Ludwig Klimek (1912-1992); Poland; French: "bouquet Of Flowers In A Vase" flag


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"Ludwig Klimek (1912-1992); Poland; French: "bouquet Of Flowers In A Vase" "

Ludwig KLIMEK (1912-1992); born in Poland; French: "Bouquet of flowers in a vase", oil on canvas signed lower right, size: 73 x 54 cm Ludwik Klimek, in German Ludwig Klimek or in French Ludovic Klimek, born August 23, 1912 in Skoczów in Austria-Hungary (now in Poland), and died December 7, 1992 in Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes1, is a French painter of Polish origin. Biography 1912-1939: Eastern Europe Ludwik Klimek was born on August 23, 1912 in Skoczow in Austria-Hungary (now Poland) 2. The large family lives with twelve children in Skoczów and the father is a trader and runs a store. With the founding of the Second Polish Republic in November 1918, the Skoczów region became an integral part of Polish territory. He made his first exhibition at the age of eleven in his hometown2. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown. He graduated from Cieszyn. Ludwik Klimek studied art and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow3. 1939-2006: France He then went to Paris with scholarships in the spring of 19394. He often visited the Louvre and admired the original works of Titian, Francisco de Goya, Nicolas Poussin and Pierre Paul Rubens. He remained in Paris after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. He worked in André Lhote's studio and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His friend Édouard Vuillard made him obtain a foreign affairs grant. In May 1939, he left for Aix-en-Provence. Upon liberation, he returned to Paris, staying there for two years5. Then return to the south of France, to the Côte d´Azur. He lived in Nice, then especially in Menton where he remained twenty years until 1947. He then settled in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, then in Juan-les-Pins. While painting in Vallauris from 1951 to 1952, he met Pablo Picasso, who lived there from 1948 to 1955. He also met Marc Chagall and was his friend for years. With Henri Matisse, who lives in Vence, he founded the Biennale Internationale d'Art de Menton6 in 1951 and exhibited his works there until 1972. In 1951 and 1953, he received the second prize for his paintings. Ludwik Klimek created around 3,000 works of art - mostly as an oil painting on canvas, but less as a watercolor, pastel paint, and gouache. Due to his son's long illness, he sells a large part of his works of art. In his works of art, where he often bathes female figures, naiads, nixes, heliads, mermaids appear as spiritual borrowings from myths and legends, as well as landscapes and still lifes. He died on December 7, 19922 in Nice7 or Antibes5. On December 11, his funeral ceremony takes place at Antibes Cathedral8. In 1998 and 2005 his studio was dispersed by Me Appay in Cannes, then in 1999 and 2000 by Mes Lombrail and Teucquam in Paris, and in 2006 by France-Enchères in Lyon5. Works External image An oil by Ludwik Klimek. [archive] 1930: female nude painted in Indian ink9 1930: Landscape10 1946: Niçoise au chapeau, charcoal 1949: The Lovers, oil on wood 1950: Landscape, oil on canvas 1951: Seaside landscape, oil on canvas 1954: La Fleur de Bananer, oil on canvas 1955: Narrow street with Palm tree, oil on canvas 1956: Nature morte à la Guitarre, oil on canvas 1956: The Sailboats, oil on canvas 1957: Madridene with the Bouquet of Flowers 1963: Les Naïades, oil on canvas 1963: Composition, pastel 1964: Bathers and guitar player 1965: The Intellectuals plaque, oil on canvas 1966: Diane du bain, oil on canvas 1972: The flower woman, oil on canvas 1973: Nude in a hat, oil on paper 1974: The three Graces, watercolor 1975: Young woman with dove and flowers, mixed media on paper 1978: Flowers and fruits, oil on canvas 1978: Vase of flowers, oil on paper 1977: Odalisque, watercolor 1980: Fruits, oil on canvas 1995: Motherhood with a fig tree, oil on canvas 1998: Young woman at her toilet, colored pencil 1998: Bathers - Homage to Jean Cocteau, watercolor 1998: Woman with a mirror, pastel 1998: Oriental Drawing He illustrates a book of fairy tales published in Polish in Paris in 1946. Exhibitions Personal 1923, Skoczow5 1941, Fouque, Aix-en-Provence5 1945, Greuze, Paris5 1963, La Tana, Savona5 Collectives 1943, Galliera, Paris5 1948, Malmö5 1951 to 1972, Biennale de Menton (silver medal in 1953) 3 Awards 1951: silver medal - First International Art Biennial of Menton11 1953: silver medal - Second International Art Biennial of Menton
Price: 1 800 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Good condition

Material: Oil painting
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Width: 54
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Height: 73
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Reference: 870421
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