Charles Kvapil "woman In A Black Dress" Oil On Canvas Portrait Circa 1930

Charles Kvapil "Woman in a Black Dress" Oil on Canvas Portrait circa 1930His paintings, like this portrait, are original and modern, strong and powerful. His palette is rich in cobalt blue and warm colors. His technique is deliberate and powerful.Good condition, wooden frame (scratched) 106 x 87 cm, stretcher 92 x 74 cmBorn in Antwerp in 1884 - Paris 1958, Charles Kvapil is a painter and draftsman of figures, nudes, still lifes and landscapes of Belgian origin. Charles Kvapil entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp at the age of sixteen. In 1911, he exhibited in Munich, his works then showing a strong influence of Cubism. He arrived very early in Paris, he settled in the Hameau des artistes in Montmartre near the studios of Maurice Utrillo and Suzanne Valadon. At the very beginning of the 1920s, Charles Kvapil revisited Cubism, notably through portraits of women. In 1923, his works were hung at Marcel Bernheim's, then at Dalpeyrat's. Subsequently, he participated in the Salon d'Automne; at that of 1941, he presented Les Phlox, and in 1944 À la fenêtre. In 1951, at the same Salon, he exhibited Plaisir d'été and Le Goûter. He exhibited during his lifetime in Paris, Munich, Brussels, Geneva, Italy, Stockholm, London and New York.