Prof. Francesco Carelli


Oil on canvas

 

Eugène de Kermadec (1899 – 1976) was a French painter; studied at the École des Arts Decoratifs in 1915 and later at the École des Beaux Arts. During this time Paris was the center of the avant-garde, and the painterly language was Cubism. Kermadec, along with several foreign and French artists came into Cubism after 1918 when more and more artists were adopting this technique and when the almost scientific approach was relaxed and replaced by a more lyrical style and figurative style. His first show was in 1929, at the Galerie Louise Leiris, which gallery was the centre of the avant-garde and the Cubists.