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American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle

$2,495List Price

About the Item

An American circa 1940’s WPA / surrealist style landscape painting by French American female artist Cecile Belle. The oil on canvas painting depicts the builders of a structure set amongst a sparse, urban, industrial landscape. The style is WPA and surrealist at once. The toiling workers are celebrated for their contribution. And at the same time their very existence in the spatial plane seems impossible. The painting is signed in the lower right corner. Housed and presented in a period 1940’s wormy chestnut frame designed and made by the important House of Heydenryk artisans, this painting and frame offer the total, period, American modernist art package. Additionally and adding to the provenance of the work, there are labels verso. One is from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and serves as an exhibition record. The other is from the equally important Midtown Galleries of New York City. With such incredible pedigree, I wanted to learn more about this artist and so I present to you a short biography and exhibition history on Ms. Belle from the Feoli Fine Art website, “Cecile Belle (American 1900-1996) Cecille Belle was born in Verdun France in 1900. She studied art in in Caen and Roeun, France, followed by Oxford University and later, the School of Fine arts in Antwerp Belgium. She later moved to the United States, where she settled in NY and later in Palm Beach, Florida. She was known for her abstract expressionist landscapes from the 40's and early 50's. Exhibition record: Carnegie Institute: 1944-45; Springfield Museum of Art: 1941-45; Durand-Ruel Galleries NY: 1945 (One man show); Bonestell Galleries 1944 (One man show)”. The vibrant and powerful colors in the work, the perspective and immediacy to the subject matter, the picture frame are just a few of the long list of attributes that drew me to this work.

Dimensions:
Height: 33.75 in (85.73 cm)Width: 38.75 in (98.43 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Style:
Industrial (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Paint,Wood,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1940’s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In antique / vintage condition with age appropriate wear. Some surface abrasions, craquelure, flaking. Wear to the frame. The stretched canvas itself measures 30” w x 25” h.
Seller Location:
Atlanta, GA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU7240235780952

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