Through the Eyes of Chilean Artist Laura Rodig Pizarro

Published on 15 April 2021, by Caroline Legrand

Auction on 23 April 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - 8, rue Dominique-Larréa, Z.A. Layatz - 64500 Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Little-known in Europe, politically committed artist Laura Rodig Pizarro (1901-1972) focuses on the harsh life of women in her native country in this work.

Laura Rodig Pizarro (1901-1972), Three Women in a Deserted Village, oil on canvas,... Through the Eyes of Chilean Artist Laura Rodig Pizarro

Laura Rodig Pizarro (1901-1972), Three Women in a Deserted Village, oil on canvas, 1926, 66 x 81 cm/26 x 31.8 in.
Estimate: €10,000/15,000

Three women sit in the foreground of this composition, each facing in a different direction to differentiate them, while their globality is emphasized. They seem pensive, as if resigned to this arid landscape . A waterless fountain in the background echoes the harshness of their existence, and the toil and deprivation they have to face. The female figure was the favorite subject of Laura Rodig Pizarro, a politically committed…

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