Marcel COSSON (Bordeaux 1878 - Paris 1956) "Casino Juan

Marcel COSSON (Bordeaux 1878 - Paris 1956)
"Casino Juan-les-Pins"
French School
Signed on the lower left
Oil on panel
45 x 61 cm / 17.7 x 24 in
Literature:
BÉNÉZIT, Emmanuel, "Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de
tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d'écrivains spécialistes français et étrangers", nouv.éd.rev. et
augm., sl, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1999.
SCHURR, G., "Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la peinture: 1820-1920", Les éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1996.
Artist Biography :
Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson was born in Bordeaux in 1878. He was a member of the "Sociétaire des Artistes
Français", receiving an honourable mention in 1901 and a third medal in 1911. His work was also represented at
the Salon de la Nationale" and the "Tuileries". He is known for his scenes of dancers, the theatre, bars, interiors and
also flowers. Throughout his career, Cosson was fascinated by the theatre like the renowned French painter Edgar
Degas; his oeuvre is filled with images of backstage, the wings, Opera foyers, dance classes and ballerinas. His
canvasses sparkle with the light of footlights reflecting off the tutus of dancers and the elegant costumes of theatre
goers.
Cosson painted in a variety of mediums including oils, gouache, watercolours and drawings. He is specially known
for his composition of the human figure and his observation of all its different facets in different surroundings and
positions. He was a prolific artist and his work is now highly sought after in private collections and through European
auctions. He was awarded numerous prices in Paris, Versailles, Lucerne and Milan.
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