Mildred Bendall French, 1891-1977
Harbour, Ile de Ré, c. 1930
Oil on canvas
43 x 55 cm
Signed with Studio stamp verso
Mildred Bendall Estate Inventory Number 1418
Mildred Bendall Estate Inventory Number 1418
Mildred Bendall was inspired by the Fauvist ideals behind colour and form, having befriended Matisse and Marquet at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse. Having moved back home...
Mildred Bendall was inspired by the Fauvist ideals behind colour and form, having befriended Matisse and Marquet at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse. Having moved back home to Bordeaux in the 1920's Bendall founded the 'Société des Artistes Indépendants' and 'Le Studio' which gave aspiring young Bordelaise artists an avant-garde voice. During the 1930s Mildred Bendall found her own individual style, carefully composing her flower pieces, landscapes and harbour scenes with a basic structural insight imposed on her unrivalled feeling for colour. Whilst Bendall travelled around France to paint plein-air, one of her favorite spots remained the picturesque West coast of France.
Whitford Fine Art has represented the Bendall Estate since 1987.
Bendall's works are included in the following museums: Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris; Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux.
Whitford Fine Art has represented the Bendall Estate since 1987.
Bendall's works are included in the following museums: Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris; Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux.
Provenance
The Estate of the Artist.
Exhibitions
2008, The Painting of Mildred Bendall: The Joy of Colour in Life and Nature, Retrospective Exhibition, Partridge Fine Art, London; 2009, Mildred Bendall, Galerie du Post-Impressionnisme, Paris.
Literature
The Painting of Mildred Bendall: The Joy of Colour in Life and Nature, Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue with introduction by A.J. FERMON, Partridge Fine Art, London, 2008.
Mildred Bendall, exhibition catalogue, Galerie du Post-Impressionnisme, Paris, 2009.