Chrysanthèmes sur une table
<p>In the 1920s Jean Fautrier was part of a circle of artists, including Chaim Soutine and Marc Chagall, whose work grappled with subjects of human tragedy. Here, in a still life of discarded chrysanthemums, the flowers’ decay suggests moral decline and contrasts with the sensual, energetic paint application. Fautrier’s work became less figural over time, approaching total abstraction from the 1940s onward, but he continued to explore themes of suffering, erotic feeling, and death in these later works.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1927
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65 × 81 cm (25 5/8 × 31 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Jean Fautrier
Artist
Painting
Jean Fautrier was a French painter, illustrator, printmaker, and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme.
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Plate 7 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I
1962 · Etching, aquatint, and embossing from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving
All Alone
1957 · Plaster, oil, and dry pigments on paper mounted to canvas
Paroles à propos des nus de Fautrier
1956 · Illustrated book with lithograph with oil and ink additions
Hostages (Les Otages), 1942 from Fautrier l'enragé
1949 · Etching and aquatint from the supplementary suite of twelve etchings (eight with aquatint) and one aquatint
Title page (page 7) from Fautrier l'enragé
1949 · Heliogravure from an illustrated book with twenty etchings (twelve with aquatint, one with heliogravure, and one with heliogravure and aquatint), one heliogravure, two zincographs, one woodcut, one aquatint wrapper, and eight reproductions
Fautrier l'enragé
1949 · Illustrated book with twenty etchings (twelve with aquatint, one with heliogravure, and one with heliogravure and aquatint), one heliogravure, two zincographs, one woodcut, one aquatint wrapper, and eight reproductions; plus the supplementary suite of twelve etchings (eight with aquatint) and one aquatint
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- Jean Fautrier
- Year
- 1927
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65 × 81 cm (25 5/8 × 31 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1927-113972
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified