Henri-andré Martin – An Alley In Autumn – Oil On Cardboard – 20th Century

Oil on cardboard depicting a park path in autumn, according to the title given to the work by the artist himself (see back).
The gold of the leaves dominates the composition, applied in light touches, superimposed on the trunks and the ground. On the right, trunks with marked contours, highlighted in blue, structure the scene which tends towards abstraction.
The work is signed lower right.

The work is placed under a mat, under glass, bordered by a golden rod. The whole is in excellent condition.

The artist
Born in Lyon in 1918 to a doctor father, Henri-André Martin shared his childhood between Saint-Étienne and the family home in Bresse. From adolescence, he was interested in painting and trained with Joseph Lamberton, painter and sculptor from Saint-Etienne, Henri Grosjean, painter of Bresse and Jura, and Pierre Eugène Montezin, then attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon.
Forced by parental will to give up his pictorial vocation, he turned to medicine and became a brilliant ENT surgeon in Lyon, corresponding member of the Institut de France.

Nevertheless, he continued to paint throughout his life, developing a rich body of work centered on landscapes, still lifes and nudes in a pointillist style. He won the Maurice Utrillo Prize in 1964 and the medal of honor of the Société lyonnaise des Beaux Arts.

He exhibited in numerous French and foreign galleries, notably in New York, Frankfurt and Geneva. He had three studios: in Lyon on Boulevard des Belges, in Provence (Saint-Tropez then Éygalières), and in Paris on Rue du Saint-Gothard. Henri-André Martin died in 2004, leaving the memory of a man who knew how to handle a scalpel and a paintbrush with elegance.

Work visible at the gallery (07240)
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