The Olive Trees By Arsène Sari 1895-1995

Very beautiful oil on wood measuring 55cm x 46cm plus Montârnasse frame in carved and gilded wood 74cm x 65cm signed lower right Arsène SARI Arsène SARI is one of the great Provençal painters. He settled in the Montparnasse district of Paris, where he lived for more than thirty years while working in the Paris metro. At the same time, he pursued a career as a painter and met most of the great artists of the early 20th century. He became friends with Antoine Bourdelle and received advice from Auguste Renoir. In October 1928, he co-founded the Salon des vrais indépendants where he exhibited until the Second World War. He exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'hiver from 1937 to 1947. He sometimes returned to the South for a long time, notably in the post-war years in Marseille, and lived with his wife in Roquevaire in a former factory in the city between 1964 and 1978. There he became the dean of the painters of the Péano, a community of artists established in the Arcenaulx district of Marseille, including among others Pierre Ambrogiani, Antoine Ferrari, Antoine Gianelli, Jo Berto, René Seyssaud, Auguste Chabaud and Antoine Serra. A Museum in Chateau Neuf Le Rouge at the foot of the Sainte Victoire bears his name free shipping for the European Union 180 euros for International