Abel Leblanc (1919-2019) - Lumière de Provence

- Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Hand-signed. Studio label with title on the back.

- Abel Leblanc (1919-2019) embodied the figure of the integral French artist of the 20th century, displaying a multidisciplinary talent that spanned painting, sculpture, poetry, and musical composition. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lille, his pictorial production stands out for a deep landscape sensitivity and a lyrical mastery of color, where the northern French light and his journeys through the Mediterranean are translated into vibrant canvases with expressive and structured strokes. Beyond his studio work, Leblanc maintained an incessant humanist and pedagogical vocation that made him a fundamental cultural promoter in the Hauts-de-France region, leaving a centennial artistic legacy characterized by plastic honesty, the pursuit of beauty in the everyday, and an unwavering fidelity to figurative freedom.

- Image dimensions without frame: 54 x 37 cm / 72 x 55 cm with a custom exclusive frame.

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