Montmartre, Paris, Signed: Rachel Favet-scheurer, Dated: 1969, French School

Oil painting on canvas board, good condition.
Subject: Montmartre, the Sacrée Cœur, Paris, very good quality
Period: dated 1969

Signed: yes lower right, referenced artist, of Swiss / French origin
Sold with invoice and certificate.

Formats: with the frame 46 x 62 cm. - the canvas 38 x 54 cm.
Frame: silver / gilded wooden frame, new, therefore good condition

Biography:
Rachel Favet-Scheurer 1919 / 2009
Figurative painter whose career extended from 1946 to 2009. She participated in several international salons and exhibitions in different countries (Switzerland, France, Italy, United States, see list below).
She mainly practiced oil painting and pastels, but she also used acrylics, gouache as well as painting on silk and jute. Her work mainly includes landscapes painted in oils, as well as animals treated with charcoal, pastels or oil. Her work also includes numerous compositions, still lifes, flowers, etc.
Rachel Favet-Scheurer was born on March 14, 1919 in Geneva to a Swiss German father, Ernest Scheurer, and a French mother, Eugénie Bornat. She is the eldest of 4 children.
Her father was a draftsman, carver, engraver and he painted occasionally. From childhood, Rachel showed a pronounced taste for colors, flowers and animals.
She was gifted at drawing, so much so that a schoolteacher offered to give her lessons. But the father refused, he did not want his daughter to do such an unprofitable job. This did not prevent the little girl from continuing to draw! She was 19 when her father committed suicide, leaving a woman with 4 children, 3 of whom were young. Rachel became the head of the family and found a job in a firm as a decorator in the advertising department.
There she learned different techniques that she would later use. In 1943, she married and gave birth to a daughter in 1944. The oldest paintings listed date from 1946 and already bear her signature including her two surnames (Favet and Scheurer). At this time, she met Master Georges Migot, a Parisian musician and art critic, at a music academy in Geneva where she took classes. He showed great interest in her work and offered to advise her on how to channel her passion and curiosity. This Master-student relationship lasted several years. She never forgot what she owed him and always cited him in interviews. During this period, she learned a lot from the elders by reading numerous books devoted to their way of working.
These readings led her to use virgin wax and to test different mixtures of oil and essence. She liked to experiment with old techniques, while trying new materials like acrylic. In the 1950s, she began to participate in international exhibitions such as the Salon des Indépendants in Paris.
She also exhibited frequently in Geneva or in France in group and solo exhibitions. In the 1970s, she received numerous diplomas and medals at exhibitions abroad.
For health reasons, she reduced her activities in the late 1990s, but without stopping completely. In fact, she painted and drew practically until her death (her last drawing dates from the end of 2008).
She lived for her painting and always had a host of ideas in mind.
She said it would have taken her several lifetimes to complete everything. She passed away at the age of 90, leaving behind a series of projects, sketches, and unfinished works. It is unknown how many signed works she produced, but in any case, more than 500. Source: Rachel Favet-Scheurer's website

Sold with invoice and certificate.
Painting visible at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), on weekends.
Free shipping for France. And on estimate for other countries.