Oil on canvas, framed. Featuring a colorful Cubist style artwork. Signed and attr. Claude Venard (French, 1913-1999), on the lower right corner. 35.5 x 46 cm (14 x 18.1 in.). Claude Venard was a French post-Cubist and still life painter. Known for working in a distinctive angular style, he accentuated the chromatic qualities of his palette through thickly applied impasto paint. Born on March 21, 1913 in Paris, France the artist enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but abandoned his studies after only two days-instead, his arts education would come from his job repairing paintings with a master restorer at the Louvre Museum. In 1936, Venard participated in a group exhibition for a new art movement that derided the avant-garde in favor of a return to strict and traditional principles of craftsmanship: the Forces Nouvelles, a group which included the painters Pierre Tal-Coat and Andre Marchand. PROVENANCE: Souther Ontario estate

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