Jean-Yves Commère (1920-1986) - Voiliers en bord de mer
Jean-Yves Commère (1920-1986) - Sailboats by the sea
Original lithograph on vellum paper measuring 67 x 50 cm
The work is numbered and signed in pencil.
Magnificent seascape, by one of the most important and talented painters of his generation.
Work in good condition, having never been framed
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Biography: Jean Commère, born in Paris on April 5, 1920, and died in Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire) on October 22, 1986, is a French painter, watercolorist, designer, engraver and illustrator.
In 1936, Jean Commère was admitted to the Angers School of Fine Arts, then he entered the Paris School of Fine Arts two years later, in the studio of the sculptor Jean Boucher. From 1936, he participated in numerous group exhibitions in France and abroad.
On November 11, 1940, he was imprisoned for having demonstrated for the arrest of Paul Langevin. Released in 1941, he joined his family in Anjou where he was under house arrest.
He spent a stay in Brittany during the years 1947-1948 (he then settled for four years in Denée (Maine-et-Loire) , where he painted port scenes and Breton women. In 1951 his first exhibition took place special in Paris at the Monique de Groote gallery. He won, shared with Michel Rodde, the Othon-Friesz grand prize for his painting Floods in Denée in 1952. Evoking the miserabilism of Bernard Buffet and the young painters who were contemporaries of him, Bernard Dorival then places Jean Commère, "with Gabriel Dauchot, Roger Lersy, Maurice Verdier and Raymond Guerrier, among the most noted champions of this expressionism". His colleague Michel Ciry states that he is a plein air painter: "it is certain the motif that this admirable designer creates his quivering evocations where air, water and earth are suggested with a very efficient economy of means which is the prerogative of the masters.
Jean Commère created the stage curtain, sets and costumes for Béla Bartók's Concerto aux Étoiles at the Paris Opera in 1955. He painted the portraits of Yves Montand and Simone Signoret for The Witches of Salem in 1956. 1957, his painting Le vel d'hiv was acquired by the city of Paris.
Commère was named Knight of Arts and Letters in 1958 and participated in the Venice Biennale that same year. He was promoted to officer of the same order in 1979.
He stayed on the Chausey Islands where he painted seascapes from 1959 to 19804. In 1971, the Philippe Reichenbach gallery offered him a first retrospective in New York. He won numerous prizes (critic prize, Salon des painters witnesses prize, Deauville Biennale prize, Francis Smith prize, etc.) .
He returned to his native region of Anjou in the early 1980s. In 1983, he executed a 9. 50 m long mural on the theme of the circus for the Angers Convention Center. In 1984, the city of Angers offered Pope John Paul II a Commère Descent from the Cross.
Married in 1947 to Suzanne (known as "Suzette") Barbier, in 1954 he bought a house in Brie in Plessis-Feu-Aussoux (Seine-et-Marne) . He painted landscapes, still lifes, family scenes, and a series of Madonnas. Suzanne, mayor of Plessis-Feu-Aussoux from 1965 to 1971, died in Plessis in July 1986. Jean Commère ended his life in October of the same year.
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Jean-Yves Commère (1920-1986) - Sailboats by the sea
Original lithograph on vellum paper measuring 67 x 50 cm
The work is numbered and signed in pencil.
Magnificent seascape, by one of the most important and talented painters of his generation.
Work in good condition, having never been framed
We ensure meticulous packaging, international tracking, insurance, and express shipping for all our deliveries.
Numbering may differ from photos.
Biography: Jean Commère, born in Paris on April 5, 1920, and died in Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire) on October 22, 1986, is a French painter, watercolorist, designer, engraver and illustrator.
In 1936, Jean Commère was admitted to the Angers School of Fine Arts, then he entered the Paris School of Fine Arts two years later, in the studio of the sculptor Jean Boucher. From 1936, he participated in numerous group exhibitions in France and abroad.
On November 11, 1940, he was imprisoned for having demonstrated for the arrest of Paul Langevin. Released in 1941, he joined his family in Anjou where he was under house arrest.
He spent a stay in Brittany during the years 1947-1948 (he then settled for four years in Denée (Maine-et-Loire) , where he painted port scenes and Breton women. In 1951 his first exhibition took place special in Paris at the Monique de Groote gallery. He won, shared with Michel Rodde, the Othon-Friesz grand prize for his painting Floods in Denée in 1952. Evoking the miserabilism of Bernard Buffet and the young painters who were contemporaries of him, Bernard Dorival then places Jean Commère, "with Gabriel Dauchot, Roger Lersy, Maurice Verdier and Raymond Guerrier, among the most noted champions of this expressionism". His colleague Michel Ciry states that he is a plein air painter: "it is certain the motif that this admirable designer creates his quivering evocations where air, water and earth are suggested with a very efficient economy of means which is the prerogative of the masters.
Jean Commère created the stage curtain, sets and costumes for Béla Bartók's Concerto aux Étoiles at the Paris Opera in 1955. He painted the portraits of Yves Montand and Simone Signoret for The Witches of Salem in 1956. 1957, his painting Le vel d'hiv was acquired by the city of Paris.
Commère was named Knight of Arts and Letters in 1958 and participated in the Venice Biennale that same year. He was promoted to officer of the same order in 1979.
He stayed on the Chausey Islands where he painted seascapes from 1959 to 19804. In 1971, the Philippe Reichenbach gallery offered him a first retrospective in New York. He won numerous prizes (critic prize, Salon des painters witnesses prize, Deauville Biennale prize, Francis Smith prize, etc.) .
He returned to his native region of Anjou in the early 1980s. In 1983, he executed a 9. 50 m long mural on the theme of the circus for the Angers Convention Center. In 1984, the city of Angers offered Pope John Paul II a Commère Descent from the Cross.
Married in 1947 to Suzanne (known as "Suzette") Barbier, in 1954 he bought a house in Brie in Plessis-Feu-Aussoux (Seine-et-Marne) . He painted landscapes, still lifes, family scenes, and a series of Madonnas. Suzanne, mayor of Plessis-Feu-Aussoux from 1965 to 1971, died in Plessis in July 1986. Jean Commère ended his life in October of the same year.
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