French/Turkish Fikret Mualla (1903-1967) Gouache Painting

Gouache on board painting by well listed French/Turkish artist Fikret Mualla (1903-1967).

Framed. Signed lower left. Provenance: private collection Denver, Colorado.

Fikret Mualla was born in Istanbul, Turkey, but spent much of his life in Western Europe, studying first in Germany and Switzerland before moving to Paris to paint. Mualla lived in France for close to 30 years, capturing the daily life there, in cafes and the carousing nightlife in the country's capital in his bright, Fauvist paintings. Though his work is generally cheerful and lively, inspired by the Bohemian circle to which he belonged, Mualla's life was punctuated by bouts of depression and alcoholism, and the artist spent several turns in mental institutions. His forceful swings in mood are evidenced in his passionately produced works, full of a lightness and vibrancy that belie the personal complications that haunted him throughout his life. Working quickly in his preferred medium of gouache, he established his direct composition style. Fikret Mualla Saygi was a 20th-century avant-garde* painter of Turkish descent. His work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subject matter focusing on Paris street life, social gatherings such as cafes and circuses.

Framed: 24 1/4" x 31 1/4", Unframed: 18 1/4" x 25 5/8".

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