Zygmunt Schreter Painting - French Landscape, ca. 1930s

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  Zygmunt (Szreter) Schreter (Polish-French, 1896-1977). Untitled oil on canvas, ca. 1930s. Signed at lower right. A wonderful Post-Impressionist painting by Zygmunt Schreter depicting a picturesque landscape in the south of France. Schreter's composition features a lone figure dressed in black with a wide brimmed hat walking along a central path flanked by red-roofed cottages. In the distance, a verdant expanse leads the eye to mountainsides. All is delineated in Schreter's signature abstract figurative style and beautiful color palette. Inscriptions on the verso include "SCHRETER" as well as "36" and "Chatillon" indicating Shreter's Parisian street address - 36 Avenue de Chatillon - where he lived with the French sculptor Germaine Richier, just behind Montparnasse, in the 1930s. Size: 16.2" L x 13" W (41.1 cm x 33 cm)
  
  Zygmunt Schreter was born Lodz, Poland in 1896. His first commission came from his father Max Schreter, a textile manufacturer who asked Zygmunt to create drawings for fabric designs. Also a violinist, Zygmunt's interest in music was very much due to his mother's influence. In 1923, Schreter studied in Berlin where his mentors included Martin Brandenbourg and Lovis Corinth at the free Academy of Levine Funke. There he met a few artists that he would later reconnect with in Montparnasse. In 1927, Schreter exhibited his watercolors in Lodz, and in 1929, his works were exhibited in a Berlin exhibition organized by Kathe Kollwitz. Schreter moved to France in the early 1930s, initially settling in Cannes, and then moved to Paris. He lived just behind Montparnasse with the French sculptor Germaine Richier (1902-1959) at 36 Avenue de Chatillon, and during the Occupation, he stayed in his atelier and benefited from the protection of his neighbors, including the Wladislaw family who owned a restaurant called Wadia on Campagne Premiere Street. A Buenos Aires art collector supported him financially. During the postwar period, Schreter exhibited at the Paris Salon as well as in Spain, Israel, Switzerland, Finland, and the United States. In 1977, following his death, a retrospective was organized by the Museum of Lodz.
  
  Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection
  
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  Condition

  Artist's signature at lower right. Expected age wear with scuffs, abrasions, and some darkening as shown. This said, imagery is still strong. There are old nails around the edges to secure the canvas to the stretchers. There are various stamp marks and handwritten inscriptions on the wooden stretchers. Inscriptions include "SCHRETER" as well as "36" and "Chatillon" indicating Shreter's address when he lived in Paris with sculptor Germaine Richier - 36 Avenue de Chatillon.
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