Lucien Adrion (1889 - 1953) “the Bellevue Casino In Biarritz (1925) - Basque Country” Hst 60x81 Cm

Lucien ADRION (Strasbourg 1889 - Paris 1953) "The Bellevue Casino in Biarritz" Oil on canvas signed and dated 1925 lower right H: 60 cm x W: 80.5 cm (77x99 with frame) Provenance: private collection Berlin Ornamental wooden frame Biography of Lucien Adrion: Lucien Adrion left his family at a very young age, as he was opposed to his vocation as a painter. To earn a living, he worked as a technical draftsman in a water pipe installation company from 1905 to 1908, then as a fashion designer in Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and London. In 1914, he was mobilized in the German army. After the armistice, Adrion, who had not attended any drawing or painting school, took graphic art lessons from Professor Hermann Struck in Berlin. He married and spent a year in Strasbourg in 1919, producing a large number of engravings and lithographs. In 1920, he decided to try his luck in Paris. Supported by galleries and a few collectors, he then devoted himself entirely to painting, creating canvases imbued with light and teeming with life, with a predilection for street scenes, racecourses, and lively beaches. His first exhibition was in 1921 (Galerie Cheron, Paris). In 1926, he organized an exhibition of French painters in Berlin with Paul Signac, as part of the "Berliner Sezession." He subsequently exhibited several times in Berlin, Paris, and Los Angeles. A retrospective exhibition was dedicated to him by the Strasbourg City Museums (July 1955).