Yolande Ardissone (1927-2024) - Oil on canvas - Doëlan Lighthouse, Brittany

Yolande Ardissone (1927-2024) Oil on canvas. Doëlan Lighthouse, Brittany. Signed lower left. + Book on the work of Yolande Ardissone from 1988. Black wood frame. Dimensions with frame: 33 X 41 cm. Dimensions without frame: 27.5 X 35 cm. Very good condition. *Yolande Ardissone was born in 1927 in the small village of Bueil, Normandy, to a Ukrainian mother and an Italian father. She grew up in the countryside in a cosmopolitan family, which foreshadowed her path as a painter and the many travels she undertook as an adult. In 1944, during the Liberation of France, Yolande Ardissone moved to Paris for her studies. Her formative years proved to be rich and fulfilling. Yolande Ardissone enrolled at the Duperré School of Applied Arts and, concurrently, attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière as well as evening classes offered by the City of Paris. She trained in painting and drawing, particularly in nude sketching from live models. This training then allowed her to be admitted to the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of the painter Nicolas Untersteller. Yolande Ardissone began earning a living by decorating brooches and lampshades, which provided her with financial security and the opportunity to travel. In 1949, the artist traveled to Italy for the first time, before embarking on journeys across five continents. From Spain, Algeria, Indonesia, the United States, and Guatemala, Yolande Ardissone brought back numerous sketches that would shape her hand and her eye. From her student years, Yolaine Ardissone gradually forged her path as an artist. She quickly developed a definite talent for drawing, sketching with speed and confidence, and honing her skills through travel sketches. In her paintings, these characteristics are reflected in her use of color, which becomes the artist's defining feature, influenced by artists such as Gauguin, Renoir, and Van Gogh.