Moise KISLING (Cracovie 1891 - Sanary sur mer... Lot n° 44

Portrait of Renée Kisling Made in 1915 Oil on canvas 54,5 x 46 cm Signed and dated lower left "Kisling 1915 On the reverse side on the frame, partially torn label "Malborough". Provenance : Collection Mr François Hummel and Mme Francine Cabriéres, Chamonix Private sale Christie's, 2006 Acquired by the current owner from the latter Collection Madame and Mr S. Bibliography : Henri Troyat, Kisling, catalogue raisonné, volume 2, n° 7, reproduced p.103. Moïse Kisling will evoke the first moments of his meeting with Renée: "It was there (in my studio) that one evening, which was like any other evening, a young girl entered. Her name was Miss Gros, she painted and was curious to visit my studio. I liked her at once strangely, with her hair of a violent blond, coiffed like a dog, her face with a pointed chin, a large nose, an irregular face, but animated by a questing look. » Moïse Kisling painted this portrait of Renée in 1915, the year they met. The brushstroke is spontaneous; the palette of colours, both dark and vivid, mixing blue, green and bright red, gives an intensity, a particular strength to the portrait. The angular lines of Renée's face are a gift that Kisling chooses to highlight, revealing an expressive and resolutely modern portrait in a three-quarter stance. Renée, a charismatic personality and true muse, never ceased to fascinate the artist. Weekly Confessions, not referenced (year 1936), extracted from Claude de Voort's monograph, Kisling 1891-1953, Paris, Editeur J. Kisling, 1996.