen y texto en Gandalf's Gallery 

Francis Picabia - Cuatro mujeres junto al agua

 

Francis Picabia - Quatre femmes au bord de l'eau  [c.1942]

This work is a subtle composition by Francis Picabia among his series of ultra-realistic portraits of women from the 1940’s. This work is most notable for its popular naturalistic style explored by the artist since the beginning of the Second World War. Established in the free zone, in the area of Golfe-Juan, Francis Picabia embarked on the expression of a heterodox modernity, halfway between genre scene and the erotic nude, breaking with his early figurative paintings.

[Sotheby’s, Paris - Oil on cardboard, 106 x 75.5 cm]



Imagen y texto en Gandalf's Gallery

Francis Picabia y su palabra de honor

 

Sólo doy mi palabra de honor para mentir.

Francis Picabia


Je ne donne ma parole d'honneur que pour mentir.

Francis Picabia (1879-1953) - Madonna, 1920

Francis Picabia - Sin título (Rostro de mujer)

 

Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953) - Sans titre (Visage de femme), ca 1941–1943

Dos fotografías de Man Ray

 

Man Ray, Francis Picabia, 1922

Man Ray, Alice Rahon, c. 1933