School Of Paris – Roger Dérieux – Landscape With Light Trees – Gouache – Signed

Gouache named "Landscape with Light Trees" by the artist. Beautifully complementing yellow and blue tones, with white highlights.

The work is signed lower right. It was acquired in 1984 at the Galerie Saint Georges in Lyon. It is placed under glass, in a dark marie-louise that magnifies the light. The frame is new, in unpainted light wood. The whole is in excellent condition.

The artist
Born in Paris in 1922, Roger Dérieux was the son of the poet and literary critic Henry Dérieux. His mother, a pianist, allowed him to grow up in an environment where music was very important. In 1938, he met Francis Picabia and, three years later, he began painting. Requisitioned during the war, he ended up in Salzburg where he painted buildings and theater sets. Returning to France at the end of the war, he enrolled at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and in André Lhote's studio.

A figurative painter, he was part of what was called "The School of Paris." He participated in numerous exhibitions with Debré, Poliakoff, Estève, and Soulages. With elegance and great economy of means, he painted still lifes, landscapes, and a few figures in the studio.

In the 1980s, abstraction became king. The works we offer date from this period. Loving the world of books, he produced around forty artist's books from 1950 to the 2000s. In his last gallery exhibitions, Dérieux attracted the attention of a public that was very fond of this discreet work with crumpled and cut-out papers. "An art without fanfare like yours," said Ponge of his paintings. But discretion is one of the virtues that painters should not abuse."
Roger Dérieux died in 2015 in the Lot department.
Roger Dérieux's works have been the subject of numerous public auctions.

The work is on display at the gallery (07240).
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