Florence Henri (1893-1982)
Cubistic composition, 1922
Oil on panel, size 36 x 34 cm (14 1/8 x 13 1/3 inches)
Frame dimensions 52 x 48 cm (20 1/2 x 19 inches)
Signed and dated lower right
Florence Henri (28 June 1893 New York City, US - 24 July 1982 Laboissière-en-Thelle, France ) was a surrealist artist; In her childhood, she traveled throughout Europe, spending portions of her youth in Paris, Vienna, and the Isle of Wight.She studied in Rome, where she would encounter the Futurists, finding inspiration in their movement. . She would find herself landlocked to Berlin during the first World War, supporting herself by composing piano tracks for silent films. She returned to Paris in 1922, to attend the Académie André Lhote, and would attend until the end of 1923. From 1924 to 1925, she would study under painters Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant at the Académie Moderne. Henri's most important artistic training would come from the Bauhaus in Dessau, in 1927, where she studied with masters Josef Albers and László Moholy-Nagy. She returned to Paris in 1929. Finally, she would move to Compiègne, where she concentrated her energies on painting until the end of her life.
Condition
Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching.