Charles Lapicque (1898 - 1988) Portrait Of The Goddess "hera"

Large Art Deco painting signed lower right LAPICQUE (Charles LAPICQUE 1898 - 1988) original work showing a mixed technique with gouache, felt-tip pen and chalk on tracing paper representing the portrait of a female figure in Antique style titled in facade ~HERA~ goddess of Greek mythology symbolizing marriage, fertility and the protector of women. Charles Lapicque invented in 1939 the so-called blue frame style or grid style, this discovery as capital as the appearance of Cubism a few years earlier was a great success. He participated in 1941 at the Braun gallery in Paris at the L The exhibition of “Painters of French Tradition” then becomes the leader of a new generation of artists such as Manessier, Bazaine, Le Moal, Singier and de Staël. Carved and gilded wooden frame. Dimensions: 80 cm x 60 cm / one view: 62 cm x 42 cm. CHARLES LAPICQUE REVOLUTIONIZED FRENCH PAINTING OF THE 1940S. Colorist and theoretician, the artist is present in numerous museums in France (Paris, Nantes, Dijon, Grenoble), abroad (Brussels, Stuttgart, New York, Toronto, Munich, Copenhagen...) he is one of the masters of painting. His work, one of the most fabulous of the 20th century, nevertheless remains underestimated. Charles Lapicque's work is strong, varied, original and daring. The painter opens up to the world by knowing how to perfectly combine his artistic concerns and his scientific observations, the artist, through his need to move forward, paints to understand. An unwitting precursor, Charles Lapicque is a genius of invention, a unique artist of his kind. This innovator analyzes and reconstructs reality with great imagination and fantasy. An exceptional painter, Charles Lapicque addressed a multitude of subjects (tigers, music, tennis players, horse races, regattas, naval maneuvers, Rome, Venice, etc.) with a technique that was both abstract and figurative. The supports and techniques are numerous (oil, gouache, acrylic, Indian ink, drawings, etc.). Charles Lapicque, through his pictorial and scientific research, was able to give a new role to color in painting.