Raoul Martinez artwork • painting • for sale Still life with mortar, pipes and a newspaper
Raoul Martinez
Neuilly-sur-Seine (Frankrijk) 1876-1974
1876-1974
Still life with mortar, pipes and a newspaper
oil on canvas 46.2 x 55.3 cm, signed l.l. and dated '39
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 3,000
The born Cuban Raoul Martinez, grew up in Paris, where he discovered the art world. After working for some time on the estate of his parents, he chosed to become a painter. In 1910 he took part in an exhibition of the progressive group La Libre Esthétique in Belgium. With the outbreak of the First World War he fled to the Netherlands. Martinez came into contact with art teacher and critic H.P. Bremmer, who was very interested in his cubist still lifes with simple objects and also bought a number of his works. Through Bremmer, Martinez also met the art collector Helene Kröller-Müller. The Kröller-Müller Museum still has a number of his works in the collection.