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Private collection, Asia
Private collection, Asia
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L'arrivée
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1985 Oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm Signed lower right CARZOU in French and dated 85 |
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Estimate
700,000 - 1,000,000 173,000 - 247,000 22,300 - 31,800
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Sold Price
720,000 174,757 22,507
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Catalogue Note:
L'ARRIVÉE
JEAN CARZOU
Armenian-French artist Jean Carzou was born in 1907 in Syria. He was educated in Egypt, and left for Paris to further his studies in 1924, where he enrolled at the Montparnasse Art Academy after graduating from architecture school. He began taking part in major art exhibitions across Europe in 1930, and decades of artistic achievements have secured him a significant role in the international art world. In 1953, Carzou was invited to do stage design for Le Loup for “Les Ballets” of Roland Petit and for the 1954 “Giselle” at Opéra National de Paris. His bold execution won him accolades from the art world. He also illustrated novels of renowned writer Ernest Hemingway. His work features strict geometric perspective; he excelled at using intersecting lines to create characters and objects in his work, painting an imaginative scene with impactful lines and bold use of color. It is hard to define Carzou’s style, as his work often walks a fine line between realism and surrealism. For Carzou, his style was a lonely space, interchanging between the two worlds he created: tangible reality and intangible imagination. The two worlds intersect and converge, creating new meaning.
Carzou’s work is in the collections of many renowned museums, such as Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, and Bibliotheque nationale de France. Museums in cities such as Moscow and Cair o also feature his paintings. Carzou was also one of 10 members of the Academie des beaux-arts of th e Institut de France. Carzou passed away in 2000; his membership in the Académie was succeeded by abstract artist Zou Wou-ki in 2002. Carzou excelled at creating a dialogue between reality and fiction, and his paintings leave ample space for imagination. Through painting, he explored architecture, geometry, and human anatomy. By painting scenery and portraits, Carzou manifested a world of gorgeous color. Mysterious figures populate his meticulously crafted imaginative space, where the main characters of his paintings are often warriors and women. His images often exude a sense of destruction and emptiness, yet there is always a ray of hope to be found in the details.
“L'arrivée” was created in 1985, a continuation of Carzou’s classic style, featuring a street scene in a mysterious world. The houses on the right side bring a sense of realism to the painting, while the figures constructed of tangled lines pull the viewer back to the world of fantasy. The winding railway leads the viewer’s gaze deep into the image, disappearing in the mysterious dusk. In the background a few colors converge to form a poetic scene, and add another element of fantasy to the nostalgic image. The ordered geometric blocks and messy lines create a sharp contrast, and the lines and colors build a space shrouded in mystery, leaving the viewer with endless space to imagine.
JEAN CARZOU
Armenian-French artist Jean Carzou was born in 1907 in Syria. He was educated in Egypt, and left for Paris to further his studies in 1924, where he enrolled at the Montparnasse Art Academy after graduating from architecture school. He began taking part in major art exhibitions across Europe in 1930, and decades of artistic achievements have secured him a significant role in the international art world. In 1953, Carzou was invited to do stage design for Le Loup for “Les Ballets” of Roland Petit and for the 1954 “Giselle” at Opéra National de Paris. His bold execution won him accolades from the art world. He also illustrated novels of renowned writer Ernest Hemingway. His work features strict geometric perspective; he excelled at using intersecting lines to create characters and objects in his work, painting an imaginative scene with impactful lines and bold use of color. It is hard to define Carzou’s style, as his work often walks a fine line between realism and surrealism. For Carzou, his style was a lonely space, interchanging between the two worlds he created: tangible reality and intangible imagination. The two worlds intersect and converge, creating new meaning.
Carzou’s work is in the collections of many renowned museums, such as Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, and Bibliotheque nationale de France. Museums in cities such as Moscow and Cair o also feature his paintings. Carzou was also one of 10 members of the Academie des beaux-arts of th e Institut de France. Carzou passed away in 2000; his membership in the Académie was succeeded by abstract artist Zou Wou-ki in 2002. Carzou excelled at creating a dialogue between reality and fiction, and his paintings leave ample space for imagination. Through painting, he explored architecture, geometry, and human anatomy. By painting scenery and portraits, Carzou manifested a world of gorgeous color. Mysterious figures populate his meticulously crafted imaginative space, where the main characters of his paintings are often warriors and women. His images often exude a sense of destruction and emptiness, yet there is always a ray of hope to be found in the details.
“L'arrivée” was created in 1985, a continuation of Carzou’s classic style, featuring a street scene in a mysterious world. The houses on the right side bring a sense of realism to the painting, while the figures constructed of tangled lines pull the viewer back to the world of fantasy. The winding railway leads the viewer’s gaze deep into the image, disappearing in the mysterious dusk. In the background a few colors converge to form a poetic scene, and add another element of fantasy to the nostalgic image. The ordered geometric blocks and messy lines create a sharp contrast, and the lines and colors build a space shrouded in mystery, leaving the viewer with endless space to imagine.