.jpg?w=1)
拍品專文
For Kisling, the flower still-life was an irresistible motif, one that afforded him the opportunity to indulge his instincts for color harmony and spatial organization, while at the same time embodying the explosively optimistic qualities of his art. The bright and rich bouquets of flowers, as present in Grand bouquet de tulipes, were an important and recurrent theme in his oeuvre. André Warnod has written: “[The paintings] appear to be in bloom, a symphony of live and pure colors. They bring us the pleasure, the joy of living that we so badly need. Kisling’s art is unadorned, simplified. The painter knows how to leave out the superfluous, the useless. All in his paintings is clear, sharp, neat, animated by a taste for vivid coloring which he probably owes to his native Poland, together with a marvelous sense of colors. He expresses himself in difficult harmonies, dangerous, but which he knows how to orchestrate with an astonishing sureness” (J. Dutourd and J. Kisling, Kisling, Paris, 1995, vol. III, p. 67).
With its impressive scale and rich texture, Grand bouquet de tulipes is a celebration of life and an ode to nature’s exuberant beauty. As Joseph Kessel explains, “he was fond of life. In everything, despite everything, and above everything else. At first glance, he drew your attention. By the desire that lurked in his lips, by the thirst in his eyes and by the richness of his laughter. And also by his love of beauty, his sympathy, and a certain display of cordiality” (J. Kessel and J. Kisling, op. cit., p. 15). He continued, “Kisling loved life and life loved him. He made others love life. The power of his painting holds no other secret” (ibid., p. 35).
The present work was selected to illustrate the cover of the catalogue raisonné, volume 1.
With its impressive scale and rich texture, Grand bouquet de tulipes is a celebration of life and an ode to nature’s exuberant beauty. As Joseph Kessel explains, “he was fond of life. In everything, despite everything, and above everything else. At first glance, he drew your attention. By the desire that lurked in his lips, by the thirst in his eyes and by the richness of his laughter. And also by his love of beauty, his sympathy, and a certain display of cordiality” (J. Kessel and J. Kisling, op. cit., p. 15). He continued, “Kisling loved life and life loved him. He made others love life. The power of his painting holds no other secret” (ibid., p. 35).
The present work was selected to illustrate the cover of the catalogue raisonné, volume 1.