Watercolor on French paper. Dimensions 51.5 cm x 36.5 cm, 56 x 42 cm (passepartout)
Work unsigned, notations in pencil on the back.
Provenance:
From the family of the artist Joseph Raskin, who was a friend of Mela Muter.
Raskin also owned a collection of oil paintings by Mela Muter, one of which was sold at auction at Christie's.
It was not possible to obtain confirmation of the work's authenticity, so the work is sold "in style" as attributed to the artist "ATTR"
Mela Muter (1876-1967). Artist from the circle of the Ecole de Paris.
She trained at the School of Drawing and Painting for Women in Warsaw. In 1901 she settled permanently in Paris. She continued her artistic studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere and the Académie Colarossi. From 1902, she participated in the Paris Salons. She was closely associated with the Polish art and literary colony active in Paris; she participated in exhibitions of Polish art at the Society of Polish Artists (1914) and Galerie du Musée Crillon (1922). She traveled to Spain in 1911-14, and visited Switzerland in 1915 and 1919. She spent many months in Brittany and the southern regions of France. Mela Muter developed her own original style growing out of the Post-Impressionist tradition. From van Gogh's paintings she took over the expressive contour circling forms brought out by quick, multi-directional brushstrokes. She painted charming landscapes and city views, genre scenes and portraits. (source - Desa Unicum)
