André Fau (1896-1982) - Dancing Woman - 1948 - Oil On Panel

School of Paris depicting a dancing woman. Oil on panel signed and dated lower left “André Fau 48”.
Dimensions : 41.2 x 33 cm. Condition report : good condition, tiny material losses.

André Fau (1896-1982) is part of a form of continuity of the post-war Cubist movement and invented the “rhythmic movement” for which he published a manifesto in 1920. “Rhythmic movement is the very law of life and creation. Modern painting, if it wants to be alive, must be rhythmic: each line, each plane, each color participates like the notes of a musical phrase. Plastic rhythm is the synthesis of sensation and spirit. (Fau, 1920: 5)”.

Bibliographic reference : André Fau, 1920. “Rhythmic Movement: Doctrine and Technique of Modern Painting”. Paris, Éditions de l'Art et de la Vie.