MARKO (Marko CELEBONOVIC, 1902-1986) - Lot 250

MARKO (Marko CELEBONOVIC, 1902-1986) The Blue Tablecloth Oil on canvas signed lower right "Marko C'". 65x54 cm Provenance: Galerie Anne & Just Jaeckin, Paris; 2004 A certificate of authenticity from the gallery dated November 24, 2004 will be given to the buyer. Marko Celebonovic, known as Marko, is one of the most important Serbian artists of the 20th century. Born in Belgrade in 1902, he studied at Oxford before moving to Paris. He first trained as a sculptor at Antoine Bourdelle's studio at La Grande Chaumière, then began painting under the influence of Signac, Marquet and Dunoyer de Segonzac. He moved to St Tropez in 1925, and the lessons of French painting and the Provençal master Paul Cézanne are evident in his work, as well as in that of the Nabis. Marko spent the rest of his life in Saint Tropez, where he liked to entertain his Yugoslav artist friends.