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d’Inverno was an important model for Sargent too & appears to have been his type with his 1970s ‘Frisco macho good looks. Nicola d’Inverno (c1888), Head of a Young Man (c1900) & Figure Study (c1904). The latter is d’Inverno posing for him.
He studied the male form in the approved Academic approach & also as a form of personal meaning. Works for himself, such as these three, explored the idea of his own attraction. Male Model (c1875-7), Male Model (1878) & Portrait of a Sailor (1878)
From 1911-12 he evolved a new more austere style termed his Gothic period. From 1914-19 he was called up for WWI. 1916 saw him illustrate Breton’s Mont de Piete. Martigues (1913), Man with Newspaper (1914), La Verre Noir (1913) & Portrait (1914)
In 1912 he exhibited with the Blaue Reiter in Munich & in 1913 at the Armory in NY. He also illustrated Max Jacob’s poems in 1912. Still Life (1912), the Grove (1912), the Seine (1912) & Le Samedi (1913-14). He became the archetypal French painter
Derain’s success was ensured by Kahnweiler, the dealer, buying his entire studio. He moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Picasso. Bathers (1907), Mountain Road (1907), Madame Derain (1907) & Landscape (1907)
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