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Suzanne Fabry
Autoportrait au Petit Col Rond (Self-Portrait with a Small Round Neck), 1925

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Suzanne Fabry Autoportrait au Petit Col Rond (Self-Portrait with a Small Round Neck), c.1925 Charcoal on paper 22 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches signed SUZANNE FABRY (lower right) Brussels-born Suzanne Fabry (1904-1985) was the daughter of the renowned Symbolist painter Emile Fabry. She and her family fled to Herefordshire and St Ives during the conflict of the First World War. Returning home to Belgium after the war, Suzanne enrolled at Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts studying under Jean Delville and Constant Montald, who along with her father belonged to an artist’s group known as ‘L’Art Monumental’. Following her graduation in 1928, Suzanne forged a career as a painter taking part in the triennial Salon in Antwerp in 1930 and the quadrennial Salon in Liège in 1931. In her later life, Suzanne worked as a costume designer at the Brussels opera house, La Monnaie. She continued to pursue her career as a painter, alongside her work as head of the opera’s costume workshop, until her death in 1985. Autoportrait au Petit Col Rond, c. 1925 was created during her time at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, where she studied from 1923 to 1928. Echoing the drawings of Old Masters, Fabry’s three-quarter positioning of her head recalls the grandeur of Northern Renaissance portraits, whilst her wide eyes and mouth ajar suggest a certain youthfulness. This study highlights Fabry’s command of line and technical skill, which would inform her typical dream-like portraiture and subtle interrogations of the female form in the post-war environment.
  • Creator:
    Suzanne Fabry (1904 - 1985, Belgian)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 18.25 in (46.36 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU8814604132

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