Lucerne - Switzerland / Dated 1955 / Colbert Cassan (1899-1979) / Oil On Canvas

Remarkable and original view of the city of LUCERNE in SWITZERLAND,
created by the French artist COLBERT CASSAN (1899-1979).

Oil on canvas in excellent condition, dated 1955 and signed lower right,
countersigned on the stretcher, located and dedicated "for Stéphane".

Composition with a modern touch which integrates very characteristic elements of the city of Lucerne:
Lake Lucerne the Kapellbrucke bridge (Chapel Bridge)
The Lion of Lucerne carved in the rock
the villa Tribschen (on the left under the trees ), house offered by Ludwig II of Bavaria to Richard Wagner (currently Richard Wagner Museum)

46 x 61 without frame
60 x 75 with frame

Birth on December 16, 1899 in Montbrun-les-Bains (Drôme). His father is a cobbler and bootmaker. In 1904, the family moved to Avignon. Alongside his schooling, Colbert Cassan was a student at the School of Music and the School of Fine Arts. In these two establishments in Avignon, he obtained the 1st Prize for violin in 1913, and the 1st Prize for drawing and wash in 1914. He enrolled at the Ecole Normale. In 1918, he was appointed teacher at the Lycée Frédéric Mistral in Avignon. For thirty-seven years, and by choice, he taught in the same 7th grade class of this high school. From the 1930s, he participated in Avignon cultural life. In particular, he gives lectures on famous musicians and painters. He is called by Edouard Daladier as artistic advisor. He is Principal Violin of the Avignon Opera orchestra. A jazz lover, he created an orchestra, Bambalina's Jazz. His taste for opera took him to Salzburg, Milan, Lucerne, Vienna, Paris and especially Bayreuth to attend performances of operas by Wagner, his favorite composer. At the same time, Colbert Cassan, in his house in Montbrun-les-Bains, where he spends his weekends, practices painting. He does this for his personal pleasure and does not show his paintings. In his painted work, the portraits of musicians, created over the decades, undoubtedly constitute the most original and personal ensemble. He died in Sussargues, in Hérault, on October 5, 1979. He was an officer of the Academic Palms.