This listing is for “Untitled (Girl in the Mirror)” by Paul Lucien Maze (1887-1979) pictured above.
About this work:
An exceptional work by the post-impressionist master of pastels, Paul Lucien Maze (1887-1979).
This lovely work depicts a girl seated at her dressing table. Various cosmetics rest on the tabletop next to the mirror, which reflects her image. Maze’s quick strokes of green pastel create a colorful wall backdrop. Equally confident strokes of blue and brown create the figure’s dress and hair from the back.
The work is pastel on paper and is signed/inscribed “for Angela P. Maze” in the lower right. It is matted and framed behind glass.
This important work by the late French master would work perfectly in a playful, colorful interior (much like the one in the image).
Provenance:
The artist;
(gift from the above) Collection of Angela Stoumen;
Private collection, PA
Size:
10.5 inches tall by 10.5 inches wide (artwork)
18 inches tall by 18 inches wide (frame)
About the artist:
Often called the last of the Impressionists, Maze had a reputation as one of the great artists of his generation. He was born in 1887 into an artistic circle in Le Havre, where the young Maze learned the rudiments of painting from family friends that included Renoir, Monet, Dufy and Pissarro.
On the outbreak of World War I, the sight of the Scots Greys disembarking at Le Havre inspired him to sign up immediately as their interpreter. A brave and highly decorated soldier, Maze was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal and bar; he sketched continually throughout the Great War, his pencil and paper never far from his bayonet. During this time he encountered Winston Churchill and a mutual interest in painting led to a lifelong friendship, often with Maze acting as Winston’s artistic mentor. Writing from Chartwell before the Second War Winston described Maze as “an artist of whose keen eye and nimble pencil record impression with a revealing fidelity.” This facility to record the events of his life wherever and whatever they were with distinctive immediacy led a British tommy to describe his work as “pictures done in shorthand”.
Maze exhibited at a number of major commercial art galleries in London, Paris and America. In London he had shows at Marlborough and a major retrospective ‘Paul Maze & The Guards’ at Wildenstein in 1973.
Source: Panter & Hall
Condition: Very good overall condition. Gentle rippling to sheet. Typical wear and small losses to frame. It is ready to be displayed and enjoyed!
This work will be carefully packed and shipped with insurance and signature confirmation. Free local pick up is also available.
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