Subject: Landscape of Spain
Period: Late 20th century
Formats: with frame 90 x 67 cm - without frame 73 x 50 cm
Frame: in carved gilded wood, in very good condition
Biography:
Jacques Durand-Henriot,
born December 4, 1922 in Paris and died October 15, 1997 in Rennes, is a French painter, engraver and designer. In a poetic register, Durand Henriot's paintings often have as their theme the landscapes of Brittany, Normandy, Spain and Italy as well as scenes of horses in Deauville. He was a student of Nicolas Untersteller at the École des beaux-arts in Paris. From 1952 to 1971, he was a professor, then from 1971 to 1988 director of the Regional School of Fine Arts in Rennes.
He participated in numerous group exhibitions in the provinces, obtaining various regional distinctions, as well as in Paris, at the Salon d'Automne (of which he had been a member since 1948), at the Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'eau, and at the Marine Show. Since 1945, he exhibited individually, notably in 1950, 1951 (Paris, Galerie de Seine), 1952-1954 (Paris, Galerie Chardin), 1955 to 1968 (Rennes, Galerie Jobbé-Duval), 1989 (Rennes, retrospective in the salons of the town hall), 1991 (Le Faouët, retrospective at the Ursulines museum), etc. He made several decorations under the 1% artistic category. Knight of the Academic Palms in 1958.
Member of the Salon d'Automne and the Salon de Rouen (painting section). 1946: Grand National Arts Prize. 1951: price of rue de Seine, Paris. 1968: prize at the 11th Taurine Painting Salon, Nîmes. 1969: Lousi Derbré painting prize, 10th Ernée exhibition. 1970: Vitré Grand Prix, Vitré Regional Show. 1977: XXVIIIth Prix de Deauville, grand final. 1984: Espace Cardin exhibition, Paris. 1985: Barbizon Grand Prix. 1987: grand prize at the 21st Mayenne City Show. 1987: ACAM grand prize, 22nd Salon, Château du Logis in Brecey. Works: Notre-Dame Church, Les Tertres near Mohon: frescoes
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Painting visible at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), on weekends.
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