Circular Abstraction Marcel Récher

Beautiful dynamic for this large oil on canvas signed Marcel Récher, date 1973.

Search for Marcel, self-taught artist born in Strasbourg (1926 - 2016), he began his career in Nice, then moved to Mulhouse, painter and sculptor, he also tried photography. Numerous personal exhibitions, notably in Hamburg, Cape Kennedy, New Orleans, London at the Tate Gallery for the most prestigious. In the mid-1960s, he moved towards abstract art and signed a series of paintings that he called “Conception Art”. Then he returned to a very personal form of figuration, with the series of automobiles, for which he drew his inspiration from the prestigious collections of the National Automobile Museum - Schlumpf Collection, followed by an important series on boats. Appointments: -1986: grand prize for the national artistic poster of the Chamonix Festival sports car. -1991: film “Planet Search” -1992: “Mulhouse sports trophy” -1984: Knight of Arts and Letters   Biography of Marcel Recher written by André Heckendorn (Oct. 2016)     Sources: Dominique Bannwarth, “Marcel Récher, a painter’s life”, Alsace, February 8, 2016. Latest News from Alsace, 10.20.2016. Alsace from 10/20/2016.