Jean Commère (1920-1986)

Jean Commère (1920-1986) Chausey, a man in front of the sea; 1975/1980 Oil on canvas 55x38cm Born in 1920, in Paris, Jean Commère joined the School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1938. It was in 1945 that his career as a painter began, propelled in 1952 by obtaining the Grand Othon-Friesz Prize. 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.