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1153. Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (French, 1870-1956), "Cavalier", c.1920;
oil/cardboard, 21.5" x 21.5", signed. Important French cubist
painter and philosopher. Rij-Rousseau arrived in Paris in 1890.
She became closely involved with a circle of artists which
included Signac, Serusier, Vuillard, and Denis. Her approach to
painting was based on her development of a complete scheme for each
work, based on scientific principles of color, light, and geometry,
even before starting to paint. She was interested in the visual
phenomenon of "color wave vibrations", which would be the counterpart
to sound waves in music. She called this "Vibrisme". This
concept would be very important to the work of the Futurists, especially
Le Fresnay, Delaunay, and Jacques Villon. She continued to
experiment with practical applications of this theory in the first decade
of the twentieth century, through Cubism; and greatly influenced
the thought of her friends, Juan Gris, Braque, and Leger. She
exhibited regularly from 1910 through the late 1930s. 3000-5000 |
