Frank Will (1900-1950) Paris Oil On Canvas

Art Deco period painting oil painting canvas signed FRANK-WILL (Frank William Boogs known as Franck-Will 1900-1950) Post-Impressionist composition depicting the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris, Pont-Neuf and Palais de la Conciergerie district. Beautiful Montmartre frame in patinated gilded wood. Dimensions: 50 cm X 43 cm. FRANK WILL (1900-1950) French Post-Impressionist painter of urban landscapes, seascapes, watercolorist. Frank-Will was a student of his father, the painter Frank Myers Boggs. He abandoned his studies in architecture to devote himself to painting. A typical Montmartre figure, he was particularly close to Gen-Paul and Marcel Leprin. In 1922, he made a first trip to the Normandy coast. From 1929, the Georges Petit gallery exhibited him permanently. He then exhibited at Hector Brame, then under contract with Henri Bureau. With Leprin, he visited Moret-sur-Loing, Auxerre, Avallon. The work turns out to be plethoric, repetitive and uneven. He evolves between a populist post-impressionism, quite typically Montmartre, and flashes of a violent expressionism, which could have tended towards the tragic. Museums: - Paris «Musée de Montmartre» - Saint Malo «Musée d'Histoire de la Ville Bibliography: - Dictionnaire des peintres & sculpteurs E.Benezit Tome V / 671 - Dictionnaire des peintres à Montmartre– Ed André Roussard