Yvon Taillandier (1926-2018), Mixed Media Painting "the Train Ticket", 1980

Framed painting under glass, representing a mixed-media painting on paper, "Train Ticket," signed within the design and dated 1980 on the train ticket. Visible size 50 x 64.5 cm and 64 x 77.5 cm framed, oak frame. 20th century. Born in 1926 in Paris, Yvon Taillandier is a French painter, sculptor, and writer. He is known for his figurative work. He settled in Paris after the Second World War, where he met Giacometti, Soulages, and Miró. In 1947, he was appointed secretary of the Salon de Mai committee by Gaston Diehl. His painting is figurative, consistently narrative, and creates an imaginary world with its characters, an inverted "Taillanderland." The painter describes this invented world with its inhabitants, his universe. Blending image and language, Yvon Taillandier claims to be a literary painter.