Friday, May 12, 2023

 Felix Labisse
(1905 - 1982)
 
Félix Labisse was a French Surrealist painter, illustrator, and designer. He was born in Marchiennes. He divided his time between Paris and the Belgian coast from 1927. In Ostend he met James Ensor, who influenced his work. Beginning in 1931 he designed for the theater. His paintings depict fantastical hybrid creatures, and are often erotic. He painted the first of a series of blue women in 1960; among them is the Bain Turquoise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Félix_Labisse



La Sainte Hermandad
1973
Lithographic print
Private collection

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