François Desnoyer 1894-1972 Cubist Still Life Oil On Panel

François Desnoyer1894-1972
Cubist still life
Oil on panel circa 1930
Signed lower right
Female nude on the back
Framed dimensions: 63 x 65 cm


The real turning point in Desnoyer's work was 1934, when he participated in the Salon des Indépendants, alongside Robert Lotiron, Édouard Goerg and especially Marcel Gromaire. All three would become his long-term friends and influences, and with whom he spent time. It was from this type of daily interaction that the inflections of his work were born: through the power of proximity and discussion. From Fauvism and its treatment of color, for example, he retains much more the influences of his friend Albert Marquet with whom he shared the studio, than the canonical canvases of Matisse, whom he apparently only met once. The same goes for the rigorous constructions, which he takes from Gromaire or André Lhote, much more than from the orthodox cubists.