20Th Century French Oil Painting 'Brittany Landscape' By Jacques Denier
Stock No
6189
2012
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Item Description
20th Century French oil on canvas painting of a Brittany landscape by Jacques Denier [1894-1983].
Signed to the lower middle edge by the artist. In a simple frame of the period.
About the Artist: After studying science, Jacques Denier turned to painting and entered the Académie de La Grande Chaumière as a student of Lucien Simon and René Ménard. He is best known for his paintings of southwestern Algeria. Denier exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Tuileries, of which he was a founding member, at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants (1927-1929) and at the Salon d'Automne, of which he became a member in 1921. He was also a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He painted local scenes, landscapes of all kinds, and Orientalist subjects, and was also a draftsman and colorist. He received the Blumenthal Prize, the Abd-el-Tif Prize in 1923, and the Dru Prize in 1929. Jacques Denier died on May 19, 1983, in Arzon (Morbihan, France).
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Item Dimensions
H: 59cm W: 70cm D: 3cm
Period
Mid Century
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Item Location
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)7792 139252
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