Original oil painting of carnival by Jean Fusaro.18 inches by 13 inches. Unframed

Jean Fusaro
(From Galerieestades.com)Jean Fusaro is a figurehead of the Lyon School. His fluid style and perfect mastery of colour have earned him success in both France and overseas. More suggestive than expressive, his paintings invite us to reflect on, listen to and feel the mood of the times.

Biography: Jean Fusaro was born in Marseille. He spent his youth at La Croix-Rousse and lives today in Lyon. His parents loved theatre, concert, and opera. They used to take their sons to visit Lyons museums every Sunday afternoon.Jean Fusaro studied at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon from 1941 to 1946. He got acquainted with Andre Cottavoz and Jacques Truphemus, among others. In 1948, he exhibited for the first time at the Chapel of the Lycie Ampre in Lyon with the Sanziste group, including his friends Andre Cottavoz, James Bansac, Jacques Truphemus, and Pierre Coquet.Sanzism, an art expression between figurative and abstract, wanted to decompartmentalize traditional art and reject impressionism, fauvism, and cubism. Hence its provocative name sansisme.In the early years of the new French figurative painting, Jean Fusaro was busy but struggled. These were times of hardship, and he had to take on odd jobs.Jean Fusaro. His styleGradually, his notoriety increased, and he received numerous awards.He was a quintessential artist in what is referred to as Ecole de Lyon alongside Andre Cottavoz and Jean Couty. In 1953, he received the falon prize, and in 1957, the prize of the city of Marseille.Since the end of the 1990s, Jean Fusaro has been part of the Estades Gallerys permanent collection. His work is exhibited in the four sites of the Gallery, in Paris, Lyon, Toulon, and Baden-Baden.His ethereal style of soft, barely glazed colors is popular in Japan. His work has been exhibited regularly since the 1970s. Internationally renowned artist Jean Fusaros art has been shown in various countries: Switzerland, Luxembourg, England, and the United States. From 1990 to 2010, he dedicated himself to mural painting, creating 19 wall paintings for the Church of Saint-Jacques-des-Arts in the Lyon diocese.Jean Fusaro. Jean Fusaro is an indisputable master of French figurative painting. His technique is reminiscent of Raoul Dufy or Pierre Bonnard. He interprets landscapes with a mainly new range of colors. Andre Cottavoz said he has a smooth and exquisite technique. He is anti-decorative, that is to say, that there is not a color not being a function of light. His romantic oils on canvas reveal a joyous world with a certain innocence and a feeling of tension emerging in tormented skies or threatening suns.In November 2017, Jean Fusaro, young and playful as ever, was awarded the medal of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.An oil on canvas by Jean Fusaro sells between 4,000 euros and 35,000 euros, a pastel between 3,000 euros and 8,000 euros

Provenance:
Mary Kaplan collection,NYC.Columbia University Press published a book on the Kaplan family collection in 1981(The Alice M Kaplan Collection, cataloged by Linda Bantel and published by the Advisory Council of the Dept of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, 1981.Printed by the Steinhour Press,Distributed by Columbia University Press.).The collection includes museum quality paintings and drawings by Edgar Degas, Egon Schiele,Ammi Phillips. Giorgio Morandi and John Peto, as well as other 20th century masters.Mary Kaplan is the daughter of Alice Kaplan.

Good condition overall