"Op-art Composition By Georges Connan Around 1960"
Acrylic on paper measuring 94cm x 94cm plus baguette 98cm x 98cm signed lower right CONNAN Born in 1912 in Brittany, Georges Connan went to study at the National School of Fine Arts in 1932, he was 20, frequented Montparnasse assiduously and went to become friends with fernand LEGER of whom he will say "He is the greatest living painter", two works from his "geometric figuration" period of the years 1936-40 will attest to this, then he will abandon figuration to explore optical art and will join pioneers such as Vasarely, Shöffer, and Soto in emphasizing the illusion-generating effects of movement. neat shipment