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Roger Chastel (1897-1981) Fauteuil aux oignons circa 1930 Oil on canvas signed lower left 130 x 88 cm Condition report: Framed Roger Chastel showed exceptional artistic talent from an early age. With his brother, he would go to the Louvre to reproduce from memory, and from the back, the paintings he was observing. He trained at the Académie Ranson and then at the Académie Julian, under the guidance of Jean-Paul Laurens. It was during this period that he befriended Jean Souverbie, who marked his artistic career. Chastel began exhibiting at the Paris Salons in 1926. His early works show a strong Cubist influence. His meeting with collector Paul Guillaume proved decisive. In 1932, he was awarded the Grand Prix National de la Peinture. Our work corresponds to this period, when he was already flirting with non-figuration, focusing on light, the shapes of the fondend armchair and getting closer to the work of Jean Fautrier... In the 1950s, Chastel moved further away from figuration to explore the possibilities of color, striving for chromatic balance. During this period, he forged lasting friendships with Maria Manton and Louis Nallard. Roger Chastel's works are preserved in prestigious institutions such as the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and the Baltimore Museum in the United States. From 1963 to 1968, he was studio head at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he taught the great names of the next generation of artists, including François Rouan, Pierre Buraglio, Daniel Buren and Claude Viallat... (MLD)
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