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15 - Jaime Colson (1907–1975) Still Life 1926 Mixed media on canv…
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Estimate €2,000 - €5,000
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Jaime Colson (1907–1975) Still Life 1926 Mixed media on canvas, signed and dated on the reverse 46 x 38 cm Exhibitions: Page 91 of the catalogue for the 38th exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, held at the Grand Palais in 1927, mentions that Jaime Colson exhibited two still lifes, numbered 807 and 808. Condition report: Restorations Trained at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, Jaime Colson was initially influenced by Noucentisme, a Catalan cultural and political movement of the early 20th century (1906–1923), characterised by a return to classicism, order and the values of the Mediterranean tradition, in reaction to Modernism. Living in Paris from 1924 to 1934, Colson discovered the Cubist and Surrealist avant-garde movements, as well as the works of Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico and Salvador Dalí. De Chirico’s influence is particularly evident in his works from the 1930s and 1940s, through a return to a classical aesthetic, surreal atmospheres and reinterpretations of Mediterranean mythology. He also became friends with Picasso, whom he regarded as a mentor, and whose Cubist and Neoclassical explorations had a lasting influence on his painting, as evidenced by his work ‘Homenaje a Picasso’, an oil on cardboard from 1927, now in the collection of the Museo Bellapart in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the 1930s, Colson travelled to Mexico, then to Havana, before returning to Paris in 1938. The following year, he exhibited ten paintings and drawings at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery, alongside Mario Carreño and Max Jiménez. With the outbreak of the Second World War, he settled in Barcelona, where he continued his artistic work and, in particular, produced a series of murals in Mallorca. In 1950, Colson returned to the Dominican Republic and became director of the National School of Fine Arts, a post he left in 1952. In 1957, he travelled to Caracas to organise an exhibition, but his works were ultimately not authorised for display. Against a backdrop of political tension, he then left Venezuela for Haiti, leaving behind a significant portion of his body of work, including several pieces from his ‘Cubist revival’ period, most of which have since disappeared. In the composition presented here, Jaime Colson applies the principles of Synthetic Cubism (collage, the inclusion of words, and newspaper clippings). This variant of Cubism, which followed on from Cézanne-inspired Cubism and Analytical Cubism, arose from a desire to capture reality. Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris reintroduced a vibrant colour palette, restored depth, and reduced the number of perspectives and simultaneous planes in their images. They also began to incorporate paper, fabric, newspaper, text, and even sand and earth into their works, in order to evoke reality.
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About the sale 1900–1950: Diverse forms of modernity: Art Nouveau & Art Deco • Cubism • Suprematism • Posters
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Auction time 10/10/2026 at 10:30 AM
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