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Joseph CZAPSKI (Prague 1896 - Maisons Laffitte 1993) - Faust at the Paris Opera Realized in 1956 Oil on canvas 80 x 66 cm Signed and dated lower right "J.CZAPSKI.56". Provenance: Private collection, acquired from the artist in the 1980s. Jozef Czapski was a Polish painter, writer, intellectual and art critic. Born in Prague in 1896, he grew up in Poland in the aristocratic Hutten-Czapski family. In 1915, he left to study law at the University of St. Petersburg. It was at this time that he began writing his diary. After the Bolshevik revolution, he enlisted in the Polish army, serving unarmed in a pacifist way. In 1921, Czapski enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, then in Krakow at Józef Pankiewicz's studio. In 1923, together with other students, he founded the "Paris Committee" "Komitet Paryski" (K.P.), which turned away from Polish academic painting and aimed to reach Paris to pursue artistic training. It was in 1924 that the painter left for Paris with the other "Kapist" students. Jozef Czapski met Daniel Halévy, André Malraux, François Mauriac and pianist Misia Sert, who became a patron of the Kapist group and a key to the Parisian avant-garde. In 1932, Czapski returned to Poland. In 1939, he was imprisoned in three successive Soviet camps. In 1941, he fought against Nazism in Anders' Polish army. After the war, he settled permanently in the Paris suburbs of Maisons-Laffitte, then Mesnil-le-Roi. He continued to take a stand against totalitarianism, writing for the Polish magazine Kultura, published in France. His early paintings were destroyed during the war, and he did not resume painting until 1948. In 1992, he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. Czapski ended his life in exile in Paris. Czapski was influenced in particular by the works of Cézanne and Bonnard, but also by Soutine and Nicolas de Stäel. He painted many scenes of Parisian life. Theaters, cafés, restaurants and the opera are recurrent motifs in the artist's work. In addition to Paris, he also depicts French landscapes and seashores. The artist also portrays singers, actors, politicians and writers. His style is profoundly modern, with a humanist outlook on life. Czapski exhibited for the first time in 1930, in France with the Kapistes group at Galerie Zak in Paris. He subsequently featured prominently in the Polish pavilion at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World Fairs. In 1990, the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, Switzerland, organized a retrospective of the painter's works. E.V

