Navy – Louis Bissinger (1899-1978)

Oil on panel, signed lower left: "Berard Régis,"
pseudonym of Louis Bissinger.
Second half of the 20th century.
Two techniques were used for this painting: brush for the background and palette knife for the foreground.
Framed.
All in very good condition.

Louis Bissinger (1899-1978), also known as Régis Bérard,
was born on April 24, 1899, in Lyon and died on February 25, 1978, in Rillieux-le-Pape. In the Dauphiné region, which he loved, he met and associated with many Lyon painters and became friends with Giacomini, Anselme, Abel Gay, and Reignier, with whom he shared an admiration for the painter Ravier. Some of Louis Bissinger's works bear the signature "Bérard" or "Régis Bérard," a pseudonym he often used. During the war, he was arrested on September 14, 1943, in Lyon and imprisoned in Montluc. Transferred to Compiègne, he was deported on December 14, 1943, to the Buchenwald concentration camp. During his imprisonment, he managed to create watercolors. Upon his return to France, he organized an exhibition of his works depicting the horrors of the death camps. He received the City of Lyon Prize in 1945 and participated in numerous exhibitions in the following years. In 1950, he moved to Morestel and worked there until 1960. In 1954, he won the First Prize of the Friends of the Arts of Grenoble. In 1957, the French State and the Army Museum further enhanced his reputation by acquiring several of his paintings. After several stays in Franche-Comté with his wife Yvette (particularly in Lons-le-Saunier in the Jura, but also in Burgundy, Alsace, and Champagne in the Marne), he moved to Brandovilliers in 1970. Louis Bissinger left behind a large body of work.

Dimensions:
With frame:
Length: 87 cm
Height: 60 cm
Without frame:
Length: 70 cm
Height: 42 cm