


Elvire Jan 1904-1996 🎈
Abstraction.
Watercolor signed and dated lower right "Elvire Jan 72".
Sight dimensions 35x53 cm
Dimensions with frame 57x75 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Eastern France.
Of Bulgarian origin, she settled in Switzerland, then the United States, and finally France (1926).
Until 1949, her style remained in the spirit of the New School of Paris. Subsequently, she contributed to the emergence of post-war French Abstraction. She was close to BAZAINE, BERTHOLLE, LE MOAL, and MANESSIER.
From 1970 onwards, she developed a tendency towards monochrome: "her palette, once more complex, evolved towards large, simple harmonies, no less rich but almost monochrome...". Jean Bazaine.
Solo exhibitions:
"Retrospective Elvire Jan", Musée Pierre Noë, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, 2004
"Retrospective", Regional Cultural Development Center, Rosny-sur-Seine
"Around Elvire Jan", Maison des Princes, Pérouges, 1991
"Tribute to Elvire Jan", Salon de Bourg-en-Bresse, 1990
"Retrospective", Centre Noroit, Arras, 1989
Collections:
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
National Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Swiss Stained Glass Museum, Romont, Switzerland
Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon
Dublin City Gallery, Ireland
National Museum of History and Art, Luxembourg
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