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Lot 57*

Arthur Segal
(Romanian, 1875-1944)
Still life of fruit and flowers, 1911

29 February 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Arthur Segal (Romanian, 1875-1944)

Still life of fruit and flowers, 1911
signed 'A. Segal' (upper right); numbered '9' (verso)
oil on cardboard
61 x 86cm (24 x 33 7/8in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
A gift from the artist
A private collection, Germany

Born in Romania in 1875, Segal joined the Berlin Academy in 1892 and then studied in Munich, Paris and Italy and was influenced mainly by Segantini, Munch and Van Gogh. In 1904 he settled in Berlin and in 1910 was among the founders of the Neue Secession group, exhibiting together with Nolde, Heckel, Kirchner, Pechstein and other artists of the Blau Reiter and the Munchener Kunslervereinigung group. Segal went on to exhibit throughout Europe and in Tokyo, finally immigrating in 1936 to London where he passed away in 1944.

Dr. V. Grove discussed Segal's work and writes: "...his creative vitality, his pioneering zest, his unbounded energy and his colorful individuality could not fail to impress the most casual observer. The richness of this protean personality found full expression in his paintings... Was he a neo-impressionist or an expressionist? Was he an abstract or a 'prismatic' painter, pointillist or realist?"

The authenticity of the work has been kindly confirmed by Dr Liska on the basis of a photograph.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
E. Segal, The Life and Work of Arthur Segal 1875-1944, 1955, p. 4

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