Fernand Dubuis (1908-1991) - Sin título

Signed by the artist at the bottom

On the back, there is the artist's atelier seal

The condition of the artwork is acceptable

The work is presented framed

Artwork dimensions: 51 x 29 cm.

Frame dimensions: 68 x 45 cm.

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Artist's biography:

Fernand Dubuis (1908 - 1991), born in Switzerland in 1908, the artist spent most of his career in France, where he moved from figuration to abstraction and became alienated from drawing, which he mastered perfectly, to work with color. Fernand Dubuis' artistic career began at the Ecole Cantonale de dessin et d'art in Lausanne, which he visited for a few months in 1928-29. Having moved to Paris, he continued his education in several free academies in Montparnasse. Delighted by fifteenth-century painting, the artist toured Italy from 1934 to 1937. While remaining independent, he worked with all the great names of twentieth-century French painting, from Deyrolle to Nicolas de Staël, passing through Bazaine, Bissière and Vasarely ; he also collaborated with various writers such as Jean Tardieu and André Frénaud. A leading figure of 20th century abstract painting, deeply linked to the history of painting, Dubuis sought throughout his career to create a body of work that embraced the trends of his time, while incorporating references from the past, particularly through a particular attention to the fine craftsmanship of his work. In his early years he had a similar admiration for his contemporaries Fernand Léger and Roger de La Fresnaye and for the old masters, especially Caravaggio and Francisco de Zurbarán. His painting then resembled the "baroque" expressiveness and colorful post-cubism of André Lhote.