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Pierre Garcia Fons
'A Bowl of Pomegranates', Academie Chaumiere, Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, MoMA

$950
£717.54
€829.27
CA$1,332.52
A$1,482.10
CHF 775.70
MX$18,076.79
NOK 9,746.98
SEK 9,168.29
DKK 6,189.68

About the Item

Signed lower right, 'Garcia Fons' for Pierre Garcia-Fons (French, 1928-2016), and inscribed lower left with edition number and limitation, '115/170'. Pierre Garcia-Fons left Spain during the Civil War and moved to France where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1950, he moved permanently to Paris, where he continued his studies at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere beside other painters of the second generation of the School of Paris including Clave, Buffet, Valls, and Arroyo. Garcia-Fons was the recipient of numerous prizes, honors, scholarships and juried awards throughout his career including the Travel Award from the State and the Antral Prize (1956), the Fénéon Prize (1958), the rank of Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters (2004), and the 2006 Grand Prix of the Baudry Taylor Foundation. He exhibited internationally including at Caracas, Tokyo, throughout Europe and the U.S., Garcia-Fons has also participated in the Paris Biennale. His works are held in the permanent collections of national museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Barcelona, Besançon, Chartres, Jakarta, Perpignan, Bagnols-sur-Ceze, Yamagata, Osaka, Saint-Cyprien, the Musee Georges Pompidou, among others. Sheet Dimensions: 18 H x 24.13 W Inches Reference: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 5, p. 861; Pierre Cabanne: Entretien avec cinq peintres, in: Arts, 1965; Marius Rey, préface d'exposition, galerie de la Main de Fer, Perpignan, 1968; R. de Olbadia, préface d'exposition, galerie Guiot, Paris, 1977; Marie Claude Valaison, préface d'exposition, Palais des Rois de Majorque, Musée Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpignan, 1980; Jean-Louis Ferrier, préface d'exposition, galerie Guiot, Paris, 1983; et al.
  • Creator:
    Pierre Garcia Fons (1928, Spanish)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 19.75 in (50.17 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    fresh, unfaded colors; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416854582

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