Jacques Cancaret (1876 - 1941) - “intimacy Unveiled” 1930s

Jacques Cancaret gives us here an intimate and feminine scene. A work of soft colors treated with great delicacy.

Oil on cardboard
Signed lower right
Dimensions: 46 x 33 cm
Dimensions with frame: 61.50 x 48.50 cm

Jacques Cancaret, intimate painter This intimate scene puts us, despite ourselves, in the position of voyeur.

It is through the open window and the arabesques of the wrought iron balustrade, certainly during a summer evening, that we enter the intimacy of an interior. Two women, elegantly dressed, sitting on armchairs, conversing. Their evening outfits tell us that a reception or an outing is being prepared.

A delicate painting with a soft palette

We can discover the detail of the interior decoration; wooden armchairs, plants and a painting adorning the wall. The colors are soft, with accents of almond green and pink

Biography

Born in Clessy in Saône-et-Loire, Jacques Cancaret was the student of William Bouguereau, Gabriel Ferrier and Jean Laronze. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes français where he was rewarded several times. He paints canvases, nudes, dancers, interior scenes animated with female characters, his favorite subjects.

Bibliography

• René Édouard-Joseph, Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Artists, volume 1, AE, Art & Edition, 1930, p. 233
• Bénézit, 1955

Museums

• Paris, Musée d’Orsay - “Lassitude” 1905

• Ajaccio, Palais FESCH, Museum of Fine Arts - “Evening”