Bouquet Of Flowers By Antoine Ferrari 1910-1995

Superb floral composition painted in oil on wood measuring 55cm x 38cm plus carved Montparnasse type wooden frame 77cm x 60 signed lower left in FERRARI paste Antoine FERRARI born in 1910 in Marseille, died in 1995 He is one of the greatest painters Provençal artists of his generation A gestural, lively, nervous painting for a character who exuded exemplary tranquility, serenity. He was a student of the fine arts in Marseille. At 17 he left for Paris and worked in a theater set workshop. He began to exhibit in 1928. He met Ambrogiani and from 1930 he obtained a scholarship to study painting. In 1937, he obtained the Abdel-Tif prize which will allow him to spend two years in Algeria. There he acquires his frank expression of color. He will take over Pascin's workshop in Paris. He will express himself through large nudes, bouquets, landscapes and views of the port of Marseille. His gesture which, after long reflection, leaves like a stroke of the whip like an impulsive painter who will make him recognized as the most expressionist of contemporary Provençal painters. This painting is in very good condition, free shipping to the European Union.