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American Federation of A r t by Louis Carré Gallery i n New York, the Biennial i n Venice. Soulages has ma d e the theatre settings for Héloise et Abéiard of Roge r Vaillant, for Ab r a h am t o music by T h e Power and the Glory by G r a h am Greene, for Louis Jouvet. 98 T h e 3rd December (3 décembre) 1950 0.73 x 1.00 9 T h e 25th November (25 novembre) 1950 1.30 x 0.89 STAEL Nicolas de a n d i n 1952 a t i n the manifestations o f French a r t abroad. Private exhibitions a t the Galerie de a n d costumes France (1943, 1945, 1948). Self t augh t a n d a tireless worker, T a l Coat, starting Delannoy, for wi t h reality, has n ow reached the frontiers of p u r e abstractions, while, however, n o t losing his deep feeling for nature. Galerie Carré 103 T h e red horse ( L e Cheval Ro u g e ) 1946 Galerie d e France 1.16 x 0.89 Galerie Carré Bo r n o n 5 t h January, 1914, a t St. Petersburg. His father was a cavalry general. I n 1920 wen t t o Brussels where h e studied Classics a n d t h e n attended the Fine Arts Academy. I n 1930 h e travelled to Ho l l a nd a n d discovered Vermeer. I n 1932 h e pa i n t ed theatre settings, discovered the Belgium expressionists a n d settled in Paris. F r om 1935 t o 1940 h e visited Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Italy, Switzerland a n d r e t u r n e d to Paris where h e became a friend of Br a qu e (1943). I n 1945 he exhibited a t the J e a nn e Buche r Gallery; i n 1948 i n Montevideo a n d i n 1950 at t he Jacques Du b o u r g Gallery i n Paris. His first canvases, r e d a n d black, a t the J e a n n e Bucher Gallery, h a d a violence which ma d e t h em a k i n d of expressionism o f abstraction. Since t h e n h e has adop t ed a less complicated form. 1 0 0 Composition (Composition) 1950 Galerie Jacques Dubourg 0.73 x 0.60 1 0 1 Landscape (Paysage) Galerie Jacques Dubourg 0.38 x 0.55 TA I LLEUX Francis Bo r n i n Paris o n the 13th March, 1913. Secondary studies a t Dieppe. Wh e n he was thirteen h e exhibited a t the Salon de la Nationale by faking his age. Studies a t t he Royal College o f A r t i n Lo n d o n a n d t he Scandinavian Academy i n Paris. H e ma d e mu r a l paintings for the Deaf a n d D u m b Institute i n 1937. Exh i b i t ed a t the Leicester Galleries i n Lo n d o n (1938), a n d participated i n the exhibition i n Liege (1939). F r om 1941 to 1944 Ta i l l e a ux lived i n Aix-en-Provence a t t h e Cha t e au No i r - Cezanne's property - wi t h T a l Coat. H e exhibited a t the Galerie de France i n April, 1945, a n d a t the Palais des Beaux-Arts i n Brussels, i n May, 1945. H e spent two years a t Saint Briac, i n Brittany, a n d exhibited again a t t he Galerie d e France i n May, 1948, where h e wo n the P r i x National d e la J e u n e Peinture. Ta i l l e u x absorbs all innovations a n d styles, from Matisse t o Dufy, f r om Va n Gogh t o Picasso; a n d makes t h em his own by mi x i ng them energetically, sometimes even o n the same canvas. 1 0 2 T h e window (La fenêtre) 1951 Galerie d e France 0.92 x 0.73 T A L COAT Pierre Bo r n o n the 12th December, 1905, a t Clohars-Carnoet n e a r Po u l d u i n Brittany; his parents, fisher-folk. Un d e r the influence of visiting painters his artistic talent was quickly aroused. H e devoted himself first t o sculpture, t h e n drew sketches for Qu i mp e r pottery. We n t to Paris a t the age o f 19 a n d spent his time between t h e capital a n d Brittany wi t h trips to Bu r gundy a n d later t o Provence. I n 1936 wo n t he P a u l Guillaume Prize. F r om 1940 t o 1944 lived a t Aix-en-Provence, at t h e Cha t e au Noir, Cezanne's former home. T h e n took p a r t i n all the important exhibitions g r oup i ng t he young i ndependen t painters of the Ecole d e Paris, and TANGUY Yves Bo r n o n the 5 t h J anua r y , 1900, i n Paris. Educ a t ed himself by his own means a n d began to p a i n t i n 1926. H e mi xed wi t h surrealists a n d exhibited w i t h the painters of this school, a n d also a t the Salon des Surindépendants. Ha s con- t r i bu t ed t o the publication "Revolution Surréaliste," etc., a n d to various others of the same nature, a n d has signed all t he surrealist manifestos since 1926. T a n g u y settled i n t h e Un i t e d States before t h e 1939-1945 wa r a n d has n o t since r e t u r n e d t o Europe. 1 0 4 T h e d a r k Ga r d e n ( L e Jardin sombre) 1927 M. An d r é Breton 0.73 x 0.92 UT R I L LO Maurice Bo r n Mon tma r t r e o n t he 26th December, 1883, t he illegitimate son of Suzanne Valadon. I t was i n o r de r t o r i d h i m of his h a b i t of drinking, wh i ch h e had contracted wh e n 10 years old, t h a t his mo t h e r gave h i m his taste for painting. Hi s ideas were t aken f r om post cards a n d h e p a i n t e d scenes of Paris a n d its outskirts, the Ile-de-France a n d later Lyon a n d t he Rh o n e region. Before the 1914 wa r his work showed the three periods, Montmagny, impressionist a n d white. Du r i n g the last twenty years the somewhat ha r s h precision of his canvases is reminiscent of Canaletto. Fo r some time n ow Ut r i l l o has taken refuge i n his memories a n d his paintings are inspired mo r e by memory t h a n by feeling. 1 0 5 Gilles' r abb i t ( L e L a p i n a Gilles) Galerie Pétridés 0.82 x 0.89 i o6 L a Courneuve (Seine) (La Courneuve (Seine)) Galerie Pétridés 0.71 x 0.90 VAN DONGEN Kees Bo r n o n the 26th J anua r y , 1877, a t Delfshaven, n e a r Rotterdam. Came t o Paris i n 1897 a n d led a Bohemi an life a t Montmartre. H e lived i n the famous wooden house a t No. 13 Ra v i gn a n Square, a n d mi x e d w i t h t he artists a n d writers of Picasso's circle. Hi s trips t o Morocco, Spain a n d Egypt increased his sources of inspiration. After t h e 1914-1918 wa r h e became t he portrait pa i n t e r o f the theatrical a n d fashionable worlds, from Deauville t o t he Riviera, while continuing t o p a i n t Versailles, t he Bois d e Boulogne a n d Paris. T h e large retrospective exhibition i n 1948 a t t h e Cha r pen t i e r Gallery revealed t he diversity of his work where the freest personal fantasy acquires n ew strength i n t he keenest observation o f nature. 1 0 7 T h e bo a t between L e Ha v r e a n d Trouville ( L e bateau d u Ha v r e a Trouville) 1920 Musée Na t i ona l d ' Ar t Moderne 0.33 x 0.53 VIERA DA SILVA Bo r n i n Lisbon i n 1908 she wen t to Paris i n 1928. Wh e n very young learned the craftsmanship of painting, devoted herself to sculpture a n d only r e t u r n e d to p a i n t i ng after a visit t o Italy. Exhibited i n Paris a t t he J e a nn e Bucher Gallery [ 3 2 ] [33]