Frank Will 1900-1950 Son Of Boggs Frank William Watercolor On Paper Auction Port Of Barfleur

Frank Will 1900-1950 Sailboats at sea off Barfleur (Normandy) Navy animated by sailboats at sea off Barfleur, we can make out the Saint Nicolas church in the background. The pencil and watercolor technique is very modern and gives an impression of perpetual motion. Signed lower left Frank Will and located Barfleur Circa 1930 Dimensions work on paper framed under glass 44 cm X 58 cm at sight Frame 66 X 80 cm Work having retained very bright colors Our artist was the son of the painter Frank Myers Boggs, known as Frank -Boggs, he was a pupil. 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 merchant, then under contract with 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