Frank Will 1900-1950 Or Boggs Frank William Watercolor Port Of Barfleur Normandy 1930 Marine

Frank Will 1900-1950 Fish auction on the port of Barfleur (Normandy) Very beautiful scene of animated port of sailors unloading the product of their fishing on the quays of the port of Barfleur at the foot of their ships with the church of Saint Nicolas in perspective. The pencil and watercolor technique is very modern and the multitude of characters represented gives the impression of perpetual motion. Signed lower left Frank Will Circa 1930 Dimensions of work on paper 38 cm X54 cm at sight or 10P Frame 59 X 75 cm Very fresh work having retained very bright colors Our artist was the son of the painter Frank Myers Boggs, known as Frank-Boggs, he was the student. He gave up studying architecture to devote himself to painting. A typical Montmartre figure, he was particularly close to Gen-Paul and Leprin. In 1922 he made his first trip to the Normandy coast. Other trips - 1926-1927 La Rochelle, 1929 Amiens; 1930 Barfleur. From 1930 the Georges Petit gallery exhibited it permanently. He then exhibited at Hector Brame, his father's dealer, then under contract to Henri Bureau. With Leprin he visited Moret-sur-Loing, Auxerre, Avallon. In 1943, he took part in the fanfare created by Gen-Paul: La Chignolle. Very affected by alcohol, he could not bear the operation of a pulmonary abscess. He signed successively: in 1916 Frank, 1916 Frank, 1918 William Frank, 1920 Frank Will, finally Frank-Will. From 1936 to 1939, he used the pseudonym of Naudin. He is best known for his Parisian watercolors. of the general public. It evolves between a populist post-impressionism, quite typically Montmartre, and flashes of violent expressionism, which could have tended towards tragedy. Jacques Busse Excerpt from Bénézit Grund editions 1999