Constantin Petroff: Cubist Composition For Violin

Constantin PETROFF (born in 1954)

Cubist Composition with Violin


Mixed media on panel
Dimensions: 76 x 51 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private collection, Paris
In good condition and framed

PETROFF, a contemporary painter.
A neo-Cubist in his own way, he draws us into the everyday world of painting.
An introvert, he depicts the world around him in his paintings.
Everything stems from his life experience: *Still Life with Lemons* features the citrus fruits on his own table. Passionate about violins, he makes us want to savor them to the sound of their music...
Here, in this painting, a bathing scene! A voyeur of these intimate moments, when these women emerge to dry off after bathing.
Or take his playing cards; always clubs and hearts—for, being superstitious, he interprets Love and Money for our curious eyes.
The artist constantly reveals his passions and questions to us.
His faces are sketched, so that everyone can recognize themselves in his paintings.
His story becomes our own...
With bold colors and a masterful technique, the painter humbly shares his art with us,
watching us as we watch him.
Without seeing us, he connects with us in his own way. His paintings are both classical and modern; the interplay of lines and the curves of his brushstrokes make us yearn for simplicity. He still believes in painting for its authenticity; even though he acknowledges that his work is decorative, he shares his past and present with us, so that we may have a happy future...

Richard Querlioz