“port Of Honfleur 1960” Jacques Bouyssou (1926 - 1997)

Jacques BOUYSSOU, born in 1926 near Honfleur in Calvados and died in January 1997, is a French painter. From his childhood, Jacques Bouyssou met artists such as Othon Friesz, Raoul Dufy, and Lagar Leprin, who became his mentors. He also met Moïse Kisling, Fernand Léger, and Ossip Zadkine. Bouyssou studied at the Troyes School of Architecture and Fine Arts and drew with the sculptor Janin. He moved to Paris and became a student of Othon Friesz and Lucien Simon at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His talent as a painter was recognized, and his first exhibition took place in London in 1955. The following year, Katia Granoff invited him to exhibit in Paris. It was the beginning of a long relationship. His first exhibition took place at the Salon des Artistes Augerons. In 1961, he debuted at the Salon de la Marine, then in 1973, he was named "official painter of the French Navy". His works are kept at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. But his work is mainly Norman; he exhibits at the Katia Granoff gallery in Honfleur and Paris; he remains attached to Honfleur, so he is one of the painters of Honfleur. Norman marine painter. Oil on canvas signed lower right and dated 1960. Format: 38 x 55 cm. With carved wooden frame (called Montparnasse): 54 x 72 cm.