Jean Commère (1920-1986)

Jean Commère (1920-1986) Still life with pheasants Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. 89x130cm Born in 1920, in Paris, Jean Commère joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938. His career as a painter began in 1945, propelled in 1952 by obtaining the Grand Prix Othon-Friesz. In 1950, painting men, women, children, landscapes, still lifes... At a time when abstraction was asserting itself as a major trend, when new, more conceptual trajectories were already being defined, Jean Commère believed that figurative art remained relevant. He joined the painters of the group of Young Painting then those of the Salon des Peintres witnesses of their time who affirmed their realist vocation from 1947. Exceptional draftsman, watercolourist and colourist, Jean Commère was also an accomplished painter. His favorite themes are all represented in the centenary exhibition: landscapes, intimate figures, genre scenes, bouquets of flowers... The work is flamboyant and captivating. The retrospective exhibition offers a reading that updates the work of this painter and gives it a new reading: modern, strong, personal.