Pierre Ambrogiani (1907-1985) Montbrun Village In The Drôme 1963

Ambrogiani, Montbrun, village in the Drôme, 1963, Countersigned, dated and located on the bone, 61 x 50 cm, with frame 78 x 67 cm, Winner of the Competition of Painters Witnesses of their Time in 1967, Pierre Ambrogiani (1907-1985) is a major artist of the Provençal school of the 20th century. This resplendent landscape, lively and rich in material, presents a palette with bright colors typical of the painter Pierre Ambrogiani was born on January 17, 1907 in Ajaccio (Corsica) and died in 1985. His family moved to Marseille in 1908 where he spent his childhood and adolescence. From 1937, he devoted himself entirely to painting. His reputation is based in particular on his numerous still lifes of Mediterranean fish and his landscapes of Provence, which he rendered with a thick and bold brushstroke, with a liberal use of material and color. Our work represents the village of Montbrun, in the Drôme, a picturesque region of France, with its terraced houses on a slope and a rolling landscape in the background. The village is rendered with a certain abstraction: the geometric shapes of the houses, the roofs, and the elements of nature are simplified, creating an atmosphere where the contours and concrete details fade away in favor of the color and energy of the scene. Throughout his life Pierre Ambrogiani continued his career as an artist, representing Provence with the lyricism of a fiery colorist and gaining popularity in his native region. He participated in many group exhibitions: the Salon d'Automne, of which he became a member, the Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps, the Salon Comparaisons, etc. His works are presented in exhibitions of contemporary French art, notably at the Musée du Luxembourg in 1948, at the Whitney Museum in New York in 1948, in Stockholm in 1949 and in Saarbrücken in 1949.