84 - Edward Cucuel

Edward Cucuel 1875 San Francisco – 1954 Pasadena – “Woman in a Boat on the Lakeshore” – Watercolor on paper. 33 x 34 cm (mat cutout). 68 x 68 cm (dimensions with frame). Signed lower right: Cucuel. Framed under glass. – An original expert opinion by Helmut Krause from 2005, confirming the work’s inclusion in the catalogue raisonné currently in preparation, is available. Edward Cucuel was an American painter with European roots. He studied in San Francisco and Paris. He worked as a newspaper illustrator in San Francisco, and later also in Berlin and Munich, where, like his colleague Leo Putz, he was a member of the artists’ group “Die Scholle.” Beginning in 1912, Cucuel successfully exhibited his work in various shows in America and Europe, including at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Munich Secession, and the 1915 World’s Fair in San Francisco. The painter is known for his portraits of women and nude depictions in the style of the French Impressionists. His works can still be found today in numerous museums in Europe and America. An erotic scene depicting a young woman undressing to bathe.