Georges Paul MASURE
(Active 1900s/1910s)
Oil on canvas
80 x 65 cm (97 x 82cm with the frame)
Signed and dated lower right "G. P. Masure / 1912"
Painting exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1913 (2032. « Fleurs et japoneries »)
Beautiful 19th century frame
Georges Paul Masure was a Parisian painter in the Montparnasse area. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in the years 1900/1910.
Our painting is the painting he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1913 under the number 2032 and titled "Flowers and Japaneries". It represents a still life with a bunch of flowers, a magnificent basket of oranges, a pomegranate and a Japanese sculpture with a little fisherman with a red Koi carp. 2500 years ago, when the son of Confucius was born, he received as a gift from King Shoko of Ro, a fish that was first called Koi. It represents the symbol of strength, because this fish was the only one able to go up the steam of the Yellow River. Owning a koi will long remain the prerogative of the Japanese nobility.
The dominant colors in the painting are orange and red. And in Japanese Shinto...
Category
1910s French School Nicolas Baudesson Paintings