Jules Pascin - Litho. Titel. Les deux modèles nus - Sold

Title, The two nude models Jules Pascin was a Bulgarian-born French Expressionist painter. Known by the pseudonym of the "Prince of Montparnasse," Pascin painted mostly women, often nude or in stages of undress, in a fleeting, gestural aesthetic similar to the movements of Fauvism or Cubism. Born in Vidin, Bulgaria on March 31, 1885 into a prosperous Sephardic Jewish family, he was educated in Austria and Germany before moving to Paris in 1905. There he quickly found artistic popularity and became associated with the modernist movement. He regularly exhibited prints and drawings in several important Parisian salons, including the Salon des Indépendants and satellite exhibitions of the Berlin Secession. Despite achieving success in Europe and North America, Pascin became a naturalized American citizen with the help of Alfred Stieglitz in 1920—never achieving the critical discourse he craved. He eventually succumbed to depression and alcoholism and took his own life on June 5, 1930 at the age of 45 on the eve of an important solo show. Pascin's work was appreciated throughout his life and beyond, marked by such achievements as his inclusion in New York's infamous 1913 Armory Show. Today his work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago and others.