Bidspirit auction | 1993 Lyse Marsan ”Les Medievales

1993 Lyse Marsan ”Les Medievales sont en Ville” Painting - Oil on canvas depicting a stylized female figure rendered in a modernist idiom inspired by medieval iconography. The figure is presented frontally, with simplified facial features and angular planes of color, wearing a head covering evocative of medieval costume.  The title, Les médiévales sont en ville (“The medieval women are in the city”), suggests a conceptual displacement of medieval imagery into a modern or urban context, a theme consistent with post-war figurative painting of the 1970s. Details Artist: Lyse Marsan (Canadian, 20th century) Title: Les médiévales sont en ville Date: 1975 Medium: Oil on canvas Signature: Signed  Inscriptions: Verso, handwritten in pencil: “Les médiévales sont en ville - Lyse Marsan - 1975” Image Size: approx. 29 × 40 in. (73.5 × 101.5 cm) Framed Size: approx. 38 × 48 in. (96.5 × 122 cm) Frame: Giltwood frame with cream mat Condition: Canvas stable Light surface wear consistent with age Frame with minor wear and scattered losses