Two Grigory Gluckmann Nudes Harking Back to the Sources of Classicism

Published on 25 March 2022, by Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 22 April 2022 - 13:30 (CEST) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The painter was famous in Paris in the 1930s. With an impeccable technique, he gave his nudes a timeless modernity.

Grigory Gluckmann (1898-1973), Two Nudes, 1933, oil on panel, signed, dated and located... Two Grigory Gluckmann Nudes Harking Back to the Sources of Classicism

Grigory Gluckmann (1898-1973), Two Nudes, 1933, oil on panel, signed, dated and located "Paris", 71 x 92 cm/28 x 36.2 in.
Estimate: €30,000/50,000

Born in Vitebsk, Belarus, Grigory Gluckmann entered the Fine Arts School in Moscow in 1917, but the Bolshevik Revolution spurred him to seek freedom in Europe. Working first as an illustrator in Berlin from 1920 to 1923, he then traveled to Florence, where he discovered the Renaissance masters. But he soon felt the call of Paris, where all the artists of the time…

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