Womens in profile

Félix LABISSE (1905 Douai - Paris 1982)

Félix LABISSE
1905 Douai - Paris 1982

French School

Womens in profile

Lithography on Japanese paper
Size unframed: 24,8 x 20,5 Inc ( 63 x 52 cm)
Size framed: 31,1 x 27,2 Inc ( 79 x 69 cm)
Signed Labisse lower right
Edition : 24/175

Condition:
The work is in good condition

Provenance: Private collection, Belgium.

Biography:

French painter, but also graphic artist, illustrator, designer of costumes and set piece.
He began his painter's career in 1922 in Ostend by James Ensor. He created the ""Galerie d’Art moderne"" and the ""Club du cinéma d’Ostende"" with Henri Storck.
From 1940, it becomes one of the major artists of the young French painting. He was a member of the group of the "" revolutionary Surrealism "".
He was elected member of the French Academy of Arts, in 1966.
In 1974, he was a member of the jury of the official selection of the Cannes film festival.

Museums:

Works acquired by the Belgian State (senate) les Musées Royaux des Beaux-arts de Belgique à Bruxelles, le Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain de Liège (MAMAC), le Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, le Musée de la chartreuse de Douai, le Musée des Beaux-arts de Caen et par le syndicat des décorateurs Français.