Victorin Galière (1914-1990) - Nature morte

Victorin Galière (1914–1990)
School of Paris

It is to Galière that history will owe its importance in 50 years, who knows?
Jean Bouret, June 10, 1976 (Art critic and author of: « Abstract Art, Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Rousseau, Degas, the Barbizon School, and French Landscape Painting of the 19th Century »).

Galière was born in Lozère on October 20, 1914, in a small, typical village of the Margeride.
Le Born, nestled against the mountain's side. A harsh, rugged, silent region with harsh winters.
with its snow-covered landscapes visible for miles, but illuminated by the sun;
Poor and difficult land to work, which is why men often have to exile themselves to seek better opportunities.
fortune elsewhere, in Paris or further south in the Midi.
He, from his earliest childhood, had chosen to dedicate himself to painting.

He went to settle in Paris, where he learned to master his talent in academies and through contact with illustrious masters like André Lhote, who would soon entrust him with students.
From his early exhibitions, Galière was noticed by art specialists.
He was chosen to exhibit in the South American embassies' salons alongside Marie Laurencin. In 1955, at the Simone Heller gallery, he exhibited alongside Delaunay, Estève, Marcoussis, Léger, Klee, Villon, Lapique, Manessier, Gleizes, Moisset, Pignon, Le Moal, Singier.
It belongs to what is commonly called the School of Paris.