Lot Essay
En 1888, Paul Ranson entre à l'Académie Julian où il se lie avec Denis, Sérusier et Roussel. Avec l'aide de ces derniers, il participe à la constitution du groupe Nabi. Le présent dessin témoigne des réflexions menées par l'artiste. En effet, on y retrouve l'utilisation de lignes sinueuses et plates qui résultent de son étude des estampes japonaises. Le harnais suspendu au mur, la rampe massive de l'escalier, les membres des personnages, traités à la manière d'arabesques, illustrent les réflexions menées par l'artiste sur la "déformation subjective" qui tend à épurer la composition de détails superflus et confère à l'ensemble de la scène un aspect décoratif.
In 1888, Paul Ranson joined the Académie Julian where he met Maurice Denis, Sérusier and Roussel, and with whom he would go on to form the Nabi group. The present drawing reveals the draughtsman at his finest, the sinuous and flat lines emanate directly from his study of Japanese prints. The harness suspended on the wall, the massive staircase banister and the figures's limbs are all composed of sinuous arabesques, embodying the "subjective deformation" so typical of the Nabi artists.
In 1888, Paul Ranson joined the Académie Julian where he met Maurice Denis, Sérusier and Roussel, and with whom he would go on to form the Nabi group. The present drawing reveals the draughtsman at his finest, the sinuous and flat lines emanate directly from his study of Japanese prints. The harness suspended on the wall, the massive staircase banister and the figures's limbs are all composed of sinuous arabesques, embodying the "subjective deformation" so typical of the Nabi artists.