Estim. 15,000 - 20,000 EUR

Paul STRECKER (Mayence 1900 – Berlin 1950) - The naked couple Oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm Signed lower left "Strecker". On the back, on the stretcher, the label of Chantal Editions. We would like to thank Mr. Gregor Wedekind for the information he kindly provided. This work is listed under number WV-No.76 in the catalog raisonné prepared by Mr. Udo Braun in 1989. This work will be included in the catalog raisonné currently being prepared by the Paul Strecker Foundation. This work formerly belonged to Jeanne Philibert (Limoux 1898 - Rueil-la-Gadelière 1986), a French writer and editor. In her youth, she corresponded extensively with the poet Frédéric Mistral, who affectionately called her "Magali". Under this pseudonym, she met with success in 1927 with her book "Le Jardin enchanté", awarded the 1st Prix Max du Veuzit. . During the Occupation, she took refuge in Toulouse and her publishing house (Editions Chantal) helped print documents for the Resistance. In 1947, she moved to Rueil-la-Gadelière, near the painter Maurice de Vlaminck, with whom she became close friends. In 1954, she was awarded the French Resistance medal. Provenance : Former collection of the novelist Jeanne Philibert dite Magali (Édition Chantal) Paul Strecker (born Hermann Strecker) was born in Mainz on August 13, 1898. He was the youngest of five children born to Elisabeth and Ludwig Strecker. From the age of 12, he took drawing and painting lessons. He was also interested in literature, music and theater. In 1915, he graduated from the Grand Ducal Gymnasium (now Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium) in Mainz. In 1918, he announced to his family that he did not want to join his father's company, the music publisher B. Schott's Söhne, but wanted to become a painter. At the end of 1918, he moved to Munich, where he attended the private painting school of Moritz Heymann and Heinrich Knirr for a year. In August 1920, he obtained a place at the Academy of Fine Arts. At the instigation of Alfred Flechtheim, he moved to Berlin in April 1922. The gallery owner assured him of his support, and Strecker's works were soon exhibited by Cassirer and Flechtheim. Between 1923 and September 1924, Strecker made two study trips, the first to Italy and the second to Sanary-sur-Mer in France. In September 1924, Paul Strecker settled in Paris, the center of his life for twenty years. He took part in the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon d'Automne. His travels took him to Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Holland and regularly to Germany. In 1929, the Flechtheim gallery in Berlin and Düsseldorf presented for the first time a large collection of 24 of his works. During a stay in Mainz in 1932, Strecker exhibited 18 works at the Kurfürstliches Schloss castle. In Paris, Strecker frequented Christian Bérard's circle, and met Jean Cocteau, Eugène Berman, Pavel Tchelitchev, Julien Green, Céline, Suzanne Valadon, Maurice Utrillo, Kees van Dongen, Jules Pascin and Pablo Picasso. In 1933, Strecker had his first solo exhibition in Paris, at Jean Bonjean's gallery, where Dior was his initial commercial partner. In 1934, art critic Waldemar George classified Strecker as a neo-romantic or neo-humanist. In 1937, this classification earned him an exhibition of his work at Julien Levy's gallery in New York. In April 1939, seventeen of his paintings were exhibited at the Petit Palais (1). The work presented here is a masterpiece from his Paris period, very close to the pictorial universe of his friend Pavel Tchelitchew. It depicts a nude couple on a plank floor. In www.paul-strecker.org (1) Translation from www.paul-strecker.org

Estim. 6,000 - 8,000 EUR

Milivoy UZELAC (Mostar 1897- Paris 1977) - The fruit-bearers Oil on isorel 53.5 x 39 cm Signed lower left "Uzelac". Croatian-born painter, draftsman, poster artist and illustrator Milivoy Uzelac was a pioneer of modern art. He first took classes with Professor Oton Ivekovic at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, but dropped out a year later, judging them too academic. From 1915 to 1923, he worked in Prague and Zagreb in an Expressionist style. With the young Zagreb Expressionists (Vilko Gecan, Marijan Trepse and Vladimir Varlaj), he took part in the 7th Spring Salon; they became known as the Group of Four. Uzelac immersed himself in the work of Manet, Cézanne, Gauguin, the Fauves, Picasso, Braque and the Nabis. The Czech avant-garde, led by artists such as Othon Coubine, Emil Filla and German Expressionists like Kirchner and Schmidt-Rottluff, had a strong influence on his artistic orientation. Milivoy Uzelac first travelled to Paris in 1921, living in the Montparnasse district. His work took on neo-Cubist forms, influenced by the work of André Lhote, whose Academy was located near Montparnasse. In 1923, Uzelac moved to the suburb of Malakoff and received numerous commissions. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne until 1944 and at the Salon des Indépendants until 1940. He led an intense life, working during the day and maintaining a dense social life at night. From the 1930s onwards, Uzelac began to visit the South of France frequently, and often produced variations on the same motif. He was particularly fond of subjects in which the sea played a central role. He is known for his numerous representations of bathers, seascapes and water sports scenes. E.V

