Lot 255: RENÉ COLLAMARINI (1904-1983) AbstractionSculpture

RENÉ COLLAMARINI (1904-1983) AbstractionSculpture en marbre blanc de forme libre reposant sur socle en bois. Signée Collamarini. Vers 1960. H : 60 cm White marble free form sculpture standing on a wooden base. Signed Collamarini. Circa 1960. H : 23 2/3 in. René Collamarini découvrit très jeune sa vocation de sculpteur. En 1921 il entre dans l'atelier de Jean Boucher à l'Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Paris. Il se passionne davantage pour la taille directe de la pierre, que le modelage et toute sa vie réalisera en collaboration avec des architectes des aeuvres souvent monumentales afin d'embellir la vie au profit de tous. Il affectionne le travail du marbre blanc ou gris, les bois d'ébène et d'acajou, il réussit savamment à libérer la sculpture de sa pesanteur par le jeu des pleins et des vides de ses danseurs, acrobates, femmes, animaux, couples ... La sculpture que nous vous présentons illustre sa capacité à harmoniser les courbes du sujet. René Collamarini (1904-1983) lived all his life in Paris and discovered his vocation to be a sculptor at a very young age. In 1921 he joined Jean Boucher's studio at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. He especially preferred carving rather than modelling and collaborated throughout his life with architects on often monumental works of art so as bring joy and beauty to all. He enjoyed working on white or grey marble, ebony and mahogany and brought light and weightlessness to his work by the clever placing of his dancers, acrobats, women, animals, couples... The sculpture that we are presenting illustrates his capacity to harmonise curves so as to reveal the emotion of an enlaced couple whilst leaving aside too many details and keeping to the essential simplicity of expression, gentleness and poetry.