Jean LE GREC (1935-1990)  | Description Magnifique huile sur papier marouflée sur panneau Very Beautiful oil on paper glued on board Signature Signée en bas à droite Handsigned on lower right Titre / Title Jeune fille blonde Blonde girl Date Années 70 70s Dimensions / Sizes 65 x 50 cm Condition Assez bon état Fairly good condition | |||
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Biography Jean Le Grec is a Franco-Swiss painter born in 1935 in Geneva, Switzerland. He settled in France in the 1950s, notably in Cannes, where he developed most of his artistic career. A member of the Jeune Peinture movement and the spirit of the École de Paris, he is part of an expressive figurative movement, counter to the major abstract trends then dominant in post-war art. His work is characterized by a great sensitivity to the light and colors of the south, which he captures with vibrant intensity in his seascapes, village scenes, Provençal landscapes, and still lifes. Through generous materials, a lively touch, and a sunny palette, he succeeds in capturing the atmosphere of the places he paints with touching authenticity. The Mediterranean, its boats, its markets, and its humble characters nourish a warm, popular, and profoundly human pictorial universe. Jean Le Grec exhibited regularly from the 1960s to the 1980s, notably in Paris and Rome, where he was the subject of a retrospective during his lifetime. He was also represented by the Katia Granoff Gallery, a leading center of the figurative art scene at the time. Despite his relative disappearance from major institutional venues, his work was recognized by many collectors and art lovers keen to preserve a sincere figurative style rooted in everyday life. He died prematurely in 1990, leaving behind a rich and authentic body of work, now being rediscovered with a renewed interest in the independent artists of the Young Painting movement. Jean Le Grec belongs to that generation of artists committed to a personal perspective on the world, where the beauty of reality—even simple reality—become the subject of creation. | ||||
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Jean LE GREC (1935-1990) | Description Magnifique huile sur papier marouflée sur panneau Very Beautiful oil on paper glued on board Signature Signée en bas à droite Handsigned on lower right Titre / Title Jeune fille blonde Blonde girl Date Années 70 70s Dimensions / Sizes 65 x 50 cm Condition Assez bon état Fairly good condition | |||
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Biography Jean Le Grec is a Franco-Swiss painter born in 1935 in Geneva, Switzerland. He settled in France in the 1950s, notably in Cannes, where he developed most of his artistic career. A member of the Jeune Peinture movement and the spirit of the École de Paris, he is part of an expressive figurative movement, counter to the major abstract trends then dominant in post-war art. His work is characterized by a great sensitivity to the light and colors of the south, which he captures with vibrant intensity in his seascapes, village scenes, Provençal landscapes, and still lifes. Through generous materials, a lively touch, and a sunny palette, he succeeds in capturing the atmosphere of the places he paints with touching authenticity. The Mediterranean, its boats, its markets, and its humble characters nourish a warm, popular, and profoundly human pictorial universe. Jean Le Grec exhibited regularly from the 1960s to the 1980s, notably in Paris and Rome, where he was the subject of a retrospective during his lifetime. He was also represented by the Katia Granoff Gallery, a leading center of the figurative art scene at the time. Despite his relative disappearance from major institutional venues, his work was recognized by many collectors and art lovers keen to preserve a sincere figurative style rooted in everyday life. He died prematurely in 1990, leaving behind a rich and authentic body of work, now being rediscovered with a renewed interest in the independent artists of the Young Painting movement. Jean Le Grec belongs to that generation of artists committed to a personal perspective on the world, where the beauty of reality—even simple reality—become the subject of creation. | ||||
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