Jules Boulez (1889 - 1960) - Colette

The painter Jules Boulez (1889 - 1969) belonged to the third group of the Latem School. The following artists are considered part of that group: Hubert Malfait, Albert Saverys, Jozef De Coene, Arthur Deleu, Albert Claeys, Victor Lorein, Achiel Van Sassenbroeck, Louis Pevernagie and Maurice Schelck. He was born in Sint-Eloois-Vijve (West Flanders) on 6 May 1889. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent under the guidance of Jan Delvin and Georges Minne. Two fellow students remained good friends: Albert Saverijs and Albert Claeys. He also studied in Paris at the Louvre school. In 1916 he settled in Oudenaarde. Besides painting, he was also an excellent modernist furniture maker. Exhibitions of his work were organized, among others, in Paris, Stockholm, Budapest, Brussels, Tel Aviv, Rotterdam, Dresden and in his own country, among others in Brussels, Ghent and Kortrijk. Jules Boulez is listed in the Lexicon of West Flemish Visual Artists I, BAS I and Two Centuries of Signatures by Belgian Artists. (Piron) The painting depicts a young, naked woman in her bedroom. On the back of the canvas, next to the inscription 1943, the name ‘Colette’ is written. Who was Colette? Will we ever know? Although the expressionist work appears somber in color at first glance, there are many interesting (color) details to discover. In the upper left we can, for example, see a curtain with subtle blue and purple tones. Below it is the washbasin with a striking water feature, almost gold-colored. A somewhat surprising accent is the red flush on the woman's face. Behind her stands a bed with bars, also here with the striking light accents of the sheets. To the left of the bed is a simple chair. An element that recurs regularly in his works. The woman herself has a beautiful, powerful build and a self-assured demeanor. Possibly she was a prostitute. The frame is very sober and, luckily, has not been replaced over the years. Because Jules Boulez was also a talented furniture designer, the list of frames is certainly made by him himself. The painting is dated on the back 1943, the middle of World War II. This may explain the shortage of the right wood or financial resources as the reason for this very simple yet authentic frame.

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