The steep village - Lithograph signed by the artist - 57/100 - Max Savy

The steep village - lithograph signed by the artist - 57/100 - max savy. 77 X 53 cm. Savy max. A falsely naïve and melancholic art. Born on april 11, 1918 in albi and died on october 30, 2010 in narbonne, max savy first marked aude painting by his qualities as a teacher. Teacher, drawing teacher at the école normale de carcassonne., generations of carcassonne first knew him as a teacher, before opening up to him an international reputation, especially in the united states...he created his first mural in 1938, before devoting his career to painting. In 1945, the museum of carcassonne hosted his first exhibition. Americans and audois have always appreciated his favorite subjects that were rural life and languedoc landscapes bathed in light. Humble, however, max savy said: "if you make two paintings in a lifetime, no one will know. But if you do 4, 000 in 70 years, they'll say of you, 'this boy is interesting.'" extraordinary longevity than that of max savy, in truth. The painter has experienced several periods. He stopped painting in 2009, in his castle of lanet that he had to leave last march. Hospitalized in narbonne, then in a retirement home.