The beach - François Salvat

Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 38 cm X 46 cm. Signed bottom left: salvat. Inscription on the lower crossbar of the left chassis: "autumn salon 1945" (1945?) The beach. François salvat (1892-1976) Painter in love with venice and greece, and was a recognized artist during his lifetime. A great intellectual, he was artistic director of grasset editions and an illustrator. Starting from a hispanic, theatrical and dark inspiration, salvat opened in the 1930s in the light of italy and greece, and became a painter whose every exhibition was praised by the press and critics. Author of a book illustrated by him on venice in 1973, he was also an engraver and draughtsman of parisian scenes, mixing artists of circus, cabaret, opera and theatre, with a finished art close to berard, lautrec, even a figurative picasso... At the same time he painted landscapes in intimate formats, diffuse lights, inspired by eugene boudin, bright colors and shimmering movements on dufy's paw. Https: //www.lindependant.fr/2016/08/26/francois-salvat-un-peintre-amelien-a-l-honneur-a-l-hotel-de-ville, 2248518.php.