Lot number 2251 - Auction 150
ANEMONEN, ZINNIEN UND NELKEN IN EINER GRUNEN CHINESISCHEN SCHALE, um 1940

CHARLES CAMOIN 1879 Marseille - 1965 Paris ANEMONES, ZINNIAS AND CARNATIONS IN A GREEN CHINESE BOWL, circa 1940 Oil on canvas. 38 x 46 cm (f. 46.5 x 54.5 cm). Signed lower right: "Ch Camoin". An auction receipt (bordereau d'adjudication) from Henri Baudoin (1876-1963), auctioneer in Paris, dated 1943, is available. Also preserved are an auction slip with handwritten notes and price indications for the works. Minimal paint losses on the leaf on the pedestal beneath the vase as well as in the upper right corner. Framed. Charles Camoin began his artistic training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille and continued it later in Paris in the studio of Gustave Moreau, where he met Matisse, Rouault, and Marquet. During his military service in Aix-en-Provence, he encountered Paul Cezanne - a formative acquaintance that developed into a long-lasting friendship and an intense correspondence. Although Camoin is often associated with the Fauves, his work differs in certain respects from the more radical tendencies of the movement. His use of color remains clear and vibrant, but he refrains from the extreme expressiveness and stark contrasts that characterize many of his colleagues. Instead, he developed a more nuanced personal style within the Fauvist spectrum. Together with artist friends like Matisse and Marquet, he worked in various locations: on the Cote d'Azur, Corsica, Collioure, and Tangier. After World War I, he lived and worked alternately in Saint-Tropez and Paris. Camoin exhibited regularly at the Salon des Independants and the Salon d'Automne. The still life shown here is believed to date from the 1930s/40s. In composition and style, it recalls other works from this period, especially The Blue Bowl, now in the Centre Pompidou. Expertise: This work is included in the artist's catalogue raisonne compiled by the Camoin Archives. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Jean Michaux.