Raymond Trameau (1897-1985) - Abstraction
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Oil on canvas abstract painting titled Abstraction by French artist Raymond Trameau (1897–1985), created in the 1950s, measuring 46.2 × 55.2 cm, with a hand signature on the verso and in good condition with minor paint retouching.
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Beautiful oil on canvas by the French painter Raymond Trameau (1897- c.1985)
Title: Abstraction
Artist: Raymond Trameau (1897-1985)
Technique: oil on canvas
Style: abstract
Era: 1950s
Signature: signed by the artist on the back of the work
Format: 46.2 x 55.2 cm
Condition: some retouching in the black paint area. Some losses of pictorial material at the edges.
Raymond Trameau (1897-1985) is a French multidisciplinary artist (painter, sculptor, enameler and ceramist) particularly recognized for his contribution to abstract art and the musicalist movement.
• Training and early figurative work
Born in Paris in 1897, he began his artistic training in 1914 by attending the École Pratique des Arts Appliqués et Décoratifs de Paris. In 1920, he joined the Ateliers d'Art. During the interwar period, his output initially aligned with figurative art. During this time he regularly exhibited his paintings (notably nudes and Fauvist scenes) at the famous Salon des Indépendants in Paris.
• The turning toward abstraction and Musicalism
The year 1947 marked a radical turning point in his career when he befriended painter Henri Valensi, leader of the musicalist movement. His work then abandoned figuration in favor of a strongly geometrized abstraction, playing with triangular, striped or speckled forms. Inspired by musicalism, Trameau composed his canvases by exploiting the “emotional resonances of colors.” He sought to make the canvas vibrate like a musical score, animating his compositions with flowing ribbons (often black) and intense chromatic contrasts, which he developed in oil, gouache or watercolor. He subsequently exhibited repeatedly at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.
• A master of enamel
Trameau established himself as a major innovator in the art of enamel, mastering the techniques of champlevé and cloisonné enamels with a rigor praised by critics.
• Recognition
Listed in Bénézit, the artist has exhibited in numerous galleries in France and internationally, and his works continue to energize the art market.
Beautiful oil on canvas by the French painter Raymond Trameau (1897- c.1985)
Title: Abstraction
Artist: Raymond Trameau (1897-1985)
Technique: oil on canvas
Style: abstract
Era: 1950s
Signature: signed by the artist on the back of the work
Format: 46.2 x 55.2 cm
Condition: some retouching in the black paint area. Some losses of pictorial material at the edges.
Raymond Trameau (1897-1985) is a French multidisciplinary artist (painter, sculptor, enameler and ceramist) particularly recognized for his contribution to abstract art and the musicalist movement.
• Training and early figurative work
Born in Paris in 1897, he began his artistic training in 1914 by attending the École Pratique des Arts Appliqués et Décoratifs de Paris. In 1920, he joined the Ateliers d'Art. During the interwar period, his output initially aligned with figurative art. During this time he regularly exhibited his paintings (notably nudes and Fauvist scenes) at the famous Salon des Indépendants in Paris.
• The turning toward abstraction and Musicalism
The year 1947 marked a radical turning point in his career when he befriended painter Henri Valensi, leader of the musicalist movement. His work then abandoned figuration in favor of a strongly geometrized abstraction, playing with triangular, striped or speckled forms. Inspired by musicalism, Trameau composed his canvases by exploiting the “emotional resonances of colors.” He sought to make the canvas vibrate like a musical score, animating his compositions with flowing ribbons (often black) and intense chromatic contrasts, which he developed in oil, gouache or watercolor. He subsequently exhibited repeatedly at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.
• A master of enamel
Trameau established himself as a major innovator in the art of enamel, mastering the techniques of champlevé and cloisonné enamels with a rigor praised by critics.
• Recognition
Listed in Bénézit, the artist has exhibited in numerous galleries in France and internationally, and his works continue to energize the art market.
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Artist
Raymond Trameau (1897-1985)
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Abstraction
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed, Signed
Country of origin
France
Year
1950
Condition
Fair condition
Colour
Black, Blue, Yellow
Height
46.2 cm
Width
55.2 cm
Style
Abstract
Period
1950-1960
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