Lucien MATHELIN (1905-1981). "Ruches à l'ombrelle rose". Oil on canvas signed lower right, titled, countersigned and dated 1943 on the back (hole). Height 38 cm - Width 55 cm Lucien MATHELIN painted his first oil on canvas at the age of 15. In 1924, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, of which he later became a member. His palette was enriched by his travels to Morocco and Greece. In 1937, he assisted the painter Raoul Dufy on the painting "La Fée Eléctricité", now in the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Many of his paintings are based on the trompe-l'oeil technique; his work can thus be compared with Surrealism, although the artist was never a member of this group.