MAURICE TETE

"LE FETE NATIONALE"

"BASTILLE DAY"

OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED

FRANCE, C.1930

39.25 X 64 INCHES

FRAMED 48 X 72 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.

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