Description
Fantastic original lithograph by the famous Yves Brayer. It's been preserved in<br>the original plastic gallery case which has some scratches, the lithograph is in<br>mint condition. It measures 14" x 17". Hand signed and numbered. The paper is<br>embossed GG in a circle On bottom left.<br><br>BIOGRAPHY FROM WIKIPEDIA<br><br>Yves Brayer (18 November 1907 – 29 May 1990) was a French painter known for his<br>paintings of everyday life.<br>He was born in Versailles and became prominent in the years between World War<br>I and World War II. He studied in Paris at the academies in Montparnassestarting<br>in 1924, and then at the École des Beaux-Arts.<br>Although he was independent and never belonged to a school, he was friends<br>with Francis Gruber, the founder of the Nouveau Réalisme school.<br>He first exhibited in the salons of 1927, and then traveled to Spain, where the<br>masterpieces in the Prado Museum had a profound influence on him. After a stay<br>in Morocco, he went to Italy, where he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1930.<br>He settled back in Paris in 1934, organizing his first solo exhibition. He<br>remained in occupied Paris during World War II.<br>After the war, he traveled widely to Mexico, Egypt, Iran, Greece, Russia,<br>the United States and Japan, trying to capture the light and colors of each<br>country. He was interested in the techniques of copper plate engraving and<br>lithography and produced illustrations for editions of such authors as Charles<br>Baudelaireand Paul Claudel. He also created murals and wall ornamentations,<br>tapestry cartoons, maquettes, sets, and costumes for the Théâtre Français and<br>the operas of Paris, Amsterdam, Nice, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Avignon.<br>He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1957. He was also president of<br>the Salon d'Automnefor five years and curator of the Musée Marmottan in Paris<br>for 11 years.<br>He died in Paris.
