28.5.07

The Valmier Rift

Bolto's unpleasant experience with Georges Valmier (1885 - 1937), cubism's tragic figure, is already well known. Recently the artist was induced to explain the reason for the rift, which many historians cite as the reason for Valmier's unfortunate early death. He pointed to a reproduction of Valmier's "Cubist Still Life" of 1919 -- then extracted a dusty painting from the back of a storage room. The date of the latter, unquestionably the work of Bolto, was still clearly legible at bottom left: 1918. Bolto gave a meaningful shrug, then returned to his work.


Bolto's 'Composition 0301' (apparently signed and dated 1918)



Georges Valmier: 'Cubist Still Life' (signed and dated 1919)