Louis Mazot (1919-1994), Large Oil On Canvas

Louis MAZOT (1919-1994)
Large oil on canvas Blanchet
Signed Louis Mazot lower right
Signed Louis Mazot and numbered 22 on the bac
Black baguette frame
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130 x 81 [chassis]
132 x 83 [frame]
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Good general condition
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Louis Mazot is a French figurative painter born on April 26, 1919 in Montpellier and died in Paris on January 3, 1994. Alongside his studies at the Beaux-Arts of Montpellier , under the direction of Camille Descossy, and in his work as a painter, he exercises his graphic talents as a humorous cartoonist at Midi-Libre under the pseudonym Tony Tolis, then under his own name, upon his arrival in Paris, notably for Illustration and The laugh. He became friends with the filmmakers Jean-Charles Tacchella and Henri Colpi and founded with them, in 1948, the magazine Ciné-Digest for which he was the artistic director and produced the drawings. With the Swiss Sylvia Meyer, whom he married in 1950, they began creating furniture and textile designs which they developed in their store on rue de Verneuil - the Ateliers Mazot-Meyer. Together, they also create window decorations for major brands. His wife continued, for nearly thirty years, to design rattan furniture and objects. From 1955, Louis Mazot decided to devote himself exclusively to painting. Exhibiting little, he painted continuously until his death in 1994. (Extracts from the Wikipedia entry)