Jacques Nestlé
Still Life with Jug and Fish, c. 1946
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Atelier stamp verso
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Provenance
The Artist's Estate
Note: After studying at the Bauhaus in Germany, Nestlé moved permanently to Paris in 1933. Two important events occurred in Paris: first, Henri Matisse noticed his work, encouraged him and inspired him lastingly. Secondly, art dealer and connoisseur Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler asked to promote him as he did with Picasso, Braque, Derain or Gris. Jacques Nestlé, who described himself as 'not a painter, not an artist, but simply a man who paints', did not pursue Kahnweiler’s offer.