Georges Joubin (1888-1983) - Mid 20th Century Oil Reading Outside

Description

A woman peacefully reads a book in a verdant landscape setting in this intimate portrait by French artist Georges Joubin (1888-1983). Joubin painted numerous scenes of women reading, evidently finding inspiration in the sense of peacefulness and introspection that this subject matter provides. The work is unsigned, but was acquired as part of a larger collection of work by the artist. On canvas on stretchers.

Condition

There is some wear and dirtying around the edges of the canvas, but overall the condition is good.

Size

55 x 46cm (21.7" x 18.1")

Collection Information

A Parisian painter by tradition, Joubin brings out the physical reality of beings, going directly to what can express their nature. His work transposes into his own vision the simple reality of everyday life.

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Artist Biography

Alfred Flavien Georges Joubin (1888-1983) was a French painter. Having been orphaned at a young age, he received his artistic training at the Académie Julian and then at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1912, he settled in the artists' colony "Les Fusains" in Montmartre, Paris. He participated in the founding of the École de Montmartre, whose manifesto proclaimed: "we believe we can create a work not nourished by abstraction, but plunging into the very roots of life." A street in Digny, his birthplace, now bears his name.