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Etching by Jean-Louis VIARD - Shells

Name: Etching by Jean-Louis VIARD - Shells
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: ZRM9RPIT95
Price: 300 EUR
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By Gallery Artwins

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Period 20th century

Style Other style

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Jean-Louis Viard
(Orsay 1917 - 2009 Paris)
Beaches No. 6 - Shells
circa 1955
etching
40 x 50 cm; 50 x 66 cm
signed and annotated 'Beach No. 6 / J. Viard'

An abstract printmaker and painter, also renowned for his tapestries, Jean-Louis Viard entered the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris in 1938. He won the second Grand Prix de Rome for engraving with his 'The Abduction of Proserpine' in 1942.
The artist began his career by creating illustrations for numerous works, including the poems of Pierre de Ronsard and the novels of Edgar Allan Poe, among others. In 1951, he was awarded the Casa de Velázquez Prize in Madrid. His stay in Spain provided him with numerous inspirations, both in literature and landscape. During this period, the artist adopted a symbolist style, blending Christianity with personal spiritual interpretations. Later, his prints evolved toward a resolutely surrealist style.
Back in France, he became a drawing professor for the City of Paris from 1951 to 1989. He won several prizes for his printmaking and tapestry design, and became head of the tapestry section at the Salon Comparaisons. He was also a lecturer in drawing at the École Polytechnique, where he taught drawing in the evenings on rue Lepic in Paris.

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