Henry d'Anty (1910-1998) Still Life Expressionist

Large Art Deco oil painting on canvas signed lower left D'ANTY for Henry D'Anty (1910-1998) Expressionist composition with a colorful palette dominated by a powerful ruby red combined with green ocher and blue. D'Anty painted large impastos which are superimposed on each other with luminous intensity, then outlined the essential forms of the painting by underlining them, here and there, with black touches. Beautiful frame in gilded wood with leaf, good general condition, dimensions: 64 cm X 56 cm. Henry d'Anty, is a French painter, born in the district of Belleville in Paris, son of Léon Henry and Élise Maisonnave. From an early age, he was drawn to drawing. He devotes his moments of freedom to sketching, inspired by the surrounding landscapes, he draws and paints on cardboard, canvas and on everything he finds and can serve as a support. Henry d'Anty studied art at the Académie Julian and developed a great affinity with the artists of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. D'Anty painted scenes of rural life, country festivals and still lifes. He is inspired by Brittany, Béarn and the north of France. In 1934, he married Nelly Blondel, this marriage is part of the world of painting because the young woman is herself a painter, three children are born from this union. The files of the Petit Palais show that his works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, as well as in the main French salons. Many critics such as Guy Bataille, Jean Chabanon, Paul Reboux and André Warnod took an interest in his work. His name appears in Bénézit and Pierre Morgane devotes a book to him which appeared in 1962 by Éditions Maubert. The works of d'Anty can be found, among others, in the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum in Albi, the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, the Chrysler Museum of Art (USA), as well as in museums in Warsaw and Barcelona.