Blanche Roboa Pissarro (1878 - 1945): Mother And Child

Blanche ROBOA PISSARRO (1878 - 1945) Mother and ChildPastel on wood panelDimensions of the work: 51 x 31 cmDimensions with frame: 66 x 48 cmSigned and dated 1929 lower leftProvenance:- Family of the artist- Galerie Art en Seine: Roboa Pissarro Exhibition, Impressionist Normandy, Le Havre - Private collection, Le HavreSold with invoice and certificate of authenticity.Possibility of shipping in France and abroad.Blanche Morizet was born on May 23, 1878 in Achères (Yvelines), at the home of her grandfather Jean-Baptiste Roboam; her father, Jules Morizet, was employed at the central market halls of Paris. It was by taking the diminutive of her maternal family name that she formed her artist name with which she would sign her first works: "Roboa". Attracted to painting at a very young age, she was noticed by a critic from Le Figaro who described her as an artist "exquisite with subtle and refined colors." Indeed, a skilled colorist, she expressed herself equally well in pastels and oils. If the former emphasize the softness of faces, the cozy atmosphere of young women captured in moments of intimacy, the use of oils contrasts above all with her pronounced taste for the material in a "fauve" spirit.