Françoise Salvat - The Beach

Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 38 cm X 46 cm. Signed bottom left: salvat. Inscription on the lower crossbar of the chassis on the left: "autumn salon 1945" (1945?) The beach. François salvat (1892-1976) Became a painter in love with venice and greece, he was a well-known artist during his lifetime. A great intellectual, he is artistic director of grasset editions and illustrator. The roundtable editions publishes the novel see venice and review it. A hispanic, theatrical and dark inspiration emerges. Salvat opened in the 1930s in the light of italy and greece. Author of a book illustrated by him on venice in 1973, he is also an engraver and draughtsman of parisian scenes, mixing artists of circus, cabaret, opera and theatre, with a completed 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.