Keywords: 20th Century, Mid Century, French Artist, Still Life, Artichokes, Oil On Canvas, Modernist Painting, Floral Still Life, Tabletop Composition, Colorful Interior, Signed Painting, Framed Artwork

Summary:
Michel Le Roy signed still life oil on canvas painting with artichokes, dated 1962. Michel Le Roy (1916 - 2008) trained in Paris in the late 1930s, in direct contact with the avant-garde. Very early on, he became a disciple of Robert Delaunay, whose influence was decisive in his first period: a taste for color, a search for rhythm, construction through contrasts and chromatic vibrations. The teachings of Vassily Kandinsky and Albert Gleizes completed this demanding training, nourishing a body of work that was both structured and deeply sensitive.Signed lower left. Colorful modernist composition with artichokes arranged in a vase on a table, set against a bright abstracted interior background.

Measurement: Art: 51 1/4 x 32 in. (130.2 x 81.3 cm.), Frame: 57 1/2 x 38 in. (146.1 x 96.5 cm.) approx

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