Ferit ISCAN (1931-1986) - Lot 124

Ferit ISCAN (1931-1986) Fruit Basket Oil on canvas signed lower left and countersigned on the back. H_ 54 cm L_ 65 cm A painter of Turkish origin born in Trieste who moved to Paris in his teens, Ferit Iscan was part of the École de Paris movement of the mid-20ᵉ century, in contact with contemporary artists such as Albert Bitran and Jean-Pierre Cassigneul. In the 1960s, he explored a painting style made up of countless colored touches, already suggesting a figuration in the making before more structured silhouettes dominated by blue emerged. In the 1970s, his work incorporates geometric figures and perspectives against intense chromatic backgrounds, then evolves towards landscapes, still lifes, studio scenes and nudes, where light and pictorial sensitivity become essential. Iscan's work, faithful to a personal approach between abstraction and figuration, reflects a constant quest for the visual expression of memory, space and color, while embodying the vitality of post-war European painting.