Maurice-Henri Hensel (b.1890-)
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Maurice-Henri Hensel (b.1890-) Portrait d'une femme Oil on canvas Signed 41 x 33 cm
Maurice-Henri Hensel was born in Montmartre, Paris in 1890, and was an artist of the ‘Ecole de Montmartre.’ From 1920, Hensel was associated with the ‘Salon des Artistes Independents’, and also exhibited regularly at the ‘Salon d’Automne’. Montmartre and North Africa were constant sources of inspiration to him throughout his life, his first visit to Africa being made shortly after World War I. These two themes produced a solo show in 1925 entitled ‘Figures de Montmartre’ at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune, followed the next year by an exhibition of ‘Femmes du Sud-Algerien’ at the same gallery. In 1928 he exhibited at the Galerie Barreirro a group of works, ‘Femmes de Paris‘, and ‘Femmes d’Afrique de Nord’. It is very likely that this portrait was exhibited at the Galerie Barreirro exhibition in 1928. He maintained an interest throughout his career in Montmartre and frequently painted the local characters of ‘la vie boheme’. Hensel’s style is in the flavour of the Post-Impressionists, similar in technique to Jacques-Emile Blanche. Like many of his contemporaries, including Toulouse-Lautrec, he romanticised the darker side of the Bohemian life. Enquire about this artwork |
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