Jean-frederic Canepa (1894-1981), Le Bouquet De Pivoines, Oil On Canvas Signed, Framed

Oil on canvas, Le bouquet de pivoines by Jean-Fréderic CANEPA (1894-1981). Signed on the right.
Jean-Frédéric CANEPA (1894-1981), a painter from Marseilles, was part of a friendly group of painters who met at the "Peano" bar and worked as colleagues.
This was "Marseille's golden age", with fellow painter and friend Maurice DARD, whose studio he shared on rue Sainte, it still overlooks the Quai du Canal.
He was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Marseille from 1908 to 1916, studying with A. In the 1930s, in Paris, he decorated the Apollo, the Folies Bergères and two panels at the Palais de Justice in Marseille.
In 1937, he was purchased by the Musée Cantini in Marseille (Les Glaieuls)
In 1938, he was appointed Professor at the Musée des Beaux Arts de Marseille and set up his studio Quai de Rive Neuve in Marseille.
He is one of the great representatives of the Provençal school of the early 20th century, with a modern style and consistently original framing.