The Yellow Hood Of Enrico Pontremoli

The yellow hood of Enrico Pontremoli Oil on canvas signed upper right and dated September 1941 on the back 73 x 60 cm, framed with a molded wooden frame and painted contemporary with the painting. Dimensions with the frame 90 x 76 cm On its original canvas, some very small chips visible in the photographs. Enrico Pontremoli (1914 - 1968) is a painter of Italian origin who worked in France, probably attracted by the presence of Henri Matisse. With Robert Doisneau, they set up an underground printing press during the occupation to provide false papers. Photographs by Robert Doisneau immortalize these resistance activities. From a Matissian figurative painting in the 1940s, Enrico Pontremoli's painting evolves towards a more geometric abstraction of curves.