Yves Gannes (1931-2019) - Portrait de Femme au bouquet de tournesols (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

We present to you an oil on paper depicting a woman holding a bouquet of sunflowers by Yves Gannes (1931-2019).

This figurative composition features a female profile portrait holding a bouquet of sunflowers against an ornate background.

The work is signed at the bottom right

Title: Woman with a Sunflower Bouquet

Medium: Oil on paper

Artist: Yves Ganne (1931-2019)

Artwork format: 51 x 36.5 cm

Condition: Good; some light surface marks visible along the edges

Yves GANNE (Nantes 1931-2019)

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 studio.

In 1950 he also received 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 greatest, notably in 1954 with Bernard Buffet at Galerie Visconti.

His work transcends French borders. From 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 hosted at Borstahusens Konstforening Gallery at Landskrona Konsthall (1975).

Yves Ganne participated in numerous collective events: 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), or the first Paris Biennale in 1959.

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

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

His works today are in prestigious public collections in France, notably the Centre Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, but also internationally, in museums such as Cincinnati (Ohio), Seattle (Washington), and Edinburgh in Scotland.