Pierre The Trividic Watercolor Street Rouen Animated

Pierre Le Trividic (1898 - 1960) School of Rouen Watercolor of a busy street in Rouen Half-timbered houses: landscape before the war of 39-45 Signed lower right Very fresh colors d watercolour: 46 x 33 cm d with frame: 60.2 x 47.5 cm Biography : Pierre Le Trividic was born in 1898 in Rouen. He enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in the Architecture section. A brilliant student, he quickly won first prizes in all disciplines. He quickly developed a passion for line and color, drawing and then painting. Pencil, pastel, oil, watercolor, ink, engraving, red chalk become his means of expression of this passion he feels for his hometown. His work is indeed nothing more than a history of Rouen established day by day for nearly forty years which were those of his career. The artist is complete, the work of an extraordinary abundance which is matched only by its freedom of execution. His first solidly constructed canvases were quickly followed by a firmer technique. Its qualities are concentrated. The Trividic synthesizes and each of his works gains in expressive power. Recognition became truly official in 1931 when the State bought a Rouen Cathedral from him. A little later, the city of Paris bought him a panorama of the Norman capital. The Trividic also began, in the 1930s, a career as an illustrator which he continued until the end of his life. Very much in demand in his city, the artist does not leave Rouen, so to speak. He died in 1960. His works are represented in many museums.