Jules Paskin (1885-1930)

[LCR]

Artist of the Paris School "(despite the fact that according to Paul, it was not), Julius Mordechai Pinchas, known as Jules Paskin (in French, his name is pronounced Pasen), which is called the" Prince of Montparnasse "and" Prince of the Three Mountains "( Montparnasse, Montmartre, Mountain of Venus - Wagner «Venusberg», as Paskin spent quite a lot of time in Parisian brothels) was born in Bulgaria in the family of a prosperous merchant, originally a Spanish Jew. He studied in Berlin, Munich, Budapest and Vienna.
In 1905 he went to Paris and carried away by Fauvism and Cubism - but not for long, and then developed his own style.
During the 1-st World War, he was forced to leave France, as Bulgaria was an ally of Germany, and he visited the United States.
In 1920 he returned to Paris. Beginning in 1925, his life - a continuous journey: he lives in Italy, the United States, Spain, Portugal ...
In 1930 he committed suicide. the day of the vernissage of his exhibition in a Paris gallery.

[LCR]

This is not the biggest artist of the first School of Paris, but one of the most recognizable - thanks to pearlescent shades of gray, pink, blue, beige, characteristic of his work, thanks to subtle and accurate figure, because only he svoiystvennoy melancholy, which emanates from his paintings, who Had he not portrayed - whether prostitutes, whether secular ladies

[operator]

Here are some of his works! : rolleyes:
He has a memorable line - not a straight line but as a quilt, felt his self-doubt - and evil tongues of his contemporaries said that he was always drunk and worked while under shoffe!

About Paskin:

(otherwise - Pasco, Paskhin) Jules (_fr. Jules Pascin, in fact, Julius Mordecai Pinkas, 31 March 1885, Vidin, Bulgaria - June 2, 1930, Paris) - Bulgarian painter and graphic artist of the Paris School, a citizen of the United States (since 1920), most of life lived in France.

Biography

Born in a large Spanish-Sephardic merchant family, the eighth child of eleven. He studied art in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, worked with satirical publications «Simplicissimus» and «Lustige Blätter». In 1905 he moved to Paris, worked in a studio in Montparnasse, and then in Montmartre, was signed by a pseudonym, an anagram. A regular at the Cafe House "and" the Select "received a friendly nickname" Prince of Montparnasse "," Prince of the three hills.

Pascin first solo exhibition was held at the Paul Cassirer Gallery in Berlin in 1907. By order Cassirer illustrated Heinrich Heine (1910), exhibited at the Berlin Secession (1911), Armor for Show in New York, in the Paris Salon d'Automne, the Salon of Independent (1913). In 1914, fleeing from military service, went to London and then in New York, where he lived until 1920, became an American citizen. He returned to Paris, traveled extensively (Cuba, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Spain, Portugal).
Creativity

A brilliant draftsman, cartoonist, PA remained in the history of art the author of expressive and accurate portrait ( "The Turkish Family", 1907, "Hermine in the blue hat, 1918," A portrait Mimi Laurent, 1927-1928) (presented in the attached list) bold and, at the same time, poetic watercolors and pastels nude ( "Sleeping Venus", 1927), models are most often served as prostitutes.

His own heartfelt portrait of Ernest Hemingway left in the book "The Holiday, which is always with you."

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Сообщение от LCR

Artist "Paris School" (despite the fact that according to Paul, it was not)

How's that? Are you serious?

[LCR]

Сообщение от Cyril Syzransky

How's that? Are you serious?

But so was not. And the second in Paris, too, there was no point - dixit Paul

[LCR]

Сообщение от LCR

And like that, no. And the second in Paris, too, there was no point - dixit Paul

This whole story reminds me of the Paris schools theological debates on the pages of two novels have repeatedly cited here

[Glasha]

Nana, thanks a lot - not from the marvelous discoveries
Kojima - at least for me - was Jules Paskin.
Very pleased!

[antip]

Very interesting hudozhnik.Izyaschno, gently and very lyrically .... Poetry Silver
Century "peeps.

[Мунк]

Сообщение от antip

Gracefully, gently and very lyrically .... Poetry "Silver
Century "peeps.

Sad Poetry brothels. And you can name works № 5,6 and 10 of the first post with pictures?

[LCR]

You know, they have, in general, no names - "Naked", "Seated Woman", etc.