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Learn MoreMireille in a Red Bathrobe by Jean Puy
- This is an important work by Jean Puy, an original member of the Fauves
- The painting is an intimate rendering of a nude, rendered in a vibrant and harmonious palette
- The work is compositionally rich with orientalist textiles and decorative motifs
- Puy’s works are in major museum collections, including Musée d’Orsay and the Courtauld
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Jean Puy
1876–1960 | French
Mireille in a Red Bathrobe
Signed “J. Puy” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Rendered in lush color and expressive intimacy, Mireille in a Red Bathrobe by Jean Puy epitomizes the emotional vibrancy of the Fauvist movement. The subject, captured in a moment of serene introspection, evokes the artist’s signature sensibility for both color and psychological depth. With its richly patterned setting, enveloping warmth, and bold tonal interplay,. . .
1876–1960 | French
Mireille in a Red Bathrobe
Signed “J. Puy” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Rendered in lush color and expressive intimacy, Mireille in a Red Bathrobe by Jean Puy epitomizes the emotional vibrancy of the Fauvist movement. The subject, captured in a moment of serene introspection, evokes the artist’s signature sensibility for both color and psychological depth. With its richly patterned setting, enveloping warmth, and bold tonal interplay,. . .
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Jean Puy
1876–1960 | French
Mireille in a Red Bathrobe
Signed “J. Puy” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Rendered in lush color and expressive intimacy, Mireille in a Red Bathrobe by Jean Puy epitomizes the emotional vibrancy of the Fauvist movement. The subject, captured in a moment of serene introspection, evokes the artist’s signature sensibility for both color and psychological depth. With its richly patterned setting, enveloping warmth, and bold tonal interplay, this painting exemplifies Puy’s nuanced approach to modern figural composition.
The seated female figure, nude from the waist up and draped in a patterned crimson wrap, is shown resting her head on her knees against an opulent textile backdrop. Her dark hair is cropped in a modern style, and her expression is soft and contemplative. Light cascades across her body, emphasizing the naturalistic rendering of her skin. Around her, intricate oriental carpets infuse the composition with a decorative rhythm of reds, oranges and blues. Recalling Puy’s Post-Impressionist influence and the avant-garde flattening of form embraced by the Fauves, this composition is the artist at his most complex and compelling.
Jean Puy was a seminal figure within the Fauvist circle that exhibited at the groundbreaking Salon d’Automne of 1905. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck, marking a collective break from academic convention toward expressive freedom. Trained at the Académie Julian and later at the studio of Eugène Carrière, Puy retained a more structured figural approach than some of his Fauvist peers, yet brought extraordinary vitality through his color palette. He maintained lifelong ties to his hometown of Roanne while exhibiting extensively in Paris, and his works are now held in major institutions including the Musée d’Orsay, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Courtauld.
Circa 1922
Canvas: 25" high x 35 3/4" wide (63.50 x 90.81 cm)
Frame: 36" high x 47" wide x 3 1/4" deep (91.44 x 119.38 x 8.26 cm)
Provenance:
Modern Art Foundation, Genève (avant 1963)
Petit Palais (Oscar Ghez), Genève
Sale, Me Blache, Versailles, 5 Dec 1971, lot 103 (titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Sale, Sotheby & Co., Londres, 30 Nov 1972, lot 57 (titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Sale, Auktionhaus am Neumarkt, Zurich, 16 May 1974, lot 30
Sale, Me Anaf, Lyon, 1989
Private collection (before 2001)
Private collection, France
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
Exhibited:
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Jean Puy, 1963, p. 3, no. 43 (titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Genève, Petit Palais, Jean Puy, May-June 1977, p. 61, no. 41 (illustrated in color; titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Literature:
S. Limouzi & L. Fressonet-Puy, Jean Puy, Roanne, 2000, p. 96 (illustrated in color; ill. 53)
S. Limouzi & L. Fressonet-Puy, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint de Jean Puy, Roanne, 2001, p. 202, no. 30409 (illustrated)
1876–1960 | French
Mireille in a Red Bathrobe
Signed “J. Puy” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Rendered in lush color and expressive intimacy, Mireille in a Red Bathrobe by Jean Puy epitomizes the emotional vibrancy of the Fauvist movement. The subject, captured in a moment of serene introspection, evokes the artist’s signature sensibility for both color and psychological depth. With its richly patterned setting, enveloping warmth, and bold tonal interplay, this painting exemplifies Puy’s nuanced approach to modern figural composition.
The seated female figure, nude from the waist up and draped in a patterned crimson wrap, is shown resting her head on her knees against an opulent textile backdrop. Her dark hair is cropped in a modern style, and her expression is soft and contemplative. Light cascades across her body, emphasizing the naturalistic rendering of her skin. Around her, intricate oriental carpets infuse the composition with a decorative rhythm of reds, oranges and blues. Recalling Puy’s Post-Impressionist influence and the avant-garde flattening of form embraced by the Fauves, this composition is the artist at his most complex and compelling.
Jean Puy was a seminal figure within the Fauvist circle that exhibited at the groundbreaking Salon d’Automne of 1905. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck, marking a collective break from academic convention toward expressive freedom. Trained at the Académie Julian and later at the studio of Eugène Carrière, Puy retained a more structured figural approach than some of his Fauvist peers, yet brought extraordinary vitality through his color palette. He maintained lifelong ties to his hometown of Roanne while exhibiting extensively in Paris, and his works are now held in major institutions including the Musée d’Orsay, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Courtauld.
Circa 1922
Canvas: 25" high x 35 3/4" wide (63.50 x 90.81 cm)
Frame: 36" high x 47" wide x 3 1/4" deep (91.44 x 119.38 x 8.26 cm)
Provenance:
Modern Art Foundation, Genève (avant 1963)
Petit Palais (Oscar Ghez), Genève
Sale, Me Blache, Versailles, 5 Dec 1971, lot 103 (titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Sale, Sotheby & Co., Londres, 30 Nov 1972, lot 57 (titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Sale, Auktionhaus am Neumarkt, Zurich, 16 May 1974, lot 30
Sale, Me Anaf, Lyon, 1989
Private collection (before 2001)
Private collection, France
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
Exhibited:
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Jean Puy, 1963, p. 3, no. 43 (titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Genève, Petit Palais, Jean Puy, May-June 1977, p. 61, no. 41 (illustrated in color; titled 'Ginette au peignoir rouge')
Literature:
S. Limouzi & L. Fressonet-Puy, Jean Puy, Roanne, 2000, p. 96 (illustrated in color; ill. 53)
S. Limouzi & L. Fressonet-Puy, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint de Jean Puy, Roanne, 2001, p. 202, no. 30409 (illustrated)
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Specifications
| Maker: | Puy, Jean |
| Period: | 1919-Present |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | Paintings |
| Style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Depth: | 3.25 in. (8.26 cm) |
| Width: | 47.0 in. (119.38 cm) |
| Height: | 36.0 in. (91.44 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 35.750 in. (90.81 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 25.000 in. (63.5 cm) |
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