Jean De Botton "nu Allangui" Circa 1935 Art-deco - Post-cubism

A superb evocation of sensuality with this woman, naked, languishing on a couch. Like an Odalisque her body rests on a white drape and the redness of her flesh radiates against the black background.
This powerful work is by the hand of the painter Jean de Botton who liked to integrate the nudity of the woman in his compositions.

Jean de Botton was born in Salonika, Greece on June 20, 1898.
He entered the Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied sculpture under Antoine Bourdelle and painting under Bernard Naudin.
To earn a living, he worked as a designer for furniture and posters.
Jean de Botton exhibited in various Parisian salons:
in 1920-1927-1929 at the Salon des Indépendants,
1921-1927 at the Salon d'Automne,
from 1929 to 1933 at the Salon des Tuileries.

In 1933, he burned 350 of his paintings in order, according to him, to renew his painting.
He was the only painter invited in 1937 to the coronation of King George VI and presented an exhibition in London.
Among his collectors were: Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon, Winston Churchill, Jules Romain, Paul Valery, Ernest Hemingway and Charlie Chaplin…

In 1937 he painted the decorative fresco for the Palais de la Marine.
When the Second World War broke out, he went into exile in Morocco and then in New York.
He then exhibited his work throughout the United States from 1937 to 1968,
New York, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Diego, Boston, Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Francisco where he created the decors for the Opera, Chicago, Phoenix, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Palm Beach, Dallas.

He exhibited again in Paris in 1956 at the Wildenstein Gallery and in many European cities.
Considered by some critics as "one of the greatest painters of our time".
His works are kept in many public collections:
Albertina Museum in Vienna
High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia
The Met in New York
Museum of the History of France at the Palace of Versailles
Luxembourg Museum in Paris
National Museum of Modern Art in Paris

Jean de Botton died on June 13, 1978 in Paris

Oil on canvas in perfect condition signed twice with the painter's stamp on the back of the painting.
Size : 19,7 x 31,5 Inches without frame and 27 x 38,8 Inches with its mahogany-colored wooden frame.