Thérèse HUMMEL (1896-1967) – Les amoureux, place de la Comédie - Signed watercolour - 20th century

Charming and luminous watercolour entitled Les amoureux, place de la Comédie, executed by the artist Thérèse Hummel (1896-1967).

The artist deploys here a synthetic and strikingly modern graphic style, playing elegantly on a contrasted and masterfully controlled chromatic palette: the verdant green of the foliage and architectural elements answers the vibrant red-orange of the figures and stylised street lamps.

In the foreground, a group of pigeons pecks about the square, lending a lively and poetic dynamism to the scene. In the background, the pair of lovers strolls near the fountain and the lamp posts, before the imposing Parisian façades. The precision of the line combined with the lightness of the washes bears witness to the artist’s great plastic mastery.

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

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

Museum-quality framing custom-made by a leading Parisian atelier: anti-reflective, UV-filtering glass.

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