Jean Commère (1920-1986)

Jean Commère (1920-1986)
Bord de Loire , la ciguë
huile sur toile
73x54cm

Jean Commère entered the Paris School of Fine Arts in 1938. His career as a painter began in 1945, propelled in 1952 by the award of the Othon-Friesz Grand Prix. Painting men, women, children, landscapes and still lifes in 1950... At a time when abstraction was asserting itself as a major trend, when new, more conceptual trajectories were already being defined, Jean Commère was convinced that figurative art remained relevant. He joined the painters of the Jeune Peinture group, then those of the Salon des Peintres Témoines de leur Temps, who from 1947 onwards affirmed their realist vocation. An exceptional draughtsman and watercolorist, Jean Commère was also an accomplished painter. His favorite themes are all represented in the centenary exhibition: landscapes, intimate figures, genre scenes, bouquets of flowers... The work is flamboyant and captivating.