Jean Hugon (1919 - 1990) Painter From Bordeaux Tugs At La Rochelle (1963) Hst Sbd 50 X 61 Cm
Jean HUGON (Marseille 1919 - Bordeaux 1990)
Tugboats at La Rochelle (1963)
Oil on canvas signed lower right
Titled on back
50 cm x 61 cm (65 x 76 cm with frame)
Jean Hugon biography:The people of Bordeaux know and appreciate thisartist born in Marseille in 1919, but a Bordeaux native by adoption.From 1938 tothe late 1940s, his landscapes, figures and still lifes are framed byand still lifes are framed by black lines and play on a minimum of subtly nuanced colorsreminiscent of Bernard Buffet.He held hishis first exhibition in October 1946 at the Chappe Lautier gallery in Toulouse.Spontaneously Fauvist in his early works, his painting is dense and rich in matter and color.rich in matter and color.FrançoisDesnoyer enabled him to progress and enter the world of Toulouse painters.painters. He joins the "Groupe du Chariot", and his work is recognized,impressed critics with the generosity of his palette.In 1951, he exhibited with Van de Velde and Ambrogiani at thethe Biennale Internationale de Peinture de France in Menton, and won an award for a canvasfor a painting praised for its "intelligent cubism and geometry of light".geometry of light".He arrives inBordeaux in 1953, in the effervescent post-war period when the city'sartistic revival. He reunited with painters he had exhibited with in ToulouseToulouse: Labégorre, Carrère, Vallet, who guided him through the Bordeauxmicrocosm.The anguish ofof the sincere, spontaneous autodidact who, not having attended the Beaux-Artsconventions, searching for the truth in his work, characterized by a strongdensity of material in the 1960s. He joined the Indépendantsd'Aquitaine in 1970, then from 1980 onwards, he moved away from figurationeasy for him, moving towards the limits of abstraction and achievingmastery of his art. At the height of his exuberance, the last ten yearsthe last ten years become a superb song of liberated expression. Hisbecomes the translation of a moment, a feeling, a voice. Withoutmoving away from the bold colors of his early work, in the continuityof the Fauves, he continues to evolve, producing what he calls "allusive figuration".allusive figuration". Intense blues and deep greens appear. Workfull-body work. His painting becomes gestural. Around 1985, he acquires a totallypractice, inventing a new universe of colors, like an ideal world.ideal world.Highlyappreciated for his human qualities, his great capacity for work and hisand incessant research by his painter friends such as Belaubre, Boissonnet,Vallet and Teyssandier, he exhibited with them at the Galerie du Fleuveof the local art world.He died in1990.
Tugboats at La Rochelle (1963)
Oil on canvas signed lower right
Titled on back
50 cm x 61 cm (65 x 76 cm with frame)
Jean Hugon biography:The people of Bordeaux know and appreciate thisartist born in Marseille in 1919, but a Bordeaux native by adoption.From 1938 tothe late 1940s, his landscapes, figures and still lifes are framed byand still lifes are framed by black lines and play on a minimum of subtly nuanced colorsreminiscent of Bernard Buffet.He held hishis first exhibition in October 1946 at the Chappe Lautier gallery in Toulouse.Spontaneously Fauvist in his early works, his painting is dense and rich in matter and color.rich in matter and color.FrançoisDesnoyer enabled him to progress and enter the world of Toulouse painters.painters. He joins the "Groupe du Chariot", and his work is recognized,impressed critics with the generosity of his palette.In 1951, he exhibited with Van de Velde and Ambrogiani at thethe Biennale Internationale de Peinture de France in Menton, and won an award for a canvasfor a painting praised for its "intelligent cubism and geometry of light".geometry of light".He arrives inBordeaux in 1953, in the effervescent post-war period when the city'sartistic revival. He reunited with painters he had exhibited with in ToulouseToulouse: Labégorre, Carrère, Vallet, who guided him through the Bordeauxmicrocosm.The anguish ofof the sincere, spontaneous autodidact who, not having attended the Beaux-Artsconventions, searching for the truth in his work, characterized by a strongdensity of material in the 1960s. He joined the Indépendantsd'Aquitaine in 1970, then from 1980 onwards, he moved away from figurationeasy for him, moving towards the limits of abstraction and achievingmastery of his art. At the height of his exuberance, the last ten yearsthe last ten years become a superb song of liberated expression. Hisbecomes the translation of a moment, a feeling, a voice. Withoutmoving away from the bold colors of his early work, in the continuityof the Fauves, he continues to evolve, producing what he calls "allusive figuration".allusive figuration". Intense blues and deep greens appear. Workfull-body work. His painting becomes gestural. Around 1985, he acquires a totallypractice, inventing a new universe of colors, like an ideal world.ideal world.Highlyappreciated for his human qualities, his great capacity for work and hisand incessant research by his painter friends such as Belaubre, Boissonnet,Vallet and Teyssandier, he exhibited with them at the Galerie du Fleuveof the local art world.He died in1990.
2 250 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Modern Art
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Oil painting
Width: 61
Height: 50
Reference (ID): 1739205
Availability: In stock
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