François Desnoyer

Untitled abstract seaside, original lithograph

mid 20th Century

Francois Desnoyer ( French, 1894-1972) was a painter and printmaker born in Montauban, France. His work is often considered a unique synthesis of the Cubist and Fauvist movements. His early studies at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs were interupted by WWI. After the war, he moved to Paris, working alongside artists such as Marcel Gromaire, Andre Lhote, and Albert Marquet, exhibiting frequently at the Salon des Independants. In the 1950s, he exhibited regularly throughout France and Europe, including the 1952 Venice Biennale with Fernand Leger and Raoul Dufy. Later, he would establish the Desnoyer Foundation in Saint-Cyprien, France, which regularly hosts artists in residence and exhibitions of contemporary art. His work is held in various private and public collections, including the Tate Galleries, England.