oil on canvas
133.0
x 107.0
cm
'Night Revels' Oil on canvas dated 1934, by Jean Hanau
Jean Hanau was born in Paris in 1899, dying in New York 1966. A painter,
he was a pupil of Cormon at the École
des Beaux Arts and then
worked in the Colarossi studio in Paris; he exhibited there at the Salon
d’Automne, the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon des Indépendants, becoming a
member of all three societies. In 1925 he opened a studio in the Boulevard
Saint Michel. The French Government purchased two of his panels for the
National Collection and the City of Paris bought one for the Municipal
Collection. He moved to United States of America in 1928, becoming a citizen
there in 1942.He was known for his Art Deco style in paintings, sculpture and
the decorative arts. He completed numerous architectural commissions in New
York City from the 1940s, among them wall reliefs and murals and gold leaf
designs on mirrors. He taught from the 1940s at the Art Students League in New
York.
Biblio: Bénézit: Dictionary of Painters
Price: $22,500.00
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