ELIANE THIOLLIER

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THIOLLIER is one of the painters of the second School of
Paris, the School of Great French Figuratives after the war.
From his apprenticeship at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in
Paris, Thiollier exposes his vision of the world in harmony.
He is only interested in the re-creation of a balanced, solid universe,
where the major value is authenticity.
She structures her works as an architect builds a
House. With her ocher and red palette she makes them vibrate,
thus offering an inexpressible appeasement. Thiollier first posed
his easel in Provence, then in the Camargue.
A great traveler, she went to capture the truth of the Masai
from Kenya, women from rural Mexico, merchants from the
Traditional Thailand, villagers from India or Morocco,
to give his vision, dazzling and serene.
In 1950, she was selected for the Viking Prize and then was invited to the Salon de la Jeune Peinture, which then took place at the
City of Paris Museum of Modern Art. In 1957, she will be there
appointed Secretary General. The Young Painting Fair is
that of the new figurative generation, it is part of the
continuity of that of the under-thirties. Be part of a
Salon was at that time a real sign of recognition and the
Salon is a veritable breeding ground for talent. She binds
of friendship with Paul Reyberolle, Bernard Buffet, Michel de Galard,
Raymond Guerrier, Claude Weisbuch… She held the helm until
1964 trying to maintain a fair balance between various
groups, refusing to enter into the game of polemics, avoiding
ideological debates turning into political debates,
to maintain independence. A small group strongly
politicized will manage to take control of it. She leaves the salon
of young painting in 1964.
Museums: Les Baux de Provence, Cholet, Fontainebleau, Fulda (Germany), Geneva-Petit Palais, Mulhouse, Riom, Villeneuve sur lot

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