PROVENANCE:
Chin Tien Gallery, Taipei
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1993

The painting is to be sold with a certificated of authenticity issued by Chin Tien Gallery, Taipei.

The work Violinist is a painting that uses the sketching technique Claude Weisbuch is so adept at. The musician leans his body forward. His left hand is placed on the violin, and his right on the bow. Although facial expression is not minutely drawn out, one can see how concentrated and comfortable the musician is, and that he is focusing on his performance. The strokes integrate smoothly with the background, simplifying detail and expressing the depth of the space. In turn, the viewer feels drawn within. Time moves discreetly within the quiet composition. The violinist is a passionate musician immersed within the notes. The fluid lines meet the pure brown tone in a clever way, capturing an instantaneous image of the moving figure. The figure's movement is expressed via a technique similar to multiple exposures in photography. The artist has depicted the performer's every tiny movement. The beauty of life has been made eternal as it is captured by the pure and simple lines.

Claude Weisbuch lived in a flourishing age for photography. The movements in images and the tension in theater, as well as the multitude of human activities, are the silhouettes of life that make his works vivid and unique. Delicately appreciating these paintings of performers in the mid-performance, the content seems lively and the colors vibrant, skillfully and maturely captured. Not only can one observe his vast experience; one can also see that there is symbolism and meaning hidden under the colors of the image. It is either boundless fantasy, or thoughts that lead one to somewhere faraway, or a humorous intent. Indeed, all excellent art works are the perfect combination of skillful work and the artist's sentiments.