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born March 23, 1908 in Pari, France; 1916-1924, Académie Julian, Paris; military service and travels as an insurance broker; 1933, private academies in Paris; 1939-1943, mobilized in the army, prisoner of war and escaped; 1943-1946, lived in Trinidad, then New York; 1947, returned to France; 1984, died in Paris.
If he were Belgian, we'd classify this latecomer to painting as a Brabant Fauve*. The continuity of his brushstrokes enables him to bathe his subjects in the light that shimmers off the canvas. Elegant painter of mundane daily life, beaches and Provencal landscapes.
Exhibitions: 1935, Salon des Indépendants, Paris; 1950, Doucet, Paris, (P); 1951, England.
Retrospective: 1974, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice.
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