LOT 40 Michalis Economou (Greek, 1888-1933) Houses in Bretagne 38.5 x 46 cm.
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Michalis Economou (Greek, 1888-1933) Houses in Bretagne signed 'M. Economou' (lower right and lower left) oil on canvas 38.5 x 46 cm. Footnotes: This evocative representation of a weather-beaten seaside house captured in textured forms and delightfully reflected on shallow still waters, is a lyrical image of subjective truth and a vision of 'humble monumentality' suspended between real time and memory. The motif of seaside structures reflected on water is a favourite and recurrent theme throughout Economou's oeuvre, echoing distant memories marked by early experiences and visual recollections of the Aegean Sea and his native port town of Piraeus. The artist is also concerned with the harmonious incorporation of the human presence into the whole—in this case a female figure placed boldly with her back towards the viewer. He is interested in the spatial relationship between the figure and the surrounding space, as well as the pictorial unity of the figure and its environment. Note how the warm red of the garments hanging in the balcony is picked up in the still water reflections and further echoed in the woman's peasant skirt, impelling the eye to perceive the pictorial surface as an unbroken entity. This need to unite figures and surroundings into a cohesive and meaningful whole—a lifelong preoccupation of the artist—dictated a uniform handling of energetic brushwork throughout the picture plane in the vein of many Pissarro landscapes. During his twenty-year stay in the French capital (1906-1926), Economou travelled extensively throughout Bretagne, Normandy and the south of France, depicting weathered houses captured in a wide range of subtle tonalities. Although these monolithic seaside structures have a sculptural quality that articulates a sense of stability and permanence, the whole subject generates a poetic atmosphere more like a distant, vague recollection than an actual sense experience. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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