Jules Pascin, (1885-1930)
L'attente de l'enfant prodigue/ Waiting for the prodigal son, c. 1918
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65 x 81 cm.)
Private collection
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the
parables of Jesus Christ, which he shares it with his disciples, the Pharisees
and others.
In the story, a father has two sons. The younger
son asks for his inheritance and after wasting his fortune, becomes destitute.
He returns home with the intention of begging his father to be made one of his
hired servants, expecting his relationship with his father is likely severed.
The father welcomes him back and celebrates his return. The older son refuses
to participate. The father reminds the older son that one day he will inherit
everything. But, they should still celebrate the return of the younger son
because he was lost and is now found. More on the prodigal son
Jules Pascin, original name Julius Pincas, (born March 31, 1885, Vidin, Bulgaria—died June 1, 1930, Paris, France), Bulgarian-born American painter, renowned for his delicate draftsmanship and sensitive studies of women.
Born of Italian Serbian and Spanish parents, Pascin was educated in Vienna before he moved to Munich, where he attended art school in 1903. Beginning in 1904, his drawings were regularly published in satiric journals. Pascin, in 1905, moved to Paris, where he continued to produce tragically satiric drawings of the demimonde. He was embraced by members of the Parisian art world.
To avoid service in the Bulgarian army, at the outbreak of World War I Pascin traveled for a time in the United States. He became a U.S. citizen in 1920 and returned to Paris later that year. There he began to create a series of large-scale, representational, and very sensitively drawn biblical and mythological paintings. He was a financially successful artist, but he continued to lead a life of debauchery and excess. On the eve of an important one-man show of his work, Pascin hanged himself. More on Jules Pascin
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