Yvonne Canu Art
French, 1921-2007
French artist Yvonne Canu was transfixed by Pointillism, a technique that was pioneered in the 19th century by Georges Seurat, and devoted her career to mastering it. Over half a century after Seurat’s death, Canu gravitated towards French Postimpressionism and was pivotal in carrying Pointillism into the modern era.
Born in Morocco, Canu studied in Paris at the École des Arts Decoratifs until the start of WWII. Following the war, she met French painter Élisée Maclet and French-Japanese artist Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita who were influential in her exploration of Impressionist art. She also studied Cubism at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière alongside prolific French artist Ossip Zadkine.
Seeing Seurat’s masterpiece A Sunday on La Grande Jatte ultimately set Canu on a path to understand the complexities of his practice. She investigated Seurat’s use of complementary color and studied the work of French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul, who in the 19th century worked as the director of the famous Parisian tapestry factory, Gobelins Manufactory. In her work, she experimented with dabbing colors in such a way as to allow the viewer to perceive the greater tableau from afar.
Through this approach, Canu championed a colorful approach to water scenes including seascapes, harbors and rivers. Critics have drawn comparisons between Canu’s work and other 20th-century French artists who expanded on the innovative artistic ideas established in the 19th century.
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Artist: Yvonne Canu
Marché de Provence - A Market in Provence
By Yvonne Canu
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu
1921 – 2008
Signed bottom right and signed, titled and numbered 300 on the reverse
Canvas Size: 21 x 25" (54 x 65cm)
Outside Frame Size: 29 x 33" (74 x 85cm)
Yvonne Ca...
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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Yvonne Canu Art
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'Barques a St. Florent Corse' . Boats at Saint Florent, Corsica. Pointillism
By Yvonne Canu
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu
1921 – 2008
Canvas Size: 18 x 21.5 (46 x 55cm)
Outside Frame Size: 25.5 x 29" (65 x 74cm)
Yvonne Canu is currently one of the most sought after contemporary pointillis...
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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Yvonne Canu Art
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Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
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Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
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1960s Pointillist Yvonne Canu Art
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La Conciergerie - Neo Impressionist Pointillist Riverscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on canvas landscape by French Neo-Impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. The work depicts a view of revellers on a boat travelling along the River Seine in Paris, ...
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Saint-Tropez, Le Port By Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New Orleans, LA
Yvonne Canu
1921-2008 French
Saint-Tropez, le port
Signed "CANU" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
The peaceful port of Saint-Tropez is captured in serene detail in this extraordinary...
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COLLIOURE colorful French Pointillist 20th C medium sized oil on canvas painting
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New York, NY
Yvonne Canu
French, 1921 - 2008
Collioure
Oil on canvas
13 ¼ x 16 inches (33 x 40.6 cm)
Framed: 20 ½ x 23 ½ inches (52 x 60 cm)
Signed lower right: Y Canu
Provenance:
Private Collection, US
Titled and with inventory number 1052 on verso
Yvonne Canu was influenced by the Pointillists school and very strongly so by Georges Seurat and by Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte, in particular. She was actually born in Moracco but studied at the Ecoles des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, forced to interupt them due to the outbreak of WWII. She later spent time in Montmarte and met artists including Francois Gall and Foujita, who introduced her to not only drawing but also plein-air landscpae painting and basic Impressionist trends.
It was not until 1955 when she had met Seurat did she gravitate toward Neo-Impressionism and Pointillism. The artist’s round brushstrokes of juxtaposed pure colors allowed the viewer to observe this fusing of these colors directly. She adopted the Pointillist technique and applied it to most of her work, primarily of seascapes and harbour scenes. She exhibited extensively after the War and for the rest of her life.
Our painting, Collioure, is in Southern France at a known area in the Pyrenees-Orientales. It’s a charming and colorful depiction of one primary sailboat with its passengers aboard and other boats and hillsides behind it. The right side of the composition shows the Shoreline with small boats parked...
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Late 20th Century Pointillist Yvonne Canu Art
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Marseille By Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New Orleans, LA
Yvonne Canu
1921-2008 French
Marseille
Signed "CANU" on lower left
Oil on canvas
The picturesque French Riviera is presented in French Post-Impressionist Yvonne Canu's signature ...
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Saint-Tropez by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New Orleans, LA
Yvonne Canu
1921-2008 French
Saint-Tropez
Signed "Canu" (lower right)
Titled "Saint-Tropez" (en verso)
Oil on canvas
An idyllic seaside cityscape of Yvonne Canu's beloved Saint-T...
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Le Marche a Grimaud
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Yvonne Canu (born 1930) is a French artist renowned for her abstract and geometric painting, often focusing on the interaction between color, form, and light. She emerged in the mid-...
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