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MELA MUTER PORTRAIT EINES MANNES (1926)

Lot 33
03.06.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 33 | MELA MUTER PORTRAIT EINES MANNES (1926)
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€ 70 000 – 140 000
MELA MUTER ('eigentlich Maria Melania Mutermilch') 1886 Waschau, Polen - 1967 Paris PORTRAIT EINES MANNES (1926) Öl auf Leinwand. 100,5 x 82 cm (R. 117,5 x 98 cm). Oben links signiert 'Muter' sowie oben rechts datiert '1926'. Verso: Rückseitig mit Klebeetikett 'Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles' sowie 'Polswiss Art, Warschau'. Mela Muter, eigentlich Maria Melania Mutermilch, wurde 1896 in Warschau geboren und besuchte die Malschule für Frauen von Milosz Kotarbinsky in Warschau. Muter war kurzzeitig Studentin an der Académie Colarossi und der Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. Bereits im Jahr 1901 zog sie mit ihrem Ehemann, den Schriftsteller und Kunstkritiker Michal Mutermilch nach Paris, wo sie Kontakte in der Pariser Kunstszene knüpfte, unter anderen mit Arthur Honegger, Anatole France, Romain Rolland, Auguste Perret und Edgar Varèse sowie den polnischen Künstlern Henryk Sienkiewicz, Wladyslaw Reymont und Bronislaw Huberman.Das hier angebotene 'Portrait eines Mannes' aus dem Jahr 1926 zeigt die Darstellung einer männlichen Person auf einem Sessel sitzend. Vor dem neutralen Hintergrund platziert, dominieren vor allem die Brauntöne in diesem Gemälde. Muter zeigt einen variierenden Farbauftrag, der von der pointillistischen Farbauftrag im Bereich des Gesichts hin zu einem langen Pinselduktus im Bereich der Darstellung der Kleidung.Ihre Werke wurden seit 1902 in der Société nationale des Beaux-Arts ausgestellt, deren Mitglied sie seit 1912 war. Zudem stellte sie im Salon d'Automne sowie seit 1924 im Salon de Tuileries aus. Es folgten mehrere Beteiligungen bei Gruppenausstellungen, wie bei Druet, Billiet und in der Galerie La Renaissance in Paris, bei Thannhauser in München, in der Galerie Dalman in Barcelona sowie im Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. Ihre Werke wurden von Paul Cézanne, Paul Gaugin und Vincent van Gogh beeinflusst und zeigen vornehmlich Portraits, Landschaften und Stillleben.Die Zeit während des Zweiten Weltkrieges verbrachte Muter im Süden Frankreichs in Avignon, bevor sie wieder nach Paris zurückkehrte. Aufgrund der Verschlechterung ihrer Sehkraft konnte Muter jedoch nur noch eingeschränkt weiterarbeiten. Im Jahr 1927 erhielt Muter die französische Staatsangehörigkeit. Und 1945 kehrte sie nach Paris zurück, wo sie schließlich im Jahr 1967 verstarb. Ihre Werke befinden sich in den Sammlungen Musée d'Art Moderne und im Petit Palais in Genf, sowie in Museen in Algier, Avignon, Barcelona, Belfort, Gerona, La Rochelle, Lwow, Lyon und Nantes.Das Portrait eines Mannes von Mela Muter wurde in den 1970er Jahren von der Papillon Gallery in Los Angeles als Portrait von Arthur Honegger geführt. Rahmen. Provenienz: Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles, wohl nach 1972 bis ca. 2000; seit 2014 Privatsammlung Polen.
MELA MUTER (properly Maria Melania Mutermilch) 1886 Waschau, Poland - 1967 Paris PORTRAIT OF A MAN (1926) Oil on canvas. 100,5 x 82 cm (f. 117,5 x 98 cm). Signed 'Muter' at upper left and dated '1926' at upper right. Verso: Adhesive label on the reverse 'Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles' and 'Polswiss Art, Warsaw'. Frame. Mela Muter, properly Maria Melania Mutermilch, was born in Warsaw in 1896 and attended Milosz Kotarbinsky's painting school for women in Warsaw. Muter was briefly a student at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. As early as 1901 she moved to Paris with her husband, the writer and art critic Michal Mutermilch, where she made contacts in the Parisian avantgarde, among others with Arthur Honegger, Anatole France, Romain Rolland, Auguste Perret and Edgar Varèse as well as the Polish artists Henryk Sienkiewicz, Wladyslaw Reymont and Bronislaw Huberman. The 'Portrait of a Man' from 1926 offered here shows a depiction of a male person sitting on an armchair. Placed against the neutral background, the brown tones in particular dominate this painting. Muter shows a varying application of paint, from the pointillist application of paint in the area of the face to a long brushstroke in the area of the depiction of clothing. Her works were exhibited at the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1902, of which she had been a member since 1912. She also exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and, from 1924, at the Salon de Tuileries. Several participations in group exhibitions followed, such as at Druet, Billiet and the Galerie La Renaissance in Paris, at Thannhauser in Munich, at the Galerie Dalman in Barcelona and at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. Her works were influenced by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gaugin and Vincent van Gogh and show mainly portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Muter spent the period during the Second World War in the south of France in Avignon before returning to Paris. However, due to the deterioration of her eyesight, Muter was only able to continue working to a limited extent. In 1927, Muter was granted French citizenship. In 1945 she returned to Paris, where she died in 1967. Her works are in the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne and the Petit Palais in Geneva, as well as in museums in Algiers, Avignon, Barcelona, Belfort, Gerona, La Rochelle, Lwow, Lyon and Nantes. Portrait of a Man by Mela Muter was listed as a portrait of Arthur Honegger by the Papillon Gallery in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Provenance: Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles, after 1972 until c. 2000; since 2014 private collection Poland.
Artist:Mela Muter (1876 - 1967)
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