{"id":299,"date":"2026-09-01T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=299"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:09:51","slug":"roland-chanco-portrait-of-mathilde-1972","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/product\/roland-chanco-portrait-of-mathilde-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Chanco \u2014 Portrait of Mathilde, 1972, 92 cm x 76 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1409\"><strong data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1409\">Created in 1972, <em data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1200\">Portrait of Mathilde<\/em> is a striking example of Roland Chanco\u2019s celebrated Kaleidoscopic period, in which the French painter developed his distinctive language of fragmented forms, mask-like faces and intensely expressive colour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1837\">The female figure dominates the composition, constructed through bold geometric planes, contrasting patterns and brilliant passages of blue, red, yellow, black and white. Her elaborate costume and extraordinary hat lend the portrait an almost theatrical quality. Chanco transforms the conventional portrait into a vivid interplay of personality, colour and abstraction, while retaining the recognisable presence of his sitter.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"2299\">The painting dates from one of the most distinctive periods of Chanco\u2019s career. Between approximately <strong data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"1958\">1961 and 1975<\/strong>, the artist developed what became known as his <strong data-start=\"2006\" data-end=\"2030\">Kaleidoscopic period<\/strong>, inspired by the principle of multiple reflections. Human figures were reconstructed through fractured shapes and saturated colour, producing the highly individual visual language for which Chanco became particularly recognisable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2301\" data-end=\"2941\">Born <strong data-start=\"2306\" data-end=\"2356\">Roland Chanconnier in Reignac, France, in 1914<\/strong>, Chanco moved to Paris as a young man and became part of the artistic world of Montmartre. There he encountered artists including <strong data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2534\">Maurice Utrillo, Gen Paul and Pablo Picasso<\/strong>. Picasso reportedly admired the strength and individuality of Chanco\u2019s paintings. After moving to the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur in 1947, Chanco continued his association with Picasso and entered a remarkable artistic circle that also included <strong data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2811\">Joan Mir\u00f3, Jean Cocteau and Jacques Pr\u00e9vert<\/strong>. He additionally worked on ceramics in Pierre Lebasque\u2019s studio alongside <strong data-start=\"2886\" data-end=\"2902\">Marc Chagall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"3267\">One of the most extraordinary episodes in Chanco\u2019s career came in <strong data-start=\"3009\" data-end=\"3017\">1960<\/strong>, when, seeking complete artistic renewal, he destroyed the greater part of his earlier painted \u0153uvre. The radical decision preceded the development of the Kaleidoscopic works to which this 1972 portrait belongs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3538\" data-end=\"3799\"><em data-start=\"3538\" data-end=\"3560\">Portrait of Mathilde<\/em> therefore belongs to an important and immediately recognisable chapter of Chanco\u2019s artistic development: a work combining the legacy of post-Cubism and Expressionism with the artist\u2019s own exuberant approach to colour and the human figure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3801\" data-end=\"3866\"><strong data-start=\"3801\" data-end=\"3866\">Oil on canvas, 1972.<br data-start=\"3823\" data-end=\"3826\" \/>Signed lower left.<br data-start=\"3844\" data-end=\"3847\" \/>Original artwork.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Chanco (1914\u20132017),<\/p>\n<p><em data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"1001\">Portrait of Mathilde<\/em>, 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Oil on canvas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original artwork from the artist\u2019s celebrated Kaleidoscopic period. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Signed lower left.<\/p>\n<p>Dimensions: 92 cm x 76 cm<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0},"product_brand":[20],"product_cat":[19],"product_tag":[26,24,22,23,25,21],"class_list":["post-299","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-roland-chanco","product_cat-paintings","product_tag-1970s-art","product_tag-figurative-art","product_tag-french-art","product_tag-modern-art","product_tag-oil-painting","product_tag-roland-chanco","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artstac.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}