Anne Français (1909-1995), Signed French Original Mixed Media - Montmartre, Paris, Sacré-coeur

Anne FRANÇAIS (1909-1995) - "Place du Tertre in Montmartre, Paris"
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Reference Code : 70TM8P-A.FRANCAIS

DETAILS
Original mixed media on (original) paper, signed lower left.
Very lovely view of the famous Place du Tertre located in Montmartre in Paris with the Sacré-Coeur basilica in the background, various walkers as well as a number of figures seated on a restaurant or cafe terrace in the place. This is a mixed technique in watercolor, gouache and pencil which the artist used from time to time.
A very attractive and colorful work which reveals a certain touch of Fauvism.
An artist to be followed without a doubt.

DIMENSIONS : Unframed : 31 x 49 cm - Framed : 51 x 2 x 68 cm

PROVENANCE : Recognized french public auction house (from private collection).

CONDITION
Painting : in almost perfect condition (paper slightly crinkled/warped with age).
Frame : Frame (with glass) in almost perfect condition.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anne FRANҪAIS is a painter, watercolourist, pastellist and illustrator of nudes, portraits, interiors, landscapes, architectural views, seascapes. She has also created a number of posters and sets. Anne Français trained herself, notably in the free studios of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. She lived in Paris, in the Lyon region and on the Côte d'Azur.
After 1950, she created what she called "ionist" painting, characterized by hatching (adjustment of brightly colored forms). She has also published an illustrated book on the majestic houses of the Blois region and has been involved in numerous architectural projects. Several of his works have been purchased by the State and by the City of Paris.
In 1933, she exhibited a pastel nude at the Salon des artistes français in Paris and, in 1946, at the Salon des Tuileries, also in Paris. She held solo exhibitions of her work in Lyon in 1943 and in Paris in 1945, where she presented female nudes and portraits of actors, including Fernandel and François Périer. She then exhibited in other places, notably at the Galerie La Boétie in Paris in 1951, the Galerie St-Placide in Paris in 1967 and 1968 and the Galerie Jean-Paul Villain in Paris in 1987, 1990 and 1991.
Her works are exhibited in many French museums including Cannes, Epinal, Monaco, Paris, Toulon but also abroad.


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