Alfred Gaspart (1900-1993) - Young Bathers By The Water Oil On Canvas - 60 × 55 Cm

A beautiful figurative composition from the interwar period depicting a group of young bathers in a summer landscape.The work captivates with the suppleness of its drawing and the fluid elegance of the figures.
The bodies, simplified without being harsh, are constructed with broad, harmonious curves and subtle modeling that lend the whole a real sculptural presence.
The deliberately barely suggested faces reinforce the poetic and timeless dimension of the scene.
The subtle and luminous palette favors pastel tones and delicate polychromy, contributing to the atmospheric gentleness of the scene.
The work reflects a sensibility close to the poetic realism of the interwar period, where figuration becomes harmonious and decorative, in the spirit of painters such as Raoul Dufy or André Derain in their search for balance between form and color, as well as Jean Souverbie in his structured and sensitive compositions.
This painting belongs to the tradition of French modernist realism of the 1930s-1950s, akin to certain artists of the School of Paris who favored a sensitive and lyrical figuration.
Trained in the Cormon studio at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Alfred Gaspart frequented figures such as André Derain, Marie Laurencin, and the critic André Salmon in Montparnasse during the 1930s. André Salmon even considered him "a Derain of his own age." Having remained discreet for many years and withdrawn from the art market after the war, Gaspart left behind a rare body of work, imbued with poetry and great artistic sensitivity.

Signed "A. Gaspart."
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 60 × 55 cm.
Probable period: circa 1930.
Very good overall condition. No tears or distortions in the canvas, no losses, pigment very sound. No restoration, complete authenticity.