Estim. 4,000 - 5,000 EUR

Demeter Haralamb CHIPARUS (1886 - 1947) - Millstones, light effects Oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm Signed lower right "D.H.Chiparus". Provenance: Private collection Bibliography : Alberto Shayo: "Chiparus, Master of Art Deco", ACC Art Books éditions, 2019, model reproduced and referenced page 318 number 251. Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947) was born in Dorohoi, Romania. In 1909, he moved to Italy to follow the teachings of Raffaello Romanelli. Three years later, in 1912, he moved to Paris to perfect his art at the École des Beaux-Arts, under the tutelage of Antonin Mercie and Jean Boucher. Chiparus is best known for his chryselephantine sculptures of exotic dancers mounted on pedestals of ribboned onyx or portor marble. His participation in the 1914 Salon earned him an honorable medal. After the war, he opened his own studio and exhibited regularly at art fairs. Most of his work was created between 1914 and 1933. In the 1920s, Demetre Chiparus drew his inspiration for new sculptures from Egyptian archaeological discoveries, notably the famous tomb of Tutankhamen. His work was also influenced by Russian ballet and French theater. This unique body of work reveals a lesser-known facet of Demetre Chiparus's art: his production of painted works. He distinguished himself as a painter of landscapes, still lifes, nudes and portraitists. Color and the translation of light are of particular interest to the artist. In particular, he experimented with knife painting techniques.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Zygmunt MENKES (Lvov 1896 - New-York 1986) - The clown Oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Signed middle right "Menkes". On the back, countersigned "Menkés". Provenance : Former Niko Mazaraki collection Private Collection, Paris. Bibliography : E. Teriade, Menkes, Edition Le Triangle, 1932, reproduced. Zygmunt Menkes was born in Lviv (then in Poland) in 1896, and spent his childhood in what he himself described as a sad environment. His imagination and drawing skills enabled him to escape. In 1914, he began studies at the Art Institute in his hometown. In 1919, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and left for Berlin three years later. He went to Paris in 1923, but after a year without financial resources, he was forced to return to Poland. He returned a few months later with the firm intention of staying. Zygmunt Menkes is one of the most original and talented painters of the École de Paris. He offers us a world full of gentleness and gaiety, cradled in lyricism. The artist plunges the viewer into the circus arena. Dressed in a brown-and-white striped costume, hat and earring, the clown stands on the circular stage with his back to the audience and his face in profile. The bird's-eye view and the central position of the subject on the canvas accentuate the theatrical character of the work. The lively brushstrokes and shades of red lend a warm, dynamic dimension to the work. Menkes brilliantly captures a moment suspended in time, the laughing performance of a clown whose raised hand captures all the attention. E.V

Estim. 20,000 - 25,000 EUR

Michel HAAS (1934-2019) Flower, 1998 Mixed media on paper, signed lower center Height 71 cm; Width: 56 cm (per sheet) Provenance : - Galerie Di Meo, January 1999 A French painter and sculptor, Michel Haas's pictorial work is close to fresco, reminiscent of the paintings of Renaissance artists in Florence. He also works with crumpled paper, charcoal and pastel. The everyday spectacle is one of his sources of inspiration. Serial repetition is also central to his work. Certain subjects, such as the embracing couple, recur over the years. He is represented in France (Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Di Méo, Univer and Cyril Guernieri) and abroad (Jan Krugier in Geneva and Holly Salomon in New York). The Musée Maillol in Paris devoted an exhibition to him in 1998. WARNING: STORAGE AND REMOVAL AS OUR OFFICE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS, ALL LOTS MUST BE COLLECTED FROM OUR FURNITURE REPOSITORY IN SAINT-OUEN, WITH YOUR PAID SLIP AND PROOF OF IDENTITY. Address: LTSE - 50, rue Ardoin 93400 Saint-Ouen - Bâtiment 556C. Open 8.30am-12.30pm - 2pm-5pm (Monday to Friday). GPS location: 48.9116440170972, 2.322533212510162. STORAGE FEES : - Free storage for all withdrawals during the first week, up to and including April 29. - 5 euros/day per lot from April 30 inclusive. SHIPPING : SHIPPING WILL NOT BE INSURED BY AUDAP & Associés. Please contact the service provider of your choice: - The Packengers: hello@thepackengers.com - Mehdi Mentouri: mentouri.mehdi@gmail.com - LTSE : contact@ltse.fr

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR