&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
&w=3840&q=75)
112
AUGUSTIN FERRANDO (1880-1957)
The item was sold for 1 716 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
AUGUSTIN FERRANDO (1880-1957)
Still life with bouquet of flowers, parasols and hats
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
(Gaps and lifting of the paint layer)
Oil on panel, signed lower left
85 x 100 cm - 33 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.
Provenance
Private collection, France (acquired from the artist in Algeria, then by descent)
Note
A student at the Algiers Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1898, then at the Académie Druet and Rochegrosse, and a former student of Fernand Cormon (1845-1924) at the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Ferrando met Derain, Matisse, Léger, Vlaminck and Utrillo in Paris. Considered the only Fauvist painter in Algeria, Ferrando won several vermeille medals at exhibitions organized by the Société des Artistes Orientalistes. In 1914, he was drafted into the Zouaves of Algiers, where he served until 1918. Appointed director of the Oran School of Fine Arts and founder of the Association amicale des Artistes africains, he became curator of the Musée Demaeght in 1935. He worked in Oued Taria, where his second wife was originally from. His work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in Algiers (Galerie Charlet), Oran (Galerie Pozzalo and Galerie Pasteur), Paris (Palais de New York), Biennale de Menton, and various retrospectives, including Algiers in 1959, Musée Rolin d'Autun in 1977 (notice and catalog by G. Vuillemot, curator), Boulogne-Billancourt in 1990, Versailles and Paris in 1992, and in Albert Marquet et ses amis, July 2008, center culturel de Saint-Raphaël (Var).
Still life with bouquet of flowers, parasols and hats
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
(Gaps and lifting of the paint layer)
Oil on panel, signed lower left
85 x 100 cm - 33 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.
Provenance
Private collection, France (acquired from the artist in Algeria, then by descent)
Note
A student at the Algiers Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1898, then at the Académie Druet and Rochegrosse, and a former student of Fernand Cormon (1845-1924) at the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Ferrando met Derain, Matisse, Léger, Vlaminck and Utrillo in Paris. Considered the only Fauvist painter in Algeria, Ferrando won several vermeille medals at exhibitions organized by the Société des Artistes Orientalistes. In 1914, he was drafted into the Zouaves of Algiers, where he served until 1918. Appointed director of the Oran School of Fine Arts and founder of the Association amicale des Artistes africains, he became curator of the Musée Demaeght in 1935. He worked in Oued Taria, where his second wife was originally from. His work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in Algiers (Galerie Charlet), Oran (Galerie Pozzalo and Galerie Pasteur), Paris (Palais de New York), Biennale de Menton, and various retrospectives, including Algiers in 1959, Musée Rolin d'Autun in 1977 (notice and catalog by G. Vuillemot, curator), Boulogne-Billancourt in 1990, Versailles and Paris in 1992, and in Albert Marquet et ses amis, July 2008, center culturel de Saint-Raphaël (Var).