Gustave Francois (Barraud)

Young woman on the sand

Stamp of the workshop lower right Work on paper Golden wood frame with glass pane 35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm

Work on canvas

Woman Laying On The Beach. Artist signed lower left corner. Claude Grosperrin is a French painter and lithographer born on November 26, 1936, at Charenton-le-Pont ( Val-de-Marne ) and died on July 16, 1977, in Paris. Claude Grosperrin is in 1956 the student of Maurice Brianchon at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, then attended the School of Applied Arts Duperré. The price of the Casa de Velázquez that he won in 1961 earned him a trip to Madrid from 1961 to 1962. Exhibitions: Galerie Saluden, Brest , 1962. Galerie André Weil, Paris, June 1970. Gemäldegalerie-Abels, Cologne, 1970. Claude Grosperrin - Paintings, Van der Straeten Gallery, New York, November-December 1970. Claude Grosperrin - Normandy paddocks, equestrian scenes, landscapes and seascapes, Eric Galleries, 57th Street, New York, October 1974. Updated Exhibitions: Charpentier Gallery, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Berthe Weill Gallery. Maurice Faustino-Lafetat , Jef Friboulet , Claude Grosperrin, Frederic Menguy , Théâtre du Tertre , Paris, April 1957. Biennial of Paris, 1959, 1961 ( The Dahlias, 1961, oil on canvas, 130 × 195 cm). The horse in art , Wildenstein Gallery , London , 1960. Ten years of acquisitions of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , former customs of Strasbourg , March-April 1970. Fall Salon, 1960. Undated entries: Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts, Salon des Independants (Paris), Salon Jeu de Paume ( Versailles ). Contemporary French Impressionist Painters (Claude Grosperrin, Bernardino Toppi...

Sur la Plage French Modernist artist, 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed inscribed verso framed: 20.5 x 26.5 inches canvas : 20 x 26 inches provenance: private c...