Additional information
| Artist | Chahine |
|---|---|
| Country | French |
| Region | European |
ArtistChahine, Edgar
Artist Years1874-1947
Artist NationalityFrench
TitleGigolette
Year1924
MediumPrint > Drypoint
DimensionsPlate: 12.5 X 8.5 inches
Catalog ReferenceTabanelli 399
Description
Original drypoint, signed in pencil and annotated with title and “8/50”, printed in black with uniform plate tone on chine applique onto heavy, felt-finish, cream wove paper, 1.6 – 4.0 inch margins. Fine condition, very faint mat oxidation from previous framing. Free shipping to US address. (nt bx-67)
NotesEdgar Chahine was born in 1874, probably in Vienna, to Armenian parents, and was taken as a child to Constantinople, where he lived until he was eighteen. Determined to study art he traveled to Venice, where he studied at the Accademia de Belle Arti under Paoletti. In 1895 he went to Paris, where he briefly studied at the Académie Julian with Benjamin Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens. His true master was, however, the life of the teeming streets of Paris. “As lively as was his enthusiasm for the exquisite grace of Tiepolo,” wrote Roger Marx in 1900, “once Mr. Chahine’s vocation had taken shape he was to move towards an art of expression rather than one of decoration. Thoughtful and sensible, the drama of reality appeals to him more than the fantasies of dreams; he aspires to truth, a truth imbued with character and from which emotion is never excluded. That which has struck him and held him in the moving kaleidoscope of Parisian life, all of which was new to him, is less our feverishness, our turbulent passions, than the spectacle of misery and hard work, the saddening parade of beings conscious of their degradation and dedication to the simulation of pleasure.”
(source: Armstrong Fine Art)
Price $950.00