Suzanne Tourte (1904-1979) - Le bouquet de fleurs rose (vendu sans prix de réserve)

We are pleased to present this superb oil painting on canvas depicting a still life with a bouquet, by the artist Suzanne Tourte (1904–1979).

Title: The Pink Flower Bouquet

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Artist: Suzanne Tourte (1904–1979)

Signed lower left and on the back.

Sheet size: 80.2 x 40.3 cm

Condition: Excellent.

Suzanne Tourte (1904–1979) was a versatile French painter, printmaker, lithographer, and draughtswoman. Born in Cormontreuil in the Marne, she showed a great aptitude for art from an early age. At the age of 20, she moved to Paris, then the world capital of the artistic avant-garde. Awarded the prestigious Blumenthal Prize in 1932, she quickly established herself as a leading figure. Her artistic journey is distinguished by a remarkable technical and stylistic evolution over the decades. Her early works, firmly rooted in figuration, gave way to a so-called “lyrical” period in the 1940s. She then explored an original “coiling” technique, in which figures are outlined with a precise line. Around the 1950s, her artistic maturity found full expression in a “geometric” period. Her artistic career concluded with a “serene” period, marked by a calming of forms and colors. Introduced to the intellectual elite of her time, she associated with and inspired great writers such as André Maurois, Paul Fort, and Louise de Vilmorin.