Nachtschatten – Night Shadows – Woodblock by Beat Jean Zumstein
Striking portrait of a woman in a moonlit landscape by the Swiss Artist Beat Jean Zumstein (Who later changed his name to Beatus Zumstein). References from the catalogue raisonée of the artist incidcate that the title of this work was Nachtschatten (Night Shadows) and that it is a portrait of the artist’s friend the dancer Meret Benteli Meyer. It was done during the 1950s when Zumstein was living in Paris and was strongly influenced by the work of Edvard Munch and Paul Gauguin.
Signed in Pencil along the right border.
Circa 1950 | Gravure polychrome sur bois on Japan paper: Woodcut 38 x 38 cm
Condition: Light ceasing and some toning, wear of the paper.
https://beatuszumstein.fr/une-oeuvre/gravures-1949-1952/
August 2, 1927 (Berne) - October 1, 1982 (Péry)
Also known as: Beat Jean Zumstein
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The Swiss artist Béatus (Beat) Zumstein was born in Bern on August 2, 1927. Like many artists of his generation, he studied at School of Applied Arts in Bern, soon afterwards moved to Paris. He worked in solitude, following his own path and absorbing a variety of influences ranging from Expressionism to neo-cubism, tachisme and geometric abstraction. His woodblock engravings made in the 1950s show the influence of Gauguin and Edvard Munch.
For more see the website created by the artist’s family and friends
