Roger Masson - Bouquet Of Lilacs Near A Book

Roger MASSONDoulaincourt (Haute-Marne), 1890 – Soncourt (Vosges), 1950Bouquet of lilacs near a bookOil on canvas55 x 46 cm (60 x 51 cm with the frame)Signed and dated top right “R. Masson / 1927”Very good conditionRoger MASSON was born on October 16, 1890 in Doulaincourt in Haute-Marne. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon and exhibited at the salons in Paris, Reims and Nancy. Roger Masson painted landscapes in the 1920s-40s, often with water (banks of the Marne, Arcachon basin, Italian coast). But as a journalist wrote in the newspaper La Croix de la Haute-Marne, Roger Masson “specializes in still lifes, fruits and flowers, copper too. He has a very pronounced sense of hues for copper household utensils. All of his works reflect an undeniable talent recognized elsewhere by various awards given at fairs and exhibitions. "Our painting is dated 1927. It shows us the qualities of a colorist painter who knows how to play with the material to create a very harmonious composition where the flowers respond to familiar objects: in this painting the transparent vase and the book are as beautiful as the flowers! Several of his paintings are in the Saint-Dizier museum (Doulaincourt under the snow, Zinnias, autumn flowers, Lilacs from my garden and The Kidney at Donjeux, autumn landscape).