Robert Lavoine (1916-1999) Painting Of Montmartre

Art Deco painting oil painting on canvas View of Paris Montmartre district signed lower right LAVOINE (Robert Lavoine 1916-1999) and titled on the left "Paris - Rue Lepic" and countersigned & titled by the artist on the back of the canvas. Beautiful composition showing the beginning of rue Lepic animated by characters, with the Montmartre hill adorned with the Galette mill on the left and in the panoramic background the dome of the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur. Original gilded wood frame. Good general condition, dimensions: 75 cm He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before moving to Paris in the 1940s. He began exhibiting his works in the 1950s and quickly gained notoriety as an expressionist artist. His paintings are characterized by their bold use of color and texture, as well as a perspective which gives an impression of movement, his palette, imbued with bold colors and arranged according to an alchemy of his own is optimistic and joyful. will have to stop mainly creating landscapes in a style that is recognizable to him. He exhibited very early at the Salon des Indépendants and quickly achieved great success. The Musée du Petit Palais in Geneva and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Le Havre hold works by this artist.