Robert Lavoine (1916-1999) Painting -brittany Pont Aven-

Art Deco painting oil painting on canvas View of Brittany in Pont-Aven signed lower right LAVOINE (Robert LP Lavoine 1916-1999) titled on the left farm in Pont-Aven and countersigned by the artist on the back of the canvas. Beautiful composition showing the Breton coastline at Pont-Aven animated on the horizon by sailboats towards the beach of Port Mane'ch and in the foreground by Breton women in traditional Bigouden costume walking in a farmyard with authentic thatched roof charm . Original carved wooden frame with golden patina. Good general condition, dimensions: 77 cm He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before moving to Paris in the 1940s. He began exhibiting his works in the 1950s and quickly gained notoriety as an expressionist artist. His paintings are characterized by their bold use of color and texture, as well as by a perspective which gives an impression of movement, his palette, imbued with bold colors and arranged according to an alchemy of his own is optimistic and joyful. will have to stop mainly creating landscapes in a style that is recognizable to him. He exhibited very early at the Salon des Indépendants and quickly achieved great success. The Petit Palais Museum in Geneva and the Museum of Fine Arts in Le Havre preserve works by this artist.