ROBERT SAVARY

OIL ON CANVAS 12P. MONTMARTRE IN ITS CIRCA 50’S PERIOD SETTING. ROBERT SAVARY WAS ONE OF THE LAST GREAT PAINTER OF PARIS

Figurative painter and engraver, Robert Savary was part of the “Young Painting”, also called the “Young Painters” of the New School of Paris or “Young Painting of the School of Paris”. A student of Maurice Brianchon at the Beaux-arts de Paris, he notably won the Casa de Velãquez prize in 1948 and the Rome prize in 1950.
Through its qualities of light, the work of Robert Savary is situated in a particular tradition of French painting, that of light painting, made of pleasure and radiance.

After living for two years in Madrid, he returned to Paris in 1949 and was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Rouen Museum of Fine Arts.
Savary exhibited his work in numerous prestigious salons from 1946, including the Salon de Mai, the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Artistes Français, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts. He also participated in the Second Biennale of Sao Paolo and his work was exhibited at the Galerie Drouant-David and the Galerie Charpentier in Paris in 1955. In 1960, the Musée Galliera in Paris offered him a personal exhibition. He received numerous distinctions for his work, including a Gold Medal in 1975 at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, a Silver Medal in 1958 at the Salon de la Marine in Paris followed two years later by a Medal of Gold.
Savary's paintings can be serene and calm, or full of activity and movement. He learned the lesson of Matisse, revealing in his paintings a “joie de vivre” full of life and animation. The art critic Raymond Cogniat writes about his painting: “White becomes for Savary as for Bonnard a color full of subtleties; it's a way of highlighting a kaleidoscope of colors and bringing them light and freshness...'

<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="1" frameborder="0" height="100%" id="widget2" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sp7fCr-N874?autoplay=0&mute=0&controls=1&loop=0&origin=https://www-carolepintofinearts-com.translate.goog&playsinline=1&enablejsapi=1&widgetid=1" style="background:transparent; border:0px; outline:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; height:270px; visibility:inherit; width:480px" title="Robert Maurice Savary (1920-1999): The Rite Heart, Paris" width="100%"></iframe>

")">
Collections:
Museum of Fine Arts of Rouen,
Museum of Modern Art, Paris,
Museum of Fine Arts of Nantes, France
​
Bibliography:
Francois Lespinasse: Robert Savary, Ed. SIC, 1990.

Ref: TWNU6HL6R0