MAURICE TETE

"PASSAGE CUBIST"

OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED

FRANCE, C.1930

31. 5 X 43 INCHES

Maurice Louis Tête
1880-1948

Maurice Louis Tête was born in 1880 in Roanne, France. He studied with William Adolphe Bouguereau. He received a diverse education in the liberal arts and critical thinking.

Tête is known as a painter and pastel artist working in the styles of Neo-Impressionism and Cubism. Tête exhibited his work at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Tête painted many large canvases utilizing a strong cubist style. His paintings have a soft yet colorful palate in the manner of André L’hote and Roger de al Fresnaye.

Tête died in 1948.