Maurice BRIANCHON - FRANCE

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Maurice Brianchon (1899-1979) was born at Fresnaye in the Sarthe in 1899.

Brianchon was one of the best known painters of his generation in France. Winner of the Prix Blumenthal in 1924, he was one of the most influential masters at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and remains the only real successor in France to the tradition and intimacy of Bonnard and Vuillard.Theatre scenes, still lifes, portraits and compositions form an ensemble varied in subject but with a common technique. No surface is completely flat or inert, no color smooth.
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