Louis Latapie

Cubist Nudes

1930

EMIL GANSO "SEATED NUDE" CHARCOAL WITH COLOR WASH, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1930 21.5 X 15.5 INCHES Biography from Butler Institute of American Art Emil Ganso 1885-1941 Ganso was born in Germany in 1895. At age 14, he apprenticed to a baker and then worked his way to America when he was 17. He worked in bakeries in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Cincinnati and Akron, Ohio. By 1916, Ganso was out of a job, and living the life of a bohemian in New York City, sometimes on less than 30 cents a week. In 1921, Ganso painted on a realistic nude on a bedsheet and was forced by the police to remove it from an exhibition. The bedsheet with the painting was later stolen. He soon had a job baking again at $140 a month, and with time to spare for painting and study. Ganso quit baking in 1925 when a New York dealer game him financial backing of $50 a week. Ganso has prospered from his art ever since. His work is in over 15 American museums, and the Print Club of Cleveland awarded him a $500 purchase prize for a wood engraving. A versatile artist, he paints a variety of subjects. Source: from a profile written by Clyde Singer...

Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s m...

Frame 41 x 35 inches Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately ...

Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s mo...

Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s ...

Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s mo...

John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) designed this brutalist pastel painting on paper. The striking cubist nude study design boasts green, orange, and rust colors with contrasting black lines. No signature is visible on the front, but the piece can be signed at the back, like many of the artist's works. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 17.32 in wide (44 cm) x 23.03 in high (58.5 cm). Opening view: 9.45 in wide (24 cm) x 13.19 in (33.5 cm). Note: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...

This lovely pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is a striking cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 17.13 in wide (43.5 cm) x 24.41 in high (62 cm). Opening view: 6.50 in wide (16.5 cm) x 12.44 in (31.5 cm). About: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...

Elegant pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This piece features a striking cubist nude study in blue-gray color with contrasting black lines. There is no visible signature. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Newly reframed in an elegant blue-silver textured wood frame with black matte and acrylic glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 15 in. wide (38 cm) x 19.69 in. high (50 cm). Opening view: 7.32 in. wide (18.5 cm) x 12 in. (30.5 cm). (The last two pictures show the piece of art before framing). Biography: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on June 23, 1903. He studied art at Columbia University (BS), with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Typophiles, and the Yonkers Art Association (chairman from 1972-1973). He worked as an art editor and book designer at the American Book Company, New York, 1932-1937, as Art Director at Oxford University Press, New York, 1939-1968, and as vice-president from 1960-1968, as an art director at Art In America 1957-1959 where he won the Readerscope Award in 1945 for a bronze work. He also taught art and lectured on basic design at New York University from 1950 to 1958. He exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum 1935, 1937; at the Wakefield Gallery 1942, 1943, 1945; the Nierendorf Gallery 1945; at the Buchholz Gallery 1943, 1945; at the Whitney Museum of American Art 1945, 1950; at the Worcester Art Museum 1948; and at the Hudson River Museum...

This black pencil on paper is a study of a nude standing female, designed by Marie Louise Simard (1886-1963). The hand-written signature is on the bottom left corner with the officia...

'Nude Woman Drying Her Hair', crayon and pencil on fine paper (1967), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). A shapely woman has just finished bathing and is drying her hair in the privac...

French artist Georges Lucien Guyot (1885 - 1972) signed this charming woman nude study. This painting features a lovely design of a woman getting out of the bath and wiping with a towel. Only a few lines in charcoal and red chalk or sanguine mark the silhouette and posture and capture the model's expression. The red color emphasizes the color of the skin and imbues the lascivious movement. The sketches of the bath towel are only suggested, but it gives the whole thing a lot of softness and an incredible illusion of movement. Signed on the bottom left corner: Georges Lucien Guyot. The artist used a technique named "sanguine," or red chalk or crayon. The drawing has a blood-red, reddish, or flesh coloration. It has been popular for centuries for drawing employed by 15th and 16th Century artists such as the great masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. The drawing is ornate with a contemporary wood frame with a red and yellow deep-textured pattern and an off-white matte with acrylic glass protection. Measurements: With Frame: 20.87 in. wide (53 cm) x 28.35 in. high (72 cm) x 1 in. deep (2.5 cm). View alone: 11.44 in. wide (29 cm) x 18.94 in. high (48 cm). About: Georges Lucien Guyot (born December 10, 1885, in Paris, where he died December 31, 1972) is a French artist, sculptor, and painter. From an early age, Georges Guyot showed artistic abilities, but the modest conditions of his parents did not allow him to study art. So he did his apprenticeship with a wood sculptor. Guyot excelled in copying works from the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries but rapidly showed an attraction for nature. This attraction led him to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he could study wild animals and translate his observations into sculptures and paintings. A familiar figure of Montmartre, Georges Guyot was the guest of the Bateau-Lavoir from the time of Cubism. In 1931, he joined the group of Twelve, created by François Pompon and Jane Poupelet...