Modernist beach scene on the French Riviera (in Nice or Cannes) was executed ca. between 1930s-1950s by listed Austrian-French genre, nude, landscape and flower painter Sylvain Vigny (1903 Vienna, Austria - 1970 Nice, France). The artist of Austrian-Jewish origin moving to France in 1929 after having experienced an adventurous life in Vienna. He belongs to that group of Austrian-born painters , how Willy Eisenschitz or Elfy Haindl Lapoirie, who understood creative to use the inspirational power of South France in their works. In 1929 ,Vigny emigrated to France , where he first, settled in Paris and in 1934 moved to Nice. He never learned to draw or paint. He designed for a long time waiting for the time to paint. In 1928 he illustrated The Danse Macabre of Fagus. He exhibited in several galleries in the cities along the Cote d´Azur and the Museum of Cannes. Even in Switzerland, he had exhibitions, but moved the light of public opinion mainly through the sale of a painting at the Musée National d´Histoire et d´Art in Luxembourg and came for the first time to international recognition. As a result, many art lovers acquired paintings by the artist, often compared to the German Expressionists.Surprised Museum Director then spontaneously decided shortly to purchase of those works of the artist , which Vigny created without brush, only with bare fingers. This unusual anecdote casts a clear light on the character of Vigny. The "peintre furioso", as Jean Cassou mentions him in his monograph, compared again in which Caravaggio, Goya, Géricault. The specific aesthetic of his paintings was and is not from simultaneous Austrian flows out, understanding, but rather in the context of French and international modernism.Works of his hand is in many French museums including the Musée National d´Art Moderne in Paris.His paintings is brutal but warm, worried and chaotic . newspaper Le Monde written according Vigny: ".. it is a tragic spectacle and fantasy. His characters are painful, women with heavy forms, beach scenes and compositions have footprints of mysticism"...

Provenance: private collection in Nice.

Literature: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers", Paris, 1999; "General Artist´s Lexicon " by H.Vollmer.

 Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 21 5/8" x h13" (55 x 33 cm), framed w 22 3/4" x h 14" (57,5 x 35,5 cm).

Condition: in very good original condition.