Emile Othon Friesz (1879-1949) - Femme nue

\Artist: Emile Othon Friesz (1879-1949)
Technique: Oil on canvas\Signature: Hand signed\Dimensions: 40_3_35_cm
Oil on canvas, 'Femme Nue', EMILE OTHON FRIESZ , 1930. (mark on the back) , signed EOF Purchase from the sale of a house around Compiegne. Henri (Emile Othon) Friesz was born in Le Havre in 1879. He took evening classes at the School of Fine Arts in his city from the age of thirteen. There he met Raoul Dufy, who became his friend, and Georges Braque. In 1898, Othon Friesz obtained a scholarship that allowed him to study at the Paris School of Fine Arts until 1903 (Bonnat's workshop) . He became friends with Matisse, Rouault, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain. He then painted landscapes in line with Impressionism, inspired by Pissarro and Guillaumin. He then exhibited in group exhibitions (Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne) . He held his first personal exhibition in Paris in 1904. Othon Friesz joined the Fauvism movement at the end of 1905. He simplifies and synthesises his forms and paints canvases in pure and clear colours (ports, portraits, landscapes of the south of France) . Around 1909, Friesz came to a more classical "way" that would remain his until the end. In 1912, the artist opened a studio in Paris where he taught painting, interrupted by the war, this activity resumed in 1919. In 1913, he participated in the Armory Show in New York. Drafted in 1914, he was wounded the following year and had a desk job in Paris in the technical services of the aviation; on this occasion, he will be the originator of an Aviation documentary museum. Unlike what he used to do, in 1915, he painted a series of expressive canvases inspired by war. Throughout the interwar period, Friesz will continue to explore, in his classical style, the themes dear to him: nude, landscape, female figure, still life, bouquet of flowers, portrait. From 1911 to 1938, Friesz travelled successively to Portugal, Belgium, Italy, and the United States. His works are in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay, the Centre Pompidou, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, etc. He died in Paris in 1949. ------------------------------------------ Oil on canvas, 'Naked Woman', EMILE OTHON FRIESZ, 1930 Henri (Emile Othon) Friesz was born in Le Havre in 1879. He attended evening classes at his city's School of Fine Arts from the age of thirteen. There he meets Raoul Dufy who becomes his friend and Georges Braque. In 1898, Othon Friesz obtained a scholarship which enabled him to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1903 (Bonnat workshop) . He became friends with Matisse, Rouault, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain. He then painted landscapes in the tradition of Impressionism, inspired by Pissarro and Guillaumin. He then exhibited in group exhibitions. His first personal exhibition was organized in Paris in 1904. Othon Friesz joined the Fauve movement at the end of 1905. He simplified and synthesized his forms and painted canvases in pure and clear colors (ports, portraits, landscapes of the south of France) . Around 1909, Friesz came to a more classic "way" that would remain his until the end of his work. In 1912, the artist opened a studio in Paris where he taught painting, interrupted by the war, this activity resumed in 1919. In 1913, he participated in the Armory Show in New York. Mobilized in 1914, he was wounded the following year and was posted to Paris in the technical services of Aeronautics; it will be on this occasion at the origin of a documentary museum of Aviation. In his usual way, he painted, in 1915, a series of expressive canvases inspired by the war. Throughout the interwar period, Friesz will continue to explore, in his classic style, the themes that are dear to him: nude, landscape, female figure, still life, bouquet of flowers, portrait. From 1911 to 1938, Friesz will travel successively to Portugal, Belgium, Italy and the United States. His works are in the collections of the Orsay Museum, the Pompidou Center, the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, etc. Othon Friesz died in Paris in 1949 #exclusiveartweek