Hermann Paul (1864-1940). "nijinsky". (1909-1917)

Old wooden frame (usual wear), white passe-partout. Frame dimensions: 65 x 55 cm.
Dimensions of the drawing: 34 x 24 cm. Monogrammed HP.
René Georges Hermann Paul, known as Hermann-Paul, born in Paris on December 27, 1864, and died in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on June 23, 1940, was a French painter and illustrator. He did his apprenticeship at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and at the Académie Julian where he met the artists who would make up the group of neo-impressionists and that of the "Nabis" of which he would be a part. His teachers are Henry Lerolle and Gustave Colin. From 1900 to 1914, Hermann-Paul who, in addition to his lithographs and drawings, already exhibited pastels, watercolors and colored pencils, concentrated on his painting. He made many portraits and his most remarkable work is a large portrait of Cézanne, of which he was always a fervent admirer, exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905 (now kept at the Calvet museum in Aix-en-Provence) . Throughout his career, Hermann-Paul participated in numerous salons and exhibitions, collective or private. In 1891, he was part of the Organizing Committee for the “Refusés” fair, initiated and chaired by Louis Anquetin, which was held at the Palais des Arts Libéraux from May 29 to June 30. Associated until the end of the century with neo-impressionism and the Nabis, he participated in the Salon des Indépendants (between 1892 and 1894), the Salon de la Libre Esthétique in Brussels (1894, 1895, 1897, 1901) or even the Salon of Art Nouveau by Samuel Bing (December 1895- January 1896). Works in Museums.

Vaslav Nijinski born in kyiv in 1889 and died in 1950 in London, is a Russian dancer and choreographer of Polish origin. The Ballets Russes enjoyed immense success at the time, due to the fashion for Orientalism then very much in vogue in Parisian and London society. Diaghilev's talent, modern music and choreography, with elaborate costumes and high-quality sets (Cocteau, Bakst, Benois and Picasso), give the company an avant-garde dimension and make the Ballets Russes one of of the most influential companies of the 20th century. Diaghilev quickly abandoned the classical repertoire to commission new ballets, created around the works of Debussy, Ravel, Strauss, or even Falla.