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WILLY MUCHA (1905 – 1995) (Polish)

“Les Filets au Sechage”

Oil Painting on Board. 9 3/8” x 12 ¾” (238mm x 323mm). Signed. Provenance – Exhibited Redfern Gallery, London 1948 No. 118.  Bears original Exhibition label.

 

 

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Willy Mucha was born on 16th April 1905 in Warsaw and spent his childhood in Poland, Austria, Bohemia, Russia, Germany and France before settling in Paris in the early 1920s, where he devoted himself completely to painting after studying at the University of Caen.  He passed his military service with the 503e Tank-with Assault E.O.R.  After the War he lived in Collioure where he found his true source of inspiration.  For many years he travelled in Europe, South America and especially North America where he met many artists and writers and poets.   It was from these meetings that “The Gold Book” was born, to which 98 artists contributed, including Dufy, Chagall, Picasso, Dali, Miro, Man Ray, Duchamp etc. He died in 1995 and is buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.

 

 

 

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