"Pépé Vignes, Drawing Of A Car In Colored Pencils (1975)"
Pépé Vignes, car drawing in colored pencils (1975)Drawing in colored pencils on paper, 16 x 29.5 cm, car. Signed at the bottom and dated
The paper is 23 x 45 cm
History of provenance: Galerie Luis Marcel, 11700 Azille, then Galerie des quatre coins, 42300 Roanne, Private collection, 42300 Roanne
Bears the label of the Galerie Luis Marcel
Pépé Vignes (Joseph Vignes) was born in Paris and is a creator of French art brut. Son of a cooper, Joseph Vignes is the second in a family of five children. As a young man, he was an accordionist in public balls, a singer and made a living from odd jobs. Following a strike in the factory where he was employed, he decided to leave Paris to settle in the village of Elne, in the Pyrénées-Orientales1. (wikipedia source) In 1960 he began drawing with a ballpoint pen and colored pencil. His favorite themes were flowers, boats, cars, planes, trains, churches, whales, fish, musical instruments... Discovered by the painter Claude Massé who devoted an article to him in the Fasciicules de l'Art Brut, in 1982. His work is now included in the collections of LaM (Lille), l'Art Brut (Lausanne) and the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection (Manchester).
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