Babouchka
1/ He was a French artist (1869-1954) initially labeled as a fauve.
2/ He worked in different fields: painting, printmaking , sculpture, drawing and collage.
3/ His Blue Nudes series are examples of a technique he called « painting with scissors ».
4/ This work of art is a reference to « David playing the Harf before Saul », which is one of Rembrandt's canvasses.
5/ In this final self.portrait, the painter represents himself by a black form. There are also yellow petals and a green odalisque.
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