French Surrealist Cubist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting Signed 1972

Key Details
Artist: French School, signed and dated 1972
Title: Figurative Abstract
Medium: Oil painting on board, framed
Size: Painting: 19.75 x 25.5 inches; framed: 21.5 x 27 inches
Provenance: From a private collection of the artist’s work in Normandy, France
Condition: Overall very good and pleasing condition
Signature / inscriptions: Signed and dated lower left, 1972

Description
A French surrealist Cubist oil painting on board, signed and dated 1972. The composition is arranged around a group of abstracted figures or mask-like forms, built from flattened planes and softened geometric shapes. The palette is restrained and atmospheric, with deep blue, grey, olive, cream, taupe and muted brown giving the work a quiet, modernist intensity.

Framed at 21.5 x 27 inches overall, the painting has a useful horizontal format and would sit well in a study, hallway, sitting room, bedroom or more contemporary interior. Its darker tonal range makes it particularly effective against pale walls, plaster, linen, natural wood, leather or interiors that mix antique furniture with modern European art.

There is a subtle psychological quality to this piece. The figures are not fully described, but instead suggested through shape, shadow and structure, which gives the painting its particular intrigue. With its Normandy provenance, signed and dated surface, and strong 1970s French abstract language, it would suit a collected interior with a taste for quieter, more unusual figurative work.