Lot  45 Ravenel Spring Auction 2017

Ravenel Spring Auction 2017

Soleil sur la neige (Jura)

René GENIS (French, 1922 - 2004)

1991

Oil on canvas

73 x 50.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 160,000-240,000

HKD 41,000-62,000

USD 5,300-8,000

Sold Price

TWD 204,000

HKD 52,850

USD 6,777


Signature


Signed lower left René Genis in French
Signed on stretcher René Genis and titled Soleil sur la neige (Jura) in French
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Elegance, Taipei
Private collection, Taiwan

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Born in 1922, Vietnam. Genis went back with family to hometown Bordeaux in 1931. Genis is famous with his elegant still-life painting. Besides, no matter the theme is oriental scenery or french countryside, he always keeps a very poetry serenely ambience. With other artists like Guy Bardone, André Brasilier, Bernard Cathelin, and Paul Guiramand, Genis is also one of the important members of the Parisian Neo-Figurative School. His work is now collected by Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, National Library of Paris, Fine Arts Museum of Lyon, Yamagata Museum of Art etc..

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Ravenel Spring Auction 2017

Saturday, June 3, 2017, 2:00pm