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Pencil drawings - Paul-Elie Gernez (1888-1948)

Pencil drawings - Paul-Elie Gernez (1888-1948)

320,00€

320,00€

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Paul-Élie GERNEZ (1888-1948) – Rare and important double-sided study sheet: Women in Norman headdresses & Cubist-inspired landscape

Description:
An exceptional collector's item that offers two major facets of Paul-Élie Gernez's talent on a single support.
- On the recto: A particularly sensitive and graphic study of two women wearing the traditional Norman headdress, a strong regionalist subject and highly sought after by the artist. Authenticated by the purple stamp with the flower of the Gernez estate.
- On the verso: A magnificent pencil landscape with a decidedly modern, Cubist-inspired composition. The artist schematizes the volumes of nature (trees and hills) with geometric lines and dynamic planes, bearing witness to his avant-garde plastic research.
  A double work ideal for framing between two panes.
Brief biography:
Paul-Élie Gernez (1888-1948) is an essential figure of the Honfleur School. Although famous for his luminous pastels and estuary seascapes, he also developed a modern and synthetic style. His sketchbooks reveal an artist attentive to the lessons of Cubism, seeking beneath the Norman light the geometric structure and the secret essence of forms.
Characteristics:
- Technique: Two original pencil drawings (Recto-Verso) on period paper.
  - unframed
- Dimensions: 23.5 X 14.2cm.
- Provenance: Artist's studio collection (purple estate stamp).

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