Old Painting By Henri Dufour, Dated 1959

Old painting by Henri Dufour, dated 1959. HENRI DUFOUR 1915/1989 Born in 1915 in Sotteville les Rouen in Seine Maritime Composer of models on fabrics from 1930 to 1935 in Paris Simultaneous painting on furniture Faubourg Saint Antoine in Paris Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs (ENsAD) Paris from 1933 to 1936 Member of the French Artists in 1950 From 1950 to 1961, he exhibited with other painters throughout France: Nice, Biarritz, La Rochelle, etc. in 1958 Winner of the Salon d'Automne in Paris In 1959 Major retrospective exhibition at the Galerie Marignan in Paris From 1962 to 1967 he retired to Saint Geniez d'Olt in Aveyron to paint 1968 returned to Paris, numerous exhibitions organized by "Le Temps" and "Art et Culture" From 1969 Exhibition at the Indépendants, Faubourg Saint Honoré, Rive Gauche etc... (Paris and Paris) 1981 retired permanently to Charente 1989 Died in Vouvé by Exideuil sur Vienne after having painted more than 1500 works, oils on canvas, watercolors, charcoals, bas-relief drawings etc.