Raoul Pradier. “the Painter Before His Easel” Oil On Canvas.

Oil on canvas entitled "the painter in front of his easel", by Raoul Pradier. Signed and dated lower left. Romanet gallery label on the back (see photos). Raoul Pradier, French painter, born in Bagnolet in 1929 and died in Plessis-Robinson in 2017. Raoul Pradier took courses in the preparatory workshop for arts deco in Paris. In 1949 he enrolled in the arts and crafts school directed by Camille Fleury. He graduated in 1952. Distinctions: - 1953 Antral Prize Scholarship - 1954 Young Painters' Salon Prize. - 1955 Critics' Prize (considered the Goncourt of painting). - 1957 Menton Biennale. Raoul Pradier exhibited in different galleries: 1955: Galerie Framond, Paris 1957: Galerie Romanet, Paris 1959: Galerie Motte, Geneva 1959: Galerie Malaval, Lyon 1961: Galerie Romanet, Algiers 1962: Galerie Reichenbach