François Michel Diana, painter from Marseilles south of France

Beautiful painting in the colors of southern France, oil on panel, depicting boats, barges in front of a factory, docks. original painting.
panel size: 63 cm x 44 cm

François Michel Diana, painter from Marseilles, born November 6, 1903 in the Saint Mauront district of Marseilles and died in the same city on May 16, 1993, was a French painter of portraits, nudes, genre scenes and especially landscapes.
He was a member of all pre-war artistic groups in Marseille, and shared his first studio with Louis Toncinj Leon Cadenel and Antoine Serra1. An extremely active artist, he first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes de Provence in 1929, then in 1934 at Detaille's. In 1936, he took part in the Salon de Provence and exhibited at Galerie Jouvène.
He belonged successively to the groups of Prolétariens and Peoples' Painters, innovative and committed movements of young artists who believed that art could find its inspiration in the working-class world and industrial landscapes, thus making their contribution to social struggles2.
In 1936, François Diana (with Antoine Serra, Leon Cadenel, Louis Toncini and Jean Tognetti) took part in the creation of the first provincial Maison de la Culture, supported by Louis Aragon, André Malraux and Jean Giono.
Works in public collections

Museum - Marseille (Musée Cantini): "Vue d'une gare "6.
Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts: "Les Piellettes "7
Moscow (Pushkin Museum): 8 Lithographs in memory of the liberation of Marseille.
Narbonne, Palais-Musée des Archevêques de Narbonne: "Le Vieux Port de Marseille par temps gris "8.
Bordeaux, Musée National des Douanes: "Le canal de la douane".
Musée d'histoire de Marseille lithographs.

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