Untitled (1962)*
Description
Size: 76 x 63 cm; 29.9 x 24.8 in
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed lower right, signed and dated on the reverse
Provenance
Private Collection, Lebanon. Acquired by the present owner from Agial Gallery, Beirut.
Location
Beirut, Lebanon
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Description
Georges Cyr (1880-1964) was a French artist dealing with painting, mosaic, stained glass and ceramic. He emerged in the Paris art scene in 1924, exhibiting paintings at the Salon des Indépendants in the Impressionist tradition. In 1934, he undertook a tour of the Middle East. While he was supposed to stay in Beirut for a few weeks, he settled there. Interestingly, he is mentioned on Wikipedia as a “Lebanese painter of French descent.” The atelier of Georges Cyr became a cultural hub, welcoming known figures such as Omar Ounsi, Moustapha Farroukh and Cesar Gemayel as well as amateurs and socialites. Cyr widely exhibited his work during his lifetime. In 2007, Fondation Audi in Beirut showcased Georges Cyr in Lebanese Collections.
1940 is a turning point in the career of Cyr as he engaged in a process of cubist painting in an abstract and “baroque” way, as writes Jacques Aswad. This landscape belongs to the ultimate, perhaps the most complex and accomplished phase of his exploration. Besides colour, “arabesque is a new element I introduced in the cubist conception. Instead of pursuing depth, the third dimension, or even the fourth (form in movement), I bring back the canvas to the essential forms of painting”, declares the artist.
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