Siena From 1907 By Pierre Girieud Fauve

Exceptional Fauve painting from 1907 Oil on cardboard measuring 33cm x 41cm plus gilded frame 62cm x 70cm This historic painting was exhibited at the Kahnweiler gallery in 1907 at the Salon des Indépendants in 1911 at the Salon d'Automne in 1949 Audibert and his friends exhibition in 1975 Le fauvisme des Provençaux in 1984 (reproduced in the catalogue) at the Jouvène gallery in 1986 Painting in the light of the Mediterranean in 1987 in Jerusalem and at the Cantini Museum (reproduced in the catalogue) in 1996 at the Cantini Museum Marseille "Pierre GIRIEUD and the experience of modernity" photographed in the catalogue at the CHABAUD-GIRIEUD Exhibition at the Graveson Museum in 2018, photographed in the catalogue Exhibited at the Sébastien Art Centre in St Cyr Sur Mer during the summer of 2024 reproduced in catalog certificate of authenticity of the family Listed on the website "Pierre Girieud" which references his works Pierre GIRIEUD exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905 one of his masterpieces whose colors caused a scandal, six months later He exhibited 5 paintings in the famous room VII at the Salon d'Automne in 1905, called "Cage aux Fauves" The painter that I am proposing to you is a true Fauve, he was always considered as such by the critics of the time Like his peers Derain, Othon Friesz, he calmed down after 1910, returning to the ranks of expressionist painters His works are featured in the greatest International Museums (L'Hermitage, Pompidou, L'Annonciade, Granet, Fondation Regards de Provence, etc.). Girieud made his debut in Montmartre at the time of the great excitement of the beginning of the century, he participated in the famous hoax of Boronali, the donkey who painted a picture with his tail He exhibited at Berthe WEIL, KANHWEILER, ROSENBERG, he became friends with KANDINSKI in 1904 then with Franz MARC. He was the first Frenchman to adhere to the principles of the New Association of Munich Artists Delivery will be free for the European Union and also free for International