Oil On Canvas Of A Butterfly By Marcel Recher, Alsatian Painter (1926 - 2016)

An important oil on canvas by Marcel Recher depicting a yellow butterfly on a textured beige background. This work demonstrates his appreciation for texture and structured construction to materialize his subject. The butterfly is highlighted both by its color and by the strong presence of the line, sharp, thick, yet also subtle, almost detaching the insect from the canvas. This seemingly figurative work, whose subject is merely a pretext to highlight the artist's attachment to abstraction, the driving force of his creative force from the 1960s to the 1980s. This canvas, one of the former masterpieces of the artist's personal collection, which he never wanted to part with, bears on the back the customs clearance and transport stamps, in red ink, bearing witness to a monumental exhibition attended by Marcel Recher in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Dimensions: Height 146 cm. Width 114 cm. Dimensions with frame: Height 152.5 cm. Width 120.4 cm. Modern American box frame.

Marcel Recher, self-taught artist born in Strasbourg (1926 - 2016). He began his career in Nice, then moved to Mulhouse, painter and sculptor, he also tried his hand at photography. Numerous solo exhibitions, notably in Hamburg, Cap Kennedy, New Orleans, London at the Tate Gallery for the most prestigious. In the mid-1960s, he moved towards abstract art and signed a series of paintings that he called "Conception Art". Then he returned to a very personal form of figuration, with the series of automobiles, for which he drew his inspiration from the prestigious collections of the Musée National de l'Automobile - Collection Schlumpf, followed by an important series on boats. His Nominations: 1986: Grand Prize for the national artistic poster of the sports car Festival of Chamonix. 1991: film "Planète Recher" 1992: "Trophée du sport mulhousien" 1984: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.