Esther Carp
(Skierniewice 1897 - 1970 Paris)
Born near Warsaw, Esther Carp was raised into a family of musicians. She studied painting in Vienna and moved to Paris in 1925. There, she discovered Nissim Camondo's Collection and found inspiration in the works of Alfred Sisley and Paul Cézanne. In 1931, the merchant and patron of Amadéo Modigliani, Léopold Zborowski organized her first solo exhibition in his gallery at 26 rue de Seine in Paris. She was 33 at the time. She also exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Salon des Tuileries and Salon d'Automne, as well at the Union des Femmes Françaises and the Salon de Mai in 1949.
In 1961, the famous art critic Waldemar George wrote about her work: "Esther Carp's work cannot easily be placed in any existing category of the School of Paris. Born in Poland, she lived in France and assimilated certain techniques of Italian Futurism as well as elements of composition derived from French Cubism in her almost abstract works, she achieves a completely different goal by breaking down colors into spots analogous to those of pointillism, thus suggesting movement or even stereoscopy."1. She described herself as "musicaliste".
"Still Life", oil on panel, 38 x 46 cm, private collection
"The Pianist", c. 1930, oil on canvas, 65 x 91 cm, private collection
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