Leo Michelson (1887 – 1978) “paris – Parc Montsouris”

Very beautiful work, painted around 1925, by this artist from the School of Paris, originally from Latvia and preserved in remarkable condition.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right and titled on the frame.
Dimensions of the work: 61 cm x 50 cm
Dimensions, frame included: 80 cm x 70 cm
In a perfect condition.
Provenance: private collection, Paris.
Leo Michelson (in Latvian: Leo Mihelsons), born May 12, 1887 in Riga, died in 1978 in New York, was a Latvian artist, naturalized American. He studied in Saint Petersburg but had to leave the country during the Russian Revolution. He fled to Germany where he approached Impressionism, then to France from 1920 where he was a member of the School of Paris. There he forged an international reputation for his paintings, engravings and sculptures. As a prominent member of the School of Paris, his works have been exhibited in major exhibitions across Western Europe, the Soviet Union and the United States. After Paris fell to Nazi Germany in 1939, Michelson fled to New York where he was granted American citizenship, and where he spent the rest of his life. Leo Michelson received the Legion of Honor in 1937 and the Latvian Order of Merit in 1938. The Leo Michelson Museum, opened in 1985 in Marshall, Texas, presents an important collection of his works.
The Museums of Baltimore, Jerusalem, Paris (Museum of Modern Art), Riga, San Diego and Tel Aviv hold works by this artist.
Léo Michelson is referenced in Bénézit tome 9, p.595, 1999 edition.
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