Jean Souverbie - Three Reclining Women - Oil On Canvas

117 × 80 cm (with frame).

Rare painting by Jean Souverbie, a major artist of 20th-century French modernism.
This work depicts three female figures arranged on three successive planes, in a structured, balanced composition characteristic of Souverbie's work.

Jean Souverbie was close to and a friend of Pablo Picasso, whose interest in the construction of the body and the simplification of forms he shared. His work, particularly sought-after for its nudes and large figurative compositions, is in the tradition of French modernism.

Professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, he trained many renowned artists, including Philippe de La Hogue-Rey, Philippe Lejeune, Jean Le Merdy, Michel Pandel, Yves de Saint-Front, Georges Visconti and Pierrette Bloch.

This painting, with its large format, emblematic subject and pictorial quality, is an important work in the artist's production.
Presented in its original frame (to be restored).