Séraphine de Senlis
Selected Works
Séraphine de Senlis
Grand Bouquet Champêtre 1927
Huile sur toile
100,5 x 65 cm
Signée en bas à droite
Séraphine de Senlis
Sans titre (Deux grandes marguerites) 1930-1931
Ripolin sur toile
81 x 65 cm
Signé sur le bord supérieur droit
Some of the works depicted are no longer available.
Biography
Her paintings are a reflection of her spiritual longing and strong affinities to Nature.
Seraphine Louis, also known as Seraphine de Senlis, was revealed to the art world at the beginning of the 20th century by Wilhelm Uhde, the legendary art dealer who became notorious for his keenship to Braque, Picasso and the Douanier Rousseau.
Seraphine was the housekeeper of his home in Senlis.
She painted with Ripolin (a household paint) to which she added organic matter and secret ingredients. Her paintings are a reflection of her spiritual longing and strong affinities to Nature.
Seraphine was the housekeeper of his home in Senlis.
She painted with Ripolin (a household paint) to which she added organic matter and secret ingredients. Her paintings are a reflection of her spiritual longing and strong affinities to Nature.
She claimed to be possessed by visions of the Tree of Life of the Lost Paradise.
Each leaf of her mysterious compositions has the power to gaze back at the viewer and opens a realm that is both phenomenal and transcendental. She ended her days at Clermont-sur-Oise’s in an asylum where she had been interned for the last thirteen years of her life.
It is estimated she made about 150 paintings, today mainly held by great museums.
Each leaf of her mysterious compositions has the power to gaze back at the viewer and opens a realm that is both phenomenal and transcendental. She ended her days at Clermont-sur-Oise’s in an asylum where she had been interned for the last thirteen years of her life.
It is estimated she made about 150 paintings, today mainly held by great museums.