Louis Neillot-1898-1973

Louis Neillot -1898-1973 Parterre de Fleurs oil on canvas signed upper right dated 7 1947 27 X 41 CM Louis Neillot is a French painter, born in Vichy (Allier) on February 11, 1898 and died in Kremlin-Bicêtre on December 24 19731. He joined the current of Fauvism. He was the son of a gardener-florist. He moved to Paris and began to frequent the artistic and literary circles of the capital. I He was one of the occupants of La Ruche (1928-1934). He moved to the Flower City. He is the friend of Jean Dreyfus-Stern. He was vice-president of the Salon des Indépendants (where he exhibited regularly). He also exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuileries. When he died in 1973, he was considered the "last representative of Fauvism".