Thérèse HUMMEL (1896-1967) – Le Marché aux fleurs - Signed watercolour - 20th century

A sparkling and luminous watercolour heightened with ink and touches of gouache, entitled Le Marché aux fleurs, executed by the artist Thérèse Hummel (1896-1967).

The scene transports us into the heart of a bustling Parisian flower market (evoking the banks of the Seine with the bridge and the towers of the Conciergerie silhouetted in the background). Beneath covered arbours, a profusion of pots, bouquets and floral arrangements bursts forth in strokes of vivid colour: poppy orange, soft pink, pure white and deep greens.

Amid this floral setting, several figures are busy at work: a florist in an apron advises an elegant lady in a pink dress, other strollers select their bouquets, while an elegant gentleman in a dark suit and hat walks off towards the centre, a generous bouquet under his arm. The composition is crowned by a poetic sky tinged with pink, dotted with small cottony clouds. Here Thérèse Hummel deploys all the freshness of her palette and the graphic freedom so characteristic of her œuvre.

Biography / About the artist

Thérèse HUMMEL (1896-1967)

An intimate figure of the Parisian artistic circles of the first half of the 20th century, Thérèse Hummel belongs to that generation of independent female artists who evolved at the very heart of modernity.

Close to the leading names of the avant-garde of Montparnasse and Montmartre, she shared privileged bonds of friendship with Jeanne Hébuterne, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso. Immersed in this exceptional creative effervescence, her work is characterised by a remarkable plastic freedom, combining the poetry of daily life, the simplification of forms and the expressiveness of colour.

Her works, sought-after and rare on the market, constitute a precious testimony to the creative spirit of the École de Paris.

The work benefits from a museum-quality bespoke framing: anti-reflective glass filtering UV rays.

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