Jacques Sokol (1933-2023): Mezel, Auvergne, 1973

Jacques SOKOL (1933-2023) Mezel, Auvergne, 1973 Oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm Signed lower right Titled, dated and signed on the back In perfect condition. Provenance: Private collection, Paris Painting sold with invoice and certificate of authenticity. Possibility of shipping in France and abroad Jacques Sokol is a French landscape painter. Of Polish origin, his family settled in France in 1925, coming from Krakow. Born on September 3, 1933 in Loches (Indre-et-Loire), he followed self-taught artistic training, first with his father then from 1947 with Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958). Based in Senlis (Oise) from 1960, he combined his military career in the air force with painting. He regularly participates in the Salon des Artistes Français as well as numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. Throughout his artistic career, his style evolved from abstraction to impressionism, until adopting a darker style at the end of his life. His work mainly represents landscapes of Brittany, Provence, Auvergne and Oise. Jacques Sokol died on January 23, 2023 in Nogent-sur-Oise (Oise), at the age of 89.