Yves Ganne (1931-2019) - Nature morte aux fleurs et poires en bord de mer (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

We present to you an oil on canvas depicting a still life with flowers and pears by the sea by Yves Ganne (1931-2019).

A bouquet of vividly colored flowers is presented in a white jug, accompanied by pears and red fruits on a table opening onto the sea. The blue curtains, the railing and the small sailboat visible in the distance reinforce the maritime and luminous atmosphere of the composition.

Title: Still Life with Flowers and Pears by the Sea
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artist: Yves Ganne (1931-2019)
Signed and titled on the back.

Provenance: Artist's studio

Artwork format: 63 × 53.5 cm
Condition: Good condition

Yves GANNE (Nantes 1931-2019)

Yves Ganne was born in Angers on July 13, 1931. He studied at the Nantes School of Fine Arts, which he joined in 1946. In 1950 he moved to Paris to join Fernand Léger's studio.

In 1950 he also received two major distinctions: the Young Painting Prize and the Menton City Prize.

His talent was recognized by institutions as early as 1951, when two of his paintings were acquired by the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

He regularly exhibited in Paris, notably at Galerie Drouant-David (1954, 1958) and more recently at Galerie Francis Barlier in Paris and Honfleur (1994, 2003, 2004). He also exhibited with the grande names, notably in 1954 with Bernard Buffet at Galerie Visconti.

His work transcends French borders. By 1956 he was exhibited at Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery in London. His work was also shown in the United States: at Cushman Gallery in Houston (1959), at Van Diemen Lilienfeld Gallery in New York (1966), then at Dalzell-Hatfield Gallery in Los Angeles (1968). In Sweden, he was welcomed at Borstahusens Konstforening Gallery in Landskrona Konsthall (1975).

Yves Ganne participated in numerous collective exhibitions: the Salon de la Jeune Peinture, the Salon de l’École de Paris at Galerie Charpentier (from 1954), the Salon des Peintres Témoins de Leur Temps (1956), and the first Paris Biennale in 1959.

His style, deeply rooted in the French figurative tradition, is distinguished by a personal vision of the still life, feminine portrait, and genre scenes. He avoids academicism by favoring a sensitive and balanced expression, where color plays a central role.

From 1965 he produced more than 250 original lithographic editions, distributed in France, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and Japan.

Today his works are held in prestigious public collections in France, notably at the Centre Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, but also internationally, such as in the Cincinnati Museum of Art (Ohio), the Seattle Art Museum (Washington), or Edinburgh in Scotland."}() }