Paul Poiret (1879 Paris - 1944 ibid.) Still life of flowers Fauvist still life by Paul Poiret, the highly influential couturier and celebrity, painter, collector and patron of the arts, who collaborated with Raoul Dufy and assembled an extensive collection of early Cubist works before the First World War. He had already amassed an extensive collection of early Cubist works before the First World War. Oil on canvas; signed on the left; 50 cm x 60 cm. Frame. Oil on canvas. Signed.