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JEANNE SELMERSHEIM-DESGRANGE | Le Petit Déjeuner devant une Fenêtre
Signed ‘J. Selmerseim-Desgranges’ (lower right)
Oil on Canvas
65 x 92 cms / 25 ½” x 36¼"
This beautiful original oil painting by Jeanne Selmerseim-Desgranges depicts a still life of breakfast in front of a window. Painted in Saint-Tropez, this painting stands out for the exceptional subtlety of its colouring. These paintings stand out for the exceptional vibrancy of its colouring. Selmersheim-Desgrange captures bright colours of morning sunshine on the Côte d’Azure in this exceptional painting.
Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange is renowned for her relationship with Paul Signac. The pair met in Paris in the 1890s and Jeanne became his pupil and later his mistress. Through this relationship Selmersheim-Desgrange embraced the Neo-Impressionist pointillist style which Signac had developed alongside Paul Seurat.
Selmersheim-Desgrange’s direct talent as an artist may be seen in the distinctive compositions of her brilliant still lifes and landscapes. Her watercolours and oil paintings are executed with a delicate palette of pastel tones.
Selmersheim-Desgrange spent a great deal of time in the South of France, particularly around St. Tropez and Antibes, where Signac and Jeanne settled in 1913. The relaxed atmosphere, the intense light, the brilliant earthen colours, and azure seas all helped to form Selmersheim-Desgrange’s aesthetic. Life in the South of France was focused around the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, and Jeanne’s most spectacular works are those composed of view from a balcony looking onto the glistening Mediterranean beyond.
