Vigny Sylvain (1903-1970) Austria-nice; “the Painter’s Workshop” Expressionism, Dated 58

VIGNY Sylvain (1903-1970) Austria-Nice-Expressionism: "The painter's workshop" Gouache signed lower left dim 50 x 65 cm Dated 58
Self-taught artist, coming from Austria like Willy Eisenschitz and Elfy Haindl-Lapoirie (de), "he arrived in France in 1929 and, after experiencing an adventurous life in Vienna and Paris, he discovered Nice in 1934 and settled there." The name of Sylvain Vigny remains attached to that of Jean Moulin in that, when the latter opened the Galerie d'art Romanin in Nice, the artist was, with the brothers Pierre and Jacques Prévert, Nikos Papatakis, Django Reinhardt and the Nice painter Jean Cassarini, among those we regularly meet there. It was from 1955 that he became a truly recognized figure in Nice art, as would his friends Ben (Benjamin Vautier), Claude Morini and Bernard Damiano. National Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Massena Museum, Nice. Menton Museum of Fine Arts. National Museum of History and Art, Luxembourg. Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz(de), Linz. Our complete catalog on: www.nice-antiques.com