Yves Ganne (1931-2019) - Nature morte - Vase de pensées au bord de la fenêtre (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

We present to you this superb oil on canvas signed by Yves Ganne (1932-2019), in which one sees a vase filled with flowers on the windowsill.

Title: Vase of Thoughts at the Edge of the Window

Artist: Yves Ganne (1931-2019)

Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on canvas stretcher.

Not Signed (provenance: Artist's Studio

Format: 65 x 49 cm

Condition: Good condition. Craquelures visible.

Yves Ganne was born in Angers on July 13, 1931. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, which he joined in 1946. In 1950 he settled in Paris to join Fernand Léger's workshop.

He also received in 1950 two major distinctions: the Prix de la Jeune Peinture and the Prix de la Ville de Menton.

His talent was recognized by institutions as early as 1951; two of his paintings were acquired by the Musée National d’Art Moderne 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 greats, notably in 1954 with Bernard Buffet at Galerie Visconti.

His work transcends French borders. As early as 1956, he was shown at Galerie Arthur Tooth & Sons in London. His work was also presented 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 hosted by Borstahusens Konstforening at Landskrona Konsthall (1975).

Yves Ganne participated in numerous group 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 still life, feminine portrait, and genre scenes. He avoids all academism, 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 present in prestigious public French collections, notably the Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, but also internationally such as in the Cincinnati museums (Ohio), Seattle (Washington), or Edinburgh in Scotland.