26. Odalisque in Red

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26. Odalisque in Red

Iosif Iser

1881, București - 1958, Bucureşti

Estimate:

EUR 6.000 - 9.000

Sold

EUR 7.000

oil on canvas, 45.5 x 38 cm, 38x45,5, signed and dated upper left, in brown, "ISER, (19)40"

Over the course of his decades of activity, Iser always worked on presenting the human types, and even if the social spectrum from which he chose his models is quite extensive, his power of observing specific features always remained sharp. With his final return to the country, which happened in 1934, Iser's work opened a new representative aesthetic chapter. At least in terms of compositions with characters, in portraits or interiors, the painter began to perfect more and more often the presented human instances. The shapes appear more individualised and, whether his paintings are about odalisques, harlequins or peasants, the motif is being purged, the character becoming a central, unique element. In this statement of composition personification, the characters are brought to the forefront, to the point of filling the whole frame. If we take a careful look at the entire human picture that Iser obtained over the decades, we can see a universal feature of the presented characters. Whether it is Tatar families in Dobrogea, or circus artists, ballerinas, peasants or harlequins, regardless of the technique he used, the characters wear their apathetic face, of controlled sadness, or rather an assumed resignation, very often a contemplative one. Iser’s female typology, regardless of the subject, was not marked by delicacy, but on the contrary, his women have a robust structure, their features are harsh, and their sensuality resides in their glance and in an intrinsic attitude. The Oriental woman has transplanted herself on this specific vision, through the hardness caused by the living environment and the social status. His odalisques, with salwars and vests, lying among pillows or musical instruments, seem to show the reason for the painter's expressionist discourse, both through colour and the explored feeling.

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Orientalism and Marine Auction #289/2018

26. Odalisque in Red

26. Odalisque in Red

Iosif Iser

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