Hubert Aicardi (1922-1991), Saintes-maries-de-la-mer, Oil On Hardboard

Hubert AICARDI (1922-1991)
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France, Bouches-du-Rhône)
Oil on hardboard panel
Signed lower left
22.5 x 16.5 cm
Provenance: Galerie Jouvene, Marseille

Hubert Aicardi is a painter of the Provençal school born in Marseille in 1922. He frequented “the Péano painters” so named in reference to the café on rue Fortia where post-war Provençal masters such as Arsène Sari ( 1895-1995), Pierre Ambrogiani (1907-1985) and Eugène Baboulène (1905-1994). Anchored in Provence, Hubert Aicardi creates unique views of the rocky landscapes and seasides of his native region which break with representations as inherited from Cézanne. He is also the author of several illustrations including that of L'Anneau des mers by Edouard Peisson published in 1952 by Flammarion. Since the 1970s, the Galerie Jouvène (Marseille) has devoted several monographic exhibitions to him.

The landscape that we present represents Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, recognizable by the bell tower of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer church.