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Jean Arène
Large Mid Century French Expressionist Landscape, Les Rochers

1972

About the Item

Large French Expressionist oil on canvas painting of a rocky landscape by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom left. Presented in original white painted wood frame made by the artist. A wonderful French Provencal view. The rugged countryside of Arene's beloved South of France probably in Les Alpilles de Provence. An unusual composition and movement giving the work an intriguing quality. Arene has used his characteristic black outlines to give gravity to the work yet it remains bright and cheerful from his other colour choices, whites and greens and browns with tones of grey. Great use of material to give texture to the canvas. The influence of his teacher Auguste Chabaud is very much in evidence. It is a transitional work for Arene and he his managed to create something of great beauty which is almost abstract it its simplicity. Jean Arène was a student of August Chabaud, a highly sought after French artist in Provence who in turn took his inspiration from Cezanne. After a stint in 1949 at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille, then a year in Paris in 1950 with the poster artist Paul Colin, Jean Arène returned to Marseille the following year where he founded the "Group of under 30'' with Trofimoff, Trabuc, Zutter and Mela and began painting as an autodidact, while earning a living in advertising and decoration. His first exhibition dates from 1956. Then, from 1957, Jean Arène left the city for the countryside, which served as his base for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sketchbook: Spain, Morocco in 1957, West Africa in 1960, (followed by an exhibition in Dakar), Northern Europe (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland , Lofoten, Netherlands and Belgium) In 1963 a trip to Tunisia. Then in 1966 his first retrospective in Toulon. In 1970 Arène left for the United States and Mexico, followed two years later by West Africa again: Tassili, the Sahara and Algeria. He exhibited extensively in Provence and the Gard: Aix-en-Provence, Uzès, Avignon, La Ciotat and Cassis. But his travels also led him to exhibit abroad: Dakar, Ouagadougou, French cultural centres in Algeria, Morocco and Indonesia, where he also started preparing one of his books which later became a series.
  • Creator:
    Jean Arène (1929 - 2020)
  • Creation Year:
    1972
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 33.08 in (84 cm)Width: 40.36 in (102.5 cm)Depth: 2.56 in (6.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Some wear to original artist's frame.
  • Gallery Location:
    Cotignac, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: LG/Arene/Rochers1stDibs: LU1430216245102